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Sunday, 5 March 2017

Nasr in Cyprus, Valentina Matviyenko in Cairo

All’s quiet on the airwaves front apparently, with the topic discussions of the day centering around Investment and International Cooperation Minister Sahar Nasr’s visit to Cyprus and Russian Federation Council Chairwoman Valentina Matviyenko trip to Egypt.

On the latter, Al Hayah Al Youm’s Lobna El Assal spoke with Egypt’s Ambassador to Moscow Mohamed El Badry on how Russian Federation Council Chairwoman Valentina Matviyenko’s visit to Cairo this weekend (more on that in the Speed Round) is a harbinger for a return of flights. El Badry said that Egyptian officials were in talks with the Russia’s civil aviation authorities to get the lowdown on what remains to be done before flights can officially(watch, runtime 5:12). “The decision to return flights ultimately belongs to the Russian parliament,” House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Soliman Wahdan also told Assal in a call-in (watch, runtime 3:19).

Hona Al Asema’s Lamees Al Hadidi covered reports of interest by Cypriot investors in a Cypriot-Egyptian agreement to process gas in Egypt for export to Europe on the sidelines of Investment and International Cooperation Minister Sahar Nasr’s visit to Cyprus. Egypt’s Ambassador to the country, Hussein Mubarak confirmed this interest to her, adding that investors were also looking keenly into opportunities in the Suez Canal Economic Zone projects, especially in logistics and maritime transport.

Al Hadidi then continued to follow up on the Coptic Christian families that fled their homes in North Sinai after targeted attacks by Daesh last week. Al Hadidi spoke to Ismailia Governor Yasser Taher, who told audiences that the first 50 displaced families will be given housing in two days’ time, with the rest to follow (watch, runtime 5:32).

Speaking out of a freshly revamped studio, Al Hadidi reminded us that her show will now run from Saturday to Wednesday, and will have an extra episode dedicated to women’s issues called Hona Al Settat (watch, runtime 58:29). We applaud the move Lamees.

Amr Adib and Sherif Amer were off last night.

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