Denmark and Norway lifted on Thursday travel warnings for Sharm El Sheikh, Dahab, and St. Catherine, Ahram Online reported. “Denmark is no longer warning its nationals of travelling to major touristic destinations in Egypt including Cairo, Alexandria, the Red Sea, Luxor, Aswan and South Sinai,” reads a Danish embassy statement, per state news agency MENA. The Tourism Development Authority (TDA) is reportedly looking to take advantage of the lifting of the warnings by launching promotional campaigns in Denmark, Norway, Finland, and Sweden with advertising agency JWT, TDA head Hany El Demery said, according to Al Borsa. Tourism Minister Yehia Rashed told Al Shorouk that he expects tourism from these countries to pick up, albeit slowly.

As for the Russian ban, Rashed said that there is no official information from Russia on when flights to Egypt will be restored. We have had our hopes up since state-owned Russian news service Sputnik said that 23 February was the likely date for the resumption of flights to Egypt from Russia. The Egyptian Civil Aviation Ministry has since said no date has been set.

Speaking of the Ruskies, the Electricity Ministry is getting ready to announce the details of the USD 30 bn Daba’a nuclear power plant agreement in a press conference “soon,” unnamed officials tell Al Borsa.