• Wednesday, 24 February 2021

    Also on our radar on 24 February 2021

    A planned factory to manufacture railway tracks should be operational within 24 months, Transport Minister Kamel El Wazir said, according to a cabinet statement. Unnamed Transport Ministry officials had said last year the ministry was in talks with three international...
  • Wednesday, 24 February 2021

    Egypt in the News on 24 February 2021

    Topping coverage of Egypt in the foreign press this morning: A fishing boat carrying at least 19 people has capsized in Lake Mariut near Alexandria, killing at least nine people — including three children. The incident likely occurred because the...
  • Sunday, 21 February 2021

    Also on our radar on 21 February 2021

    French infrastructure firm Suez and Arab Contractors will take over operations and maintenance work at a wastewater treatment plant in Cairo’s Gabal El Asfar on 1 March, Suez said in a statement on Wednesday. The EUR 40 mn contract will...
  • Sunday, 21 February 2021

    Uh … privet?

    There’s confusion over whether Russia will resume direct flights to Egypt's Red Sea resorts after contradictory statements emerged at the end of last week about moves to finally end Russia’s five-year ban on flights from Moscow to Sharm El Sheikh...
  • Tuesday, 16 February 2021

    Also on our radar on 16 February 2021

    More on the state’s plan to overhaul spinning and weaving: The Public Enterprises Ministry’s bid to streamline state-owned spinning and weaving companies is targeting a significant increase in production, Minister Hisham Tawfik told cabinet in his latest review of the...
  • Tuesday, 9 February 2021

    Egypt in the News on 9 February 2021

    It’s a mostly quiet morning for Egypt in the international press. Among the stragglers: Reuters looks at how Sharm El Sheikh is beefing up security by installing a 36 km wall around the tourist city, which officials say will help...
  • Sunday, 20 December 2020

    It’s best not to look at this year’s tourism figures

    Egypt is set to close out the year with only 3 mn tourist arrivals — just 23% of the record 13 mn who visited the country last year, Deputy Tourism Minister Ghada Shalabi told Sky News on Thursday (watch, runtime:...
  • Tuesday, 10 November 2020

    200k Ukranian tourists visit Egypt since July

    Almost 200k Ukranian tourists have visited Sharm El Sheikh and Hurghada since commercial flights resumed in July, a Ukranian embassy official has said, according to Al Mal. Tourism Minister Khaled El Enany said last week that over 380k tourists had...
  • Sunday, 8 November 2020

    Air Serbia to operate charter flights to Hurghada, Sharm El Sheikh towards 2020-end

    Air Serbia is planning to operate charter flights to Hurghada and Sharm El Sheikh at the end of December and beginning of January, including two special flights to Hurghada for the New Year holidays, according to a statement from the...

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