Russian security inspectors will be Cairo in the first half of this month for an airport security audit, Russian Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov said, according to TASS. Security inspectors were expected to arrive for a “final inspection” this week and Izvestia newspaper had said 23 February is the proposed date for the resumption of direct flights between Egypt and Russia.

The next meeting of the Central Bank of Egypt’s Monetary Policy Committee is slated for 16 February (that’s two weeks from today). The MPC’s full-year 2017 schedule is here.

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