It was an incredibly slow news night for Egypt in the foreign press this morning. Beyond the two stories we are going to mention below, all we can hear on Egypt was cricket chirps.

Surprisingly, topping coverage of Egypt appears to be Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa, whose trial has been finally set by the Prosecutor General for next Sunday, according to Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney. Official Irish observers will be present at the hearing, a move she welcomed as an indication that the trial is now progressing into its final stages, National Public Service Broadcaster’s RTÉ.ie reports.

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