Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi slammed on Tuesday Ethiopia's "intransigence", which has strained the decade-long negotiations between Egypt, Sudan, and Addis Ababa over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
The president said the (...)
Egypt welcomes an invitation by DR Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi to resume the negotiations on the Grand Ethiopia Renaissance Dam (GERD) sponsored by the African Union, Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said on Wednesday.
In remarks to Sky News, (...)
Egypt is participating in two clinical trials of the potentially "game-changing" drug Molnupiravir for the treatment of coronavirus cases, Spokesman of the Ministry of Health Khaled Megahed said late on Friday.
Molnupiravir is an oral anti-viral (...)
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi affirmed on Thursday Egypt's readiness to provide the necessary means to help Libyans foster the required climate to hold the presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled at the end of the year.
El-Sisi's (...)
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said on Thursday that Egypt has received a vision and plan from the DR Congo, the current chair of the African Union (AU), on the resumption of the AU-sponsored talks regarding the GERD during the coming (...)
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry stressed on Tuesday Egypt's support for the new leadership of the Anna Lindh Foundation (ALF) that took office on 1 September.
Shoukry's confirmation was made in a meeting in Cairo with Princess Rym Ali, ALF's new (...)
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi attended on Tuesday the launching ceremony for the United Nations Development Programme's (UNDP) report on human development in Egypt for 2021.
The ceremony is being held in Egypt's New Administrative Capital (...)
Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said Saturday the state has prepared its new human rights strategy through a scientific and consultative approaches that included expanded community dialogue and discussions involving the National Council for (...)
Ahmed Ehab Gamal El-Din, Egypt's permanent representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva, said the new National Strategy for Human Rights highlights the right of citizens to participation in the political life and formation of political (...)
The Egyptian health ministry is planning to ensure that 100 percent of employees in the country's education sector are vaccinated against the coronavirus by October, Health Minister Hala Zayed said on Wednesday.
This is part of the state's plan to (...)
Egypt will release its locally-produced doses of the Chinese Sinovac coronavirus vaccine by today or tomorrow maximum, and will manufacture between 15 and 18.5 million doses per month, Health Minister Hala Zayed said on Sunday.
Zayed made the (...)
Serbian Foreign Minister Nikola Selakovic affirmed on Sunday his country's keenness to continue cooperation with Egypt on all levels against the challenges facing the two Mediterranean countries.
His remarks came in a meeting with Egypt's President (...)
The UK's Ambassador to Cairo Geoffrey Adams bid farewell to Egyptians after three "fantastic" years in Egypt, saying he and his spouse, Mary Emma, are "so grateful to everyone who made our time here so memorable."
Adams posted a video on his Twitter (...)
Hurghada International Airport received on Monday morning the first flight coming from Moscow after almost six years of suspension of direct flights from Russia to the Egyptian Red Sea resorts.
The Airbus A330-300, which is operated by Egypt's (...)
Egyptian Ambassador to Russia Ihab Nasr said on Sunday the two capitals are discussing means to increase the number of recently-resumed direct flights between Russia and Red Sea resorts.
Twenty direct flights will be operated between Moscow and the (...)
Hurghada International Airport received on Monday the second direct flight coming from Moscow as direct flights from Russian airports to Egypt's Red Sea resort cities resumed today after a 6-year hiatus.
The second flight carried 500 Russian (...)
Czech Foreign Minister Jakub Kulhánek said on Sunday that his country is keen on resuming tourism to Egypt, hailing the Egyptian red sea resorts during the past two winters as the best destinations for Czech tourists despite the pandemic.
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President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi ordered on Saturday the continuous development of the banking sector's performance and urged working on maintaining policies aiming to stabilise the performance of the country's monetary sector.
The aim is to (...)
Egypt will receive 148.2 million coronavirus vaccine doses between August and the end of the year, which are enough to vaccinate 83.7 million people, Health Minister Hala Zayed said on Thursday.
In a meeting with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly in (...)
Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said on Monday that the European Union may take measures that affirm its dissatisfaction with Ethiopia's practices and unilateral moves with regards to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) issue.
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Senegal's President Macky Sall said finding a radical solution to the GERD crisis between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia will be on top of the African Union's (AU) priorities in 2022 during his country's presidency of the grouping.
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Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said on Saturday Egypt hopes that the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) behaves in a way that enhances Egyptian and Sudanese efforts to reach a legally binding deal over the filling and operation of the Grand (...)
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi renewed his support to the Libyan presidential council and the Government of National Unity (GNU) as he met on Sunday with Libya's Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush.
El-Sisi reiterated his support to the (...)
Egypt will extend the opening hours for shops, malls, cafes, and restaurants until 11pm amid the coronavirus, canceling a three-week decision to close these facilities at 9pm. The country will, however, continue its ban on weddings in closed (...)
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi told US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday that the latest developments in the Palestinian territories confirm the importance of working immediately to revive direct Palestinian-Israeli talks under (...)
