The economic crisis is driving the conversation on Egypt in the foreign press this morning: The Financial Times reports on how soaring inflation is hurting the poor and well-off alike, while Bloomberg and Deutsche Welle are both out with pieces asking whether the government will deliver on its pledges to reform the economy in favor of the private sector.

A long way to Cairo: Western airlines are having to take detours to avoid Russian and Belarusian airspace, while the EU’s ban on airlines from these nations overflying its territory has forced them to take strange prolonged routes to several holiday destinations, including Egypt’s Red Sea, leading to increased costs and carbon emissions. (The Independent)

Six Egyptians released from detention in Libya: Six Egyptian Christians who were kidnapped earlier this month in western Libya have been released, according to the Foreign Ministry. The men were abducted after they traveled to Libya in search of work. (Associated Press | AFP | Asharq Al Awsat)

MEANWHILE- AP reports that former anti-graft chief Hisham Genena was released from prison after serving a five-year sentence, while civil engineer Mamdouh Hamza has reportedly returned to Egypt (watch, runtime: 2:38), Al Shorouk says.

ALSO- The new Badr prison gets ink from Reuters, AP is talking about FGM, and the Guardian has a report from Rome on the unresolved murder of Giulio Regeni.