UNWTO Secretary-General arrives at Cairo in first visit since return of air travel
Travel
August 23, 2020
UNWTO Secretary-General arrives at Cairo in first visit since return of air travel
UNWTO Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili arrived in Cairo on Saturday in his first visit following the return of international air flights in…
Egypt among emerging markets most likely to maintain positive GDP outlook: Fitch
Business
August 23, 2020
Egypt among emerging markets most likely to maintain positive GDP outlook: Fitch
Egypt is one of the few major emerging markets to maintain its positive Growth Domestic Product (GDP) outlook despite the…
Egypt, Sudan Health Minsters discuss cooperation in first virtual meeting
Health & Fitness
August 23, 2020
Egypt, Sudan Health Minsters discuss cooperation in first virtual meeting
Egypt’s Minister of Health Hala Zayed on Saturday held a virtual meeting with her Sudanese counterpart Sara Abdel Azim Hassanein…
Amid virus, Coptic Orthodox Church celebrates Assumption of Virgin Mary
Egypt
August 23, 2020
Amid virus, Coptic Orthodox Church celebrates Assumption of Virgin Mary
Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church on Saturday celebrated the Assumption of the Virgin Mary amid measures to control the coronavirus pandemic,…
Upcoming Egypt-Jordan-Iraq summit in Amman set to strengthen cooperation
Egypt
August 23, 2020
Upcoming Egypt-Jordan-Iraq summit in Amman set to strengthen cooperation
The Jordanian News Agency (Petra) announced Saturday that a tripartite summit will be held between Jordanian King Abdullah II, Egyptian…
Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church sends 12 tons of aid to Lebanon
Egypt
August 22, 2020
Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church sends 12 tons of aid to Lebanon
Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and patriarch of the See of St. Mark sent a relief shipment to Lebanon, as…
To prepare for return of Friday prayers, Egypt initiates widespread mosque sterilizations
Egypt
August 22, 2020
To prepare for return of Friday prayers, Egypt initiates widespread mosque sterilizations
Minister of Religious Endowments Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa, ordered every directorate of the ministry nationwide to carry out a widescale campaign…
Collision in central Sinai road leaves 5 dead, 1 injured
Egypt
August 22, 2020
Collision in central Sinai road leaves 5 dead, 1 injured
Five people were killed and one injured in a collision on the international road in central Sinai on Saturday. The…
Video: Latest ‘Death on the Nile’ trailer features Gal Gadot and Pyramids
Cinema/TV
August 21, 2020
Video: Latest ‘Death on the Nile’ trailer features Gal Gadot and Pyramids
The latest trailer for the upcoming “Death on the Nile” movie, a remake of a film produced 42 years ago…
Alexandria to launch its first surface metro project at $2.5 billion
Egypt
August 21, 2020
Alexandria to launch its first surface metro project at $2.5 billion
Alexandria is underway to start implementing two transportation projects set to transform the city; the first being development of the…