Egypt gets EUR 138 million in grants from the EU
The Ministry of International Cooperation and the European Union have celebrated signing many development financing grants worth 138 million euros. According to the Minister of International Cooperation, Rania Al-Mashat, the grants come intending to support the state’s development efforts in…
The Egyptian parliament discusses new sovereign loan agreements amid fears of spiking foreign debt
Egypt’s House of Representatives referred three international loan agreements to the relevant specific committees for discussion. The first is the agreement signed by President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi regarding a loan from the Korean Economic Development Cooperation Fund, amounting to USD…
Egypt: Inflation jumps to its highest rate in 3 years
The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics has announced that annual inflation was recorded in April at 14.9%, the highest rate in three years. Macroeconomic analyst at CI Capital Sarah Saadeh suggested that the main direct reason for the…
Petitions to release the Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah after his health deterioration
Several Egyptian mothers petitioned the National Council for Human Rights to make all possible efforts to transfer political activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah from his prison cell to a prison hospital in light of the harmful health conditions after his hunger strike…
Egyptian MPs criticize the government for excessive loaning
Several members of the Egyptian House of Representatives have objected to the government’s tendency to rely on loans at approximately 50% of its resources in the draft budget for the new fiscal year, stressing that the government is only good…
The Egyptian government aims to raise foreign funds by 87%
Press reports have indicated that Egypt plans to obtain foreign funds of about 146.4 billion pounds in the budget for the fiscal year 2022-2023, with an increase of 87% in the volume of foreign funds. According to a document seen…
Egyptian activists demand the regime make fundamental political reforms instead of promises
A group of human rights activists, politicians and public figures have called on the Egyptian regime to take several reformative measures to build confidence between the ruling authority and the rest of the Egyptian political and civil society components and…
ISIS claims the attack on the Egyptian military east of the Suez Canal
The Islamic State, ISIS, the terrorist organization, claimed the attack in Western Sinai that killed 11 Egyptian militaries via his Telegram. Saturday, the Egyptian Armed Forces spokesman declared an Egyptian officer and ten rankers were killed and five others injured…
Detained Lawyer Ali Kassab passes away in Tora Prison
Lawyer Ali Kassab’s family has said that his body was buried in his family’s graves in Dakahlia after receiving it from Zeinhom Morgue. Kassab, active in defending Islamist political prisoners, was imprisoned for three months in Tora Prison. The security…
Arab Media Freedom Monitor observes increased violations against journalists in Egypt
Arab Media Freedom Monitor has issued its monthly report, in which it documented 45 violations of media freedom in Egypt last April. The violations included 13 blocking websites, 13 violations by prosecutions and courts, nine arbitrary administrative decisions, 5 cases…
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