Suez Canal fees regress by 75%
The Suez Canal Authority decided to reduce the transit fees for container ships coming from America and heading to Southeast Asia by ratios ranging between 60% and 75%. It was also decided to reduce the transit fees for container ships…
$ 22 maximum reward for doctors in isolation hospitals
Assistant Minister of Health for Financial Affairs, Major General Wael Al-Saie, said that the reward for doctors in isolation and quarantine hospitals is 350pounds ($ 22) for a maximum of one working day. Al-Saie denied that the Ministry of Health…
External debt rises to more than $112 billion
The Central Bank of Egypt announced that Egypt’s external debt amounted to $ 112.67 billion at the end of December of 2019, compared to $ 96.61 billion at the end of December 2018, an increase of $ 16.1 billion. Long-term…
War in Bir al-Abed: How the area turned into the centre of fighting
Aerial bombardment, heavy military vehicles, and intensive field operations – in a short period of time, the residents of Bir al-Abed in North Sinai found themselves living in a war in their once quiet area. Bir al-Abed has emerged recently as the…
Public initiatives to fight coronavirus: Against governmental inaction
The outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic has revealed the severe weakness of the Egyptian regime in dealing with risks that threaten the Egyptian people. The medical system is decaying and scientific research capabilities to confront the crisis are weak, as…
Egypt releases a US citizen after pressure from Trump
The New York Times has said that the Egyptian authorities secretly released American citizen, Reem el-Desouky, after relinquishing her Egyptian nationality, after pressure exerted by US President Donald Trump’s administration on Egypt. It comes after Mustafa Kassem became the first…
UN demands an investigation into the death of Shady Habash
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has called for a thorough investigation into the death of young Egyptian filmmaker Shady Habash in Tora Prison. “We raised the issues of journalists’ rights with the Egyptian authorities,…
Egypt: 135 children in prison
The Baladi Centre for Rights and Freedoms have issued a report stating that 135 children are being held in Egyptian prisons and there are increasing fears for their lives due to the outbreak of the coronavirus. Detained children are distributed…
Sisi’s proposal to convert pharmacists into doctors stokes anger
The Egyptian Medical Syndicate has published an official statement confirming its categorical rejection of a proposal by Major General Doctor Ahmed al-Tawudi, head of the Military Medical Academy, to convert pharmacists into doctors. The syndicate said that the proposal, which…
TV advert for luxury residential complex exposes wealth gap in Egypt
A TV advert for a luxury residential complex, Madinaty, which was aired during Ramadan, has sparked widespread controversy on social media, as many considered it propaganda to consolidate class divisions in society at a time when a third of Egyptians…
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