• Thursday, 21 January 2021

    We’re on speaking terms with Qatar now

    Egypt and Qatar have formally agreed to re-establish diplomatic ties, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said yesterday in a short statement. Egypt, along with Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain, agreed at a summit earlier this month to restore diplomatic, trade...
  • Tuesday, 19 January 2021

    What we’re tracking on 19 January 2021

    Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to hump day — and to one of the slowest news days we’ve had in months. WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY- The Financial Regulatory Authority’s annual conference on non-banking financial services (NBFS) will be held...
  • Sunday, 17 January 2021

    Libya moving closer to transitional government

    Political rivals in Libya have made progress toward a transitional government that will oversee national parliamentary and presidential elections later this year, according to Reuters. Members of the transitional government could be chosen “in several weeks” after the UN negotiated...
  • Thursday, 14 January 2021

    What the markets are doing on 14 January 2020

    The US stock market is in bubble territory: That’s the consensus among investors, according to a survey picked up by Axios that found that 92% of 904 active investors either believe the market is already in a bubble or is...
  • Thursday, 14 January 2021

    What we’re tracking on 14 January 2021

    Well, friends, we made it through another week together. We have a few more hours of blowing sand ahead of us, according to both the weather office and our favourite weather app, but we’ll slide into the weekend with clear...
  • Wednesday, 13 January 2021

    Egypt in the News on 13 January 2021

    It’s a fairly quiet morning in the foreign press, Qatari flights aside (see today’s What We’re Tracking Today for more). Reuters reports that an Egyptian court has overturned the sentences of two female TikTok users that were found guilty last...
  • Wednesday, 13 January 2021

    What we’re tracking on 13 January 2021

    We have plenty of news for you on this fine Wednesday morning, starting with a surprise announcement from the Central Bank of Egypt that the nation’s banks cannot distribute cash dividends for fiscal year 2020, though they may issue dividends...
  • Monday, 11 January 2021

    Around the world on 11 January 2021

    Bahrain will reopen its airspace to Qatar today, becoming the third Arab Quartet country to do so following last week’s agreement to restore diplomatic ties with the statelet, reports Reuters.Meanwhile, the thinkpieces on last week’s Al Ula declaration continue to...
  • Monday, 11 January 2021

    Qatari Diar to resume City Gate project

    Qatari Diar will resume work on its CityGate project after getting the green light from the New Urban Communities Authority (NUCA), seemingly putting an end to a four-year dispute over the developer failing to deliver on construction targets, Al Shorouk...

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