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Morsi’s death continues to hold the attention of the foreign press
It’s still all about Morsi in the foreign press today: Shadi Hamid writes in The Atlantic that Morsi was “incompetent, polarizing and managed to alienate nearly everyone outside the Brotherhood.” Still, the instability of his reign was a product of a democratic transition rather than because of his failures as a leader, he argues. In […]
Posted inON THE FRONT PAGES
El Sisi talks cooperation with Belarusian counterpart in Minsk
El Sisi talks cooperation with Belarusian president in Minsk: A meeting between President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, in which they discussed ways to strengthen ties topped the front pages of all three government dailies this morning (Al Ahram | Al Akhbar | Al Gomhuria).
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Egypt has one of the fastest growing populations in the world
Egypt has one of the fastest growing populations in the world: Egypt will have to support an extra 60 mn people in the next 30 years as the population rises to 160 mn by 2050, UN findings show (pdf). The report has Egypt among the nine countries expected to show the largest population increase between […]
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Check out the very first mall in Egypt
Check out the very first mall in Egypt: Egypt’s first mall was once the place to see and be seen, this Masrawy video shows (watch, runtime: 02:36). Founded in 1923, the Simon Arzt mall in Port Said was the place to go for fashionable imported clothes, people-watching, occasional summertime sunbathing for women on the roof, […]
Posted inDiplomacy + Foreign Trade
Sisi discusses boosting trade and investments with Belarus PM
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi discussed boosting investments and bilateral trade with Belarus PM Syarhey Rumas, according to an Ittihadiya statement. The meeting comes as part of a European tour that will also see Sisi visit Romania later this week. Trade Minister Amr Nassar also met with his counterpart yesterday to discuss the possibility of […]
Posted inEnergy
NPPA, Rosatom, to hold Dabaa forum for local companies
Russia’s Rosatom and the Nuclear Power Plants Authority (NPPA) will organize a forum in October to introduce local suppliers and contractors to Rosatom’s procurement system and expected tenders in the planned Dabaa project, Al Masry Al Youm reports. Over 600 companies involved or looking to be involved in the project will be invited. We noted […]
Posted inEnergy
PM discusses operating Siemens power plants offer with Edra official
Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly discussed Malaysia’s Edra Power Holdings’ offer to take over one of Siemens’ newly built power plants with the company’s President and Executive Director Datuk Wira Mark Ling, the cabinet said in a statement. Madbouly said Egypt welcomes reaching an agreement that would serve its interests and reduce liabilities and at the […]
Posted inManufacturing
EGAS refuses again to cut natural gas prices for heavy consumption factories
The Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company has once again refused another push for cutting natural gas prices for steel and ceramics factories, local press reported, citing an unnamed EGAS officials. EGAS said the current prices are appropriate for different industries. It said factories, who receive about 2.4 bcf/day of natural gas, are working at almost […]