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MOVES- Current State Information Service head Diaa Rashwan was elected as head of the Journalists’ Syndicate,Al Mal reports. Rashwan received 63.5% of the votes, defeating journalist and Akhbar Al Youm board member Refaat Rashad.
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Posted inSpeed Round
Baker McKenzie Cairo hires Ahmed Abdallah
MOVES- Ahmed Abdallah, a veteran banking and finance lawyer with more than 15 years of experience in the industry, has joined Baker McKenzie Cairo’s banking and finance group as a counsel, Baker principal Mohammed Ghannam said in a statement. Abdallah holds an LLB from Cairo University.
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Egypt tops list of hottest travel destinations for HNWIs
Egypt has topped a list of the hottest travel destinations for high net worth individuals, according to data given to Business Insiderby travel agency Original Travel. The company, which caters to the luxury end of the travel market, says that bookings to Egypt in 2019 are on course to rise threefold from last year.
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Posted inEGYPT IN THE NEWS
Egypt in the News on 17 March 2019
It’s all quiet in the foreign press this morning, with Egypt getting very little attention from journos overseas. The Telegraph is out with an article examining Egypt’s “Two is Enough” campaign, calling it a “desperate bid” to curb population growth. Other than that, it’s tumbleweeds as far as the eye can see.
Posted inON THE FRONT PAGES
Aswan youth forum tops front pages of Egypt’s state-owned newspapers
Arab-African youth forum dominates headlines in state-owned press: President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s opening of the first Arab African Youth Forum in Aswan over the weekend topped the front pages of all three state-owned newspapers this morning (Al Ahram | Al Gomhuria | Al Akhbar). In his speech, El Sisi said investing in youth is […]
Posted inWorth watching
Can we really trust our memories?
Can we really trust our memories? We tend to think of memory as an accurate storage of experiences in the brain that can be accessed when needed. But this video from The Guardian (watch, runtime: 07:35) tells us that we reconstruct, rather than relive, our past experiences every time we access them. By changing and […]
Posted inDiplomacy + Foreign Trade
US State Department reports on human rights, Egypt rejects assessment
US State Department issues scathing report on Egypt’s human rights record: The US State Department’s Egypt 2018 Human Rights Report (pdf)charges that Egypt has committed a wide range of human rights violations. The 55-page report provided detailed accounts of each category, blaming authorities for “inconsistently [punishing] or [prosecuting] officials who committed abuses,” and failing to […]
Posted inDiplomacy + Foreign Trade
Egypt receives letter of guarantee for Russian Industrial Zone
Egypt receives letter of guarantee for Russian Industrial Zone: Egypt has received the letter of guarantee from Russia’s Trade and Industry Ministry for the implementation of the USD 7 bn Russian Industrial Zone (RIZ) in the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone), deputy SCZone head Mohamed Baraya said on Thursday. An Egyptian-Russian company will be set […]
Posted inDiplomacy + Foreign Trade
AU Commission Chair praises Egypt’s achievements in Africa
AU Commission Chair Moussa Faki Mahamat praised Egypt’s achievements in Africa during his address at the opening ceremony of the Arab and African Youth Forum which began in Aswan on Saturday, Egypt Today reports. Faki lauded the role played by Egypt in establishing the principles of the Organization of African Unity and helping to end […]