The fall of the Iron and Steel Co: From leadership to liquidation
“An unjust decision,” said Khaled El-Feki, a member of the Board of Directors of the Holding Company for Metal Industries, commenting on the decision to liquidate the Egyptian Iron and Steel Company. The extraordinary general assembly of Egyptian Iron and…
Handball World Cup: Polishing the regime’s image through sports
“The Egyptian government wanted the World Handball Championship to be a project to polish the regime’s image.” With these words, the Danish newspaper Politiken described the World Handball Championship that Cairo is hosting from January 13 to 31. The newspaper…
Double standards in the Mubarak regime’s prisons and the opposition’s detention centres
I found a large gym and spa… I was standing next to the small window so that I could breathe. We were playing football and Habib al-Adly [the former interior minister] was counting my incorrect penalty kicks… We are forbidden…
After the oxygen crisis, where did the funds allocated to confront corona go?
Egypt woke up a week ago to the tragic death of six COVID-19 patients due to a lack of oxygen, amid accusations by the health authorities of negligence and questions about allocations to the health sector, which is suffering from…
Political detainees suffer torture and humiliation in police stations
The lawyers of Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression filed a report to the attorney general, on Sunday, on behalf of journalist Mohamed Salah, against the commissioner of Dar al-Salam Police Station. The report said that Salah was denied…
IMF: Negative predictions of inflation and dollar flow in Egypt
The International Monetary Fund raised its prediction of the Egyptian economy’s growth rate during the 2020/2021 fiscal year to 2.8 per cent compared to the prediction of two per cent, which the fund issued in June. The fund had approved…
After Qatar, is Egyptian-Turkish reconciliation on the way?
With Cairo signing the Al-Ula agreement to reconcile with Qatar, attention turned to Cairo’s other regional enemy, Turkey, which welcomed the agreement and sent positive signals, raising speculation that Egyptian-Turkish reconciliation might be on the way. The arrival of the…
In the absence of a vision for repayment, Egypt awaits new debts of $30 billion
The International Monetary Fund revealed that Egypt needs about $30.7 billion in foreign financing during the current fiscal year, with an increase of $8 billion from the previous fiscal year. According to the documents of the first review of the…
‘Vaccination for all for free,’ demands EIPR
The Egyptian Health Minister Hala Zayed said in a TV statement on Sunday that COVID-19 vaccines will not be provided for free to all citizens, as those who can afford to pay should pay for the vaccine, while those who…
Despite official reconciliation al-Sisi’s media continues attacks on Qatar
“What is between us and the Qatari regime is martyrs’ blood.” With those words, Ahmed Moussa, the Egyptian broadcaster loyal to General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s regime, commented on the Gulf reconciliation agreement with Qatar signed in the Saudi city of…
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