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Wadi Degla Nature and Local Cultures Festival aims to boost ecotourism
Local cultures festival to boost Egypt’s ecotourism: The Environment Ministry organized last week the three-day Nature and Local Cultures Festival at the Wadi Degla protectorate to promote ecotourism by showcasing the diversity of Egypt’s natural reserves, Xinhua reports. The festival’s aim, according to the ministry’s director of environmental development, was to introduce traditional activities and […]
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Egypt in the News on 25 August 2019
Getting attention in the foreign press this morning: Studies show that Egypt faces the prospect of “climate catastrophe” in Alexandria, with sea levels predicted to rise two feet by 2050, submerging parts of the city. With a lack of consensus on the severity and impact of climate change hindering policy decisions, CityLab asks whether the […]
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The US may not be as close to a recession as the yield curve suggests
The US is actually not as close to a recession as it seems, regardless of the chatter about the inverted yield curve: You know how everybody and their mother has been fretting over an impending recession in the US? It’s actually “a less than 50-50 proposition,” Peter Coy writes for Bloomberg. The number of economists […]
Posted inDiplomacy + Foreign Trade
El Sisi talks Egypt’s public health services with WHO boss
El Sisi talks public health services with WHO boss: President Abdel Fattah El Sisi met on Thursday with World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedres Adhanom to discuss Egypt’s public healthcare services and the new universal healthcare scheme, which was rolled out earlier this year in Port Said, according to an Ittihadiya statement (pdf).
Posted inEnergy
Zohr gas field’s 13th well to begin production end of September
The Zohr natural gas field’s 13th well is set to begin production at the end of September, an oil industry source told Youm7. Total production from the field reached 2.7 bcf/d four months ahead of schedule last week.
Posted inBasic Materials + Commodities
Egypt’s cotton exports rise by 74% y-o-y during 8M 2019
Cotton exports increased by 74% during the first eight months of 2019 to 1.74 mn qintars, compared to 1 mn qintars during the same period last year, Agriculture Ministry sources told the local press. Cotton export season lasts nine months, and comes to an end this week.
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Egypt’s Military Production Ministry signs MoU with Belarus’ Amkodor
The Military Production Ministry signed an MoU with Belarus’ Amkodor to increase the percentage of domestic components used in heavy machinery that will be manufactured in Egypt, the ministry said in a statement. The agreement will see the company source 45% of its components from local sources by 2022.
Posted inHealth + Education
Sohag food safety study shows “poor knowledge” among food handlers
There is an “urgent need” to raise awareness of food safety in Sohag governorate due to “poor knowledge and non-compliance” with safety regulations among food handlers, research conducted at Sohag University has found (pdf). Less than half of the 994 surveyed handlers considered safe food handling an essential part of their job, only 36% of […]