Year: 2021

Oil service ship sinks in Ras Ghareb

An oil service ship sank in the early hours of Wednesday morning off the coast of Ras Ghareb in the Red Sea Governorate. The accident resulted in the death of the ship’s captain after he refused to leave until the…

Workers of Egyptian Iron & Steel Co demonstrate over factory’s closure

The Board of Directors of the Egyptian Iron and Steel Company have decided to close the company, starting from Monday, and stop the attendance of workers to the factory in preparation for liquidation. For the first time since it was…

Egyptian Stock Exchange heading to delist Juhayna

The Egyptian Stock Exchange is heading to write off Juhayna Dairy Company, which is subjected to exceptional measures. The company’s founder, Safwan Thabet, was arrested, and then his son Seif, the CEO. During the last few weeks, the Egyptian authorities…

Could Qatar’s mediation solve the GERD’s crisis?

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) crisis has been exacerbated by Ethiopia’s rejection of all Egyptian proposals to reach an agreement to settle the crisis. Faced with this crisis, Qatar found itself in front of a mission through which it…

Seawater desalination: Egypt to succumb to failure of GERD negotiations

The Egyptian announcement about informing Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi of the strategic plan of the state in the field of seawater desalination plants came as a confession to the failure of the Renaissance Dam negotiations (GERD) and the search for alternatives…

Sisi and his domination of media production: A long story of failure and corruption

After weeks of whispering and gossip, United Media Services, the media arm of President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi’s regime, announced on Saturday that its board of directors will be changed and that Egyptian media will be rearranged. Al-Mutahidah, United Media Services,…

The unseen public money: New amendments to Tahya Misr Fund law

The Egyptian House of Representatives has approved new amendments to the Tahya Misr Fund (Long Live Egypt) law. The target is to grant it more powers away from state control, making public money in it like unattended money. These amendments…

Strong court rulings promote hopes of ending sexual harassment in Egypt

The past months have carried unprecedented rulings in Egypt against those convicted of harassment and similar cases are expected to be issued in the coming months. Human rights activists concerned with women’s issues hope that they will end with similar…

Doubts raised over death of ex-chief of Ukraine intelligence in Egypt

The drowning of the ex-chief of Ukraine intelligence, Viktor Nail Hvozd, in a tourist resort in South Sinai, Egypt, has raised doubts about the accident. The General Prosecutor Office of Egypt declared that it is investigating the death of a…

Ever Given crisis threatens the Suez Canal’s throne

A new crisis facing the Egyptian Suez Canal, after the Japanese transport companies announced that they would search for alternative routes between East Asia and the important markets in Europe, due to the current problems that resulted from the delinquency…