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The Egyptian government’s decision to reduce the amount of state-subsidized bread provided to bakeries for holders of old subsidy cards has ignited protests in several major cities amidst growing fears that authorities are planning to reduce the subsidy. The governorates Read more
Egypt and Russia have agreed on a roadmap to resume direct flights, suspended by President Putin following the October 2015 air crash of a Russian airplane that killed all 224 onboard. Egyptian civil aviation minister Sherif Fathy said the agreement Read more
Egypt and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached an agreement for the three-year $12 billion loan needed by Cairo to support its reform program. The head of the IMF delegation Chris Jarvis said the country has a “great potential Read more
Turkey Monday said it has not undertaken any step to normalize tensed ties with Cairo at the time it seeks to thaw ties with Israel and Russia. “No official or unofficial step has been taken on the normalization of the Read more
Egyptian government Sunday charged outlawed Muslim Brotherhood and Gaza’s Hamas of the assassination of Public Chief Prosecutor Hisham Barakat last year in June. “This plot was carried out on the orders of the Muslim Brotherhood … in close coordination with Read more
At the end of his two day visit to Egypt, Speaker of the Russian Parliament Sergey Naryshkin said he was hopeful that flights between the two countries would resume soon. He said he had a thorough discussion with President Sisi Read more
Egyptian journalist Ahmed Mansour, who was detained Saturday in Germany following a warrant issued by Egyptian authorities, was freed Monday by German prosecutors who found no grounds for his detention or deportation. Mansour was arrested while trying to board a Read more