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What we’re tracking on 17 August 2020
Good morning, friends, and welcome to a reasonably quiet Monday morning as we putter toward the last holiday long weekend…
What we’re tracking on 16 August 2020
It’s shaping up to be a short (but busy) week as the Islamic New Year holiday looks set to fall…
Cabinet approves significantly tougher penalties for insulting gov’t employees
CABINET WATCH- Tougher (and more expensive) penalties for insulting state employees on duty under legislative changes to penal code: The…
Egypt in the News on 12 August 2020
On another relatively quiet morning for Egypt in the foreign press, the country’s anti-harassment movement and the reopening of the…
Egyptian Commodity Exchange law will be with Parliament in October, says El Moselhy
LEGISLATION WATCH- Cabinet will submit the law that will establish the Egyptian Commodity Exchange to the House of Representatives in…
What we’re tracking on 12 August 2020
National polls for the country’s inaugural Senate election close tonight: President AbdelFattah El Sisi and Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly both…
Tougher penalties for illegal electricity installations in Egypt under legislative amendments
LEGISLATION WATCH- Tougher penalties for stealing electricity, failure to provide services under new legislative amendments: The House Legislative Committee approved…
Egypt’s talk shows: The latest in Lebanon + Senate elections + covid-19 second wave preparations
The latest developments in Lebanon and Egypt’s Senate elections were the main talking points on the airwaves last night. A…
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