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The Ismail government approved yesterday a project to establish a new city in Mansoura spanning 5,100 feddans, according to a Cabinet statement. The new city, which will be equipped with a technology and industrial zone, is expected to accommodate 500,000 citizens. The Housing Ministry will offer the units in the new city to Dakahliya residents […]
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Egyptian Competition Authority rules beIN Sports agreements with CNE void
The Egyptian Competition Authority (ECA) declared the agreements between Cable Network Egypt (CNE) and Qatar’s beIN Sports void on Wednesday, according to AMAY. The contracts leave wiggle room for anti-competitive practices, ECA boss Mona El Garf said. The contracts are to be immediately terminated without a court ruling, she added, explaining that the ECA had […]
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Egypt and Hamas reach new agreements to improve conditions in Gaza -Hamas officials
Egypt and Hamas have agreed to increase Egypt’s fuel supplies to Gaza and “commercial exchanges” to alleviate the blockade on Gaza, Hamas’ chief of financial affairs Yousif Al-Kayyali said, according to Maan News Agency. The measures include new policies being implemented at the Rafah border crossing with regards to the passage of both people and […]
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Greek archaeologist discovers ancient tunnel in Alexandria
This artefact was among those found the complex of ancient building recently unearthed by Greek archaeologist Kalliopi Papakostas in the Shallalat Gardens area in Alexandria, where excavations began 21 years ago. “The new discovery is a carved tunnel at a depth of 10 meters,” Philip Chrysopoulos writes for GreekReporter.com. The site reportedly was part of […]
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Egypt’s economic reform “will matter long after any future political transition”
No topic in particular kept the international press busy on Egypt this morning. Here are some of the stuff that caught our eye: Egypt’s economic reform “will matter long after any future political transition:” Whether or not people support President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, there’s no doubt that he “has expended great political capital to […]
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What’s up with John Casson?
British Ambassador to Egypt John Casson’s latest remarks on Egypt’s airport security are both infuriating and odd, Youssef Alomi says bluntly in his Al Masry Al Youm column. Past that sentence, it’s nothing to see here folks, as he engages in tripe conspiracy theories.
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Buzz Aldrin’s facial expressions say everything we can’t about The Donald
Buzz Aldrin’s facial expressions say everything we can’t about The Donald: Apollo 11 astronaut and space legend Buzz Aldrin stole the spotlight from US President Donald Trump’s speech about space with his facial expressions that basically sum up how people other than bucktoothed mouth-breathers feel about The Donald’s speeches (watch, runtime: 1:35). Aldrin flashes a […]
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New youth unemployment program in the works?
New youth unemployment program in the works? Investment and International Cooperation Minister Sahar Nasr discussed Egypt’s new youth employment program with representatives from the International Labor Organization, the World Bank, the African Development Bank, USAID, the Japanese International Cooperation Agency, according to a ministry statement (pdf). The program aims to provide 1 mn young citizens […]
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El Sisi talks bilateral ties with Cypriot president over the phone
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi spoke on the phone yesterday with his Cypriot counterpart Nicos Anastasiades, according to an Ittihadiya statement. The two presidents discussed “cooperating with Greece,” which to us could only mean natural gas in the east Mediterranean.