Egyptian government to sell $1.5 billion securities
On Thursday, Asharq Business said the Egyptian government would start promoting the sale of financial certificates worth about $1.5 billion to help bridge a financing gap estimated by the International Monetary Fund at about $17 billion. According to the news…
The government is determined to displace its residents: Renewed clashes in Warraq Island
Al-Warraq Island, located in the heart of the Nile River in the Egyptian governorate of Giza, has witnessed demonstrations and clashes between residents and security forces during the past few days in protest against the arrest of several residents because…
Hesham Genina: The man who fought Sisi’s systemic corruption alone
Hesham Genina, former head of the Accountability State Authority who had been jailed since 2018, was released on Tuesday after serving a five-year imprisonment sentence issued against him by a military court on charges of publishing false news against the…
The Egyptian Senate debate on domestic violence avoids banned zones
Over the past week, the Senate discussed, in the presence of government officials and religious figures, “the rise in the phenomenon of domestic violence,” starting from Sunday. The most prominent attendees were Minister of Social Solidarity Nevine Kabbaj, Minister of…
Egyptian parliament approves €250m loan from France
On Monday, the Egyptian parliament approved a €250m loan from the French Development Agency for constructing a metro in Alexandria, the second loan for the same project in eight months. The Alexandria Metro would be the first to be implemented…
The Egyptian government is considering purchasing Indian-made fighter jets
On Tuesday, Asharq Business said that the Egyptian government is considering purchasing 20 Indian-made HAL Tejas fighter jets. A senior Hindustan Aeronautics executive has said the company is also in talks with Malaysia, Botswana and Argentina. According to the news…
Totalitarianism in the Egyptian manner: Media under the instructions of the general
On February 9, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi addressed the Egyptian media performance during the opening of the second phase of the military-owned Silo Foods factory in Sadat City. As a totalitarian tyrant, the general instructed the private or governmental media and…
Laila Soueif calls upon the UK government to urge Egypt to release Alaa Abdel Fattah
On Friday, the mother of imprisoned political activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah, Laila Soueif, called on the UK government to urge Egypt to release her son in a meeting with James Cleverly, Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of…
The workers’ trade union of Universal Home Appliances complains about the administration to the Ministry of Manpower
The Union Committee for Universal Home Appliances has filed a complaint with the Ministry of Manpower and the General Union for Engineering Industries due to a salary delay issue in the company. Universal workers have been waiting to receive their…
The National Dialogue: A tool Sisi uses to blackmail the opposition parties
On the fourth of February, the security services-controlled Stalinist left-wing Tagammu’ (Gathering) Party attacked the Civil Democratic Movement, the main secular dissident alliance in Egypt, claiming the movement the one that obstructs the national dialogue. “The dialogue is the best…
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