The sudden appearance of Gamal Mubarak retrieves the Egyptian discussion about Sisi’s alternative
Suddenly, Gamal Mubarak (58 years old), son of the late President Hosni Mubarak, released a video clip last Tuesday evening, announcing the end of all procedures to prosecute him and his family members outside the country and that no jurisdiction…
Raising the interest by 2%: Facing inflation may lead to recession
The Central Bank of Egypt decided, at its meeting, Thursday evening, to raise the overnight deposit and lending rates and the central bank’s primary operation rate by 200 basis points, to reach 11.25%, 12.25% and 11.75%, respectively. The credit and…
Egypt’s workers fail to have free trade unions under the current police state
The trade union elections in Egypt, which are taking place these days, witnessed flagrant violations, including obstructing dozens of workers from running for elections or threatening by the security services to discourage them from their intention to run for the…
Can the governmental privatization plan solve the greenback shortage crisis?
Sunday, Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly revealed a government plan to sell state-owned assets worth 40 billion dollars within four years, at 10 billion dollars annually, in an effort by the Sisi regime to provide financial resources to get out…
Aisha al-Shater requests to be released from prison to receive treatment
A lawyer for Aisha al-Shater, daughter of prominent Muslim Brotherhood leader Khairat al-Shater, announced that the Emergency State Security Criminal Court had ordered her presentation to a medical committee comprising consultants in oncology, haematology and internal medicine to prepare a…
The General Intelligence tightens the screws on the opposition in the media
A source in the United Media Services has revealed that the company had instructed its staff not to publish any news about the Civil Democratic Movement and its political efforts. The General Intelligence company also instructed its channels and newspapers…
British parliamentarians demand their country intervene to release Alaa Abdel-Fattah from prison
British parliamentarians have demanded their country’s foreign affairs minister intervene firmly to save the life of political activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah and help release him from prison in Egypt and enable him to travel to the United Kingdom, where he holds…
Central Bank raises interest rate by 2%
On Thursday, after its Monetary Policy Committee’s meeting, the Central Bank announced that it would raise the interest rate by 200 basis points, on lending and depositing, to 12.25% instead of 10.25% and 11.25% instead of 9.25%, respectively. The Central…
Public offering of ports raises criticism of the Egyptian governmental economic plan
Economic experts, including the well-known Egyptian economist Gouda Abdel Khaleq, criticized the State Ownership Policy plan, which the Egyptian government issued to propose a governmental program to handle the state-owned assets, as the program included the abandonment of the land…
CFJ: Human rights violations increased in Egyptian prisons in 2021
The Committee for Justice issued its 2021 report on detention centres in Egypt, in which it said that the human rights situation in Egypt witnessed significant changes, the most important of which was the abolition of the state of emergency…
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