With COP27: Local rights groups coalition demands freedom of civil society
On Friday, local rights groups issued a joint statement announcing the formation of a coalition demanding the freedom of civil society, in conjunction with the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP27, scheduled to be held in Sharm el-Sheikh in…
The highest in 4 years: Egypt’s annual inflation hits 14.6%
On Thursday, the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics issued a statement announcing that the annual urban consumer price inflation rate rose in August to 14.6%, the most effective rate since November 2018, when it recorded 15.7%. Also, every…
CBE declares new decline in foreign exchange reserves
On Wednesday, the Central Bank announced a decrease in foreign exchange reserves to $33.141 billion, down from about $40.93 billion at the beginning of the year. According to the Central Bank, gulf deposits represented more than 75% of the reserves…
Rights groups and political parties declare solidarity with Mada Masr
Human rights groups and political parties have expressed solidarity with Mada Masr journalists under investigation by the Public Prosecutor against the background of complaints submitted by the Nation’s Future Party against the independent news website. Amnesty International called on the…
Mada Masr journalists were summoned to the office of the Public Prosecutor
On Wednesday, Ragia Omran, a Mada Masr’s defence team member, said that the complaints submitted to the Public Prosecution by the Nation’s Future Party against the independent news website had reached about 500. On August 31, Mada Masr published a…
ECESR warns of increasing industrial workers’ suicides in Egypt
The Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights has announced its solidarity with the workers of the Beshai Steel Factory, who have been on strike for more than two weeks. Two factory workers had committed suicide due to financial pressures….
The left-wing party condemns the liquidation of state-owned companies
On Tuesday, the Egyptian Democratic Party issued a statement condemning the government’s decision to liquidate the Al-Nasr for Coke and Chemicals. The party said that the newly appointed Minister of the Business Sector, Mahmoud Esmat, started his work with the…
Former parliamentarian Ahmed El-Tantawy: No one can prevent me from returning to Egypt
Former parliamentarian Ahmed El-Tantawy has said that the current regime is providing the worst performance for a regime in the modern history of Egypt, stressing that he will not be a partner, ally or supporter of it. During an interview…
Expecting death in prison, Aboul Fotouh writes his will
Ahmed Aboul Fotouh, son of imprisoned former presidential candidate Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, has said his father wrote his will in the last letter the family received from him. Last week, the family of the head of the Strong Egypt…
Egypt’s new half-billion dollars presidential plane is old, Simple Flying says
Simple Flying has said that the new presidential plane the Egyptian government bought that caused a stir recently is an old one, but Egypt bought it at the price of a modern aircraft of the same type. It said that…
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