Al-Masry Al-Youm The German airline Lufthansa is mulling several alternatives to overcome the crisis of its financial dues in Egypt, including a possible halt on the sale of tickets in Egyptian pounds or using credit cards. The airline is also … read more
In a speech on Monday at the inauguration of Geit El-Aneb residential project in Alexandria, President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi mourned the victims of the boat carrying illegal migrants that capsized off the coast of Rashid in the Mediterranean Sea. The president … read more
Kamal Tabikha Former Al-Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy, who was arrested in 2013 and spent more than 400 days behind bars, is publishing an account of his trial and experiences in the Egyptian prison system. Titled “The Marriott Cell”, the book … read more
The death toll from the capsizing of a migrant boat on Wednesday off Egypt’s Mediterranean coast reached 169 people on Sunday, with Egypt’s Prime Minister Sherif Ismail assigning the Petroleum Marine Services to retrieve the sunken vessel, according to a statement … read more
Russian transport minister Maxim Sokolov, who is expected to visit Egypt soon, will discuss with President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi the resumption of flights between the two countries, including a draft intergovernmental agreement on aviation security, the Russian transportation ministry’s press service … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm The State Commissioners Authority, the advisory body for the State Council, has lent its support to the limited monitoring of social media by Egypt’s Interior Ministry. A lawsuit was filed earlier this year with the Administrative Court of … read more
Reuters Egypt Independent Telecom Egypt, the state fixed-line monopoly, said on Monday it was considering acquiring additional spectrum, weeks after it bought a fourth-generation (4G) licence that will allow it to directly offer mobile phone services for the first time. … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm “The population growth rate in Egypt is a dangerous virus that we must get rid of, just like virus-C,” said Major General Abu Bakr al-Gendy, Chairman of the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS). Gendy made … read more
MENA Egypt Independent EgyptAir chairman Safwat Musallam said on Sunday that the company has passed the regular security checks conducted by the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) without any notices on faults or necessary improvements. In a statement on Sunday, … read more
Aswat Masriya US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump praised on Thursday his meeting with the Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, saying that there was “good chemistry” between them. Sisi met with Trump on the sidelines of the 71st session of … read more