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Slight increase in Egypt’s COVID-19 cases does not mean new wave: Health official
Surge Minor rise in infections attributed to citizens’ non-commitment to precautionary measures
Egypt sterilises polling stations ahead of Senate elections
Polling stations nationwide started preparations for elections, as expatriate voters cast votes via email
Egypt ready to resume GERD talks based on 21 July, 3 August meetings’ results
GERD talks have been postponed for 7 days upon Sudan’s request
Egypt university admissions to start on 22 August: Higher Education Minister
Total of 77,000 students across Egypt have applied for university admission tests
Egypt continues sending relief supplies to Lebanon
The third aid batch compromises 14 tonnes of medical supplies, and foodstuff including flour to maintain bread production in the city and to compensate the damage occurred to the country’s strategic reserve of wheat, the Egyptian Embassy to Beirut revealed.
River Nile witnesses increased upstream rainfall: Egypt Irrigation Ministry
Water levels at Aswan High Dam secures country’s water needs
Egypt Health Minister warns against neglecting COVID-19 precautionary measures
Negelah isolation hospital in Matrouh resumes accepting COVID-19 cases
Egypt Supreme Media Council to monitor news media performance in Senate elections
The operations room will be responsible for both monitoring media coverage and following up on problems that media professionals and journalists may experience as they cover the elections.
Al-Sisi urges Lebanese to enhance state institutions, distance country from conflicts
‘We must work together as Lebanon’s future is at stake’: Macron
Decline in Egypt’s COVID-19 cases real, expected: Health official
Nationwide fall in number of daily infections does not mean decrease of tests
Egypt reports 167 new coronavirus cases, raising total to 95,314
From first week of July, the daily coronavirus infections and fatalities in Egypt started to gradually decline along with an increase in daily recoveries.
Expatriate Egyptians to vote in Senate elections on Sunday
Egyptians living abroad will start voting by e-mail on Sunday and Monday, while those present in the country will vote on 11 and 12 August
Cairo should end GERD talks as Ethiopia unlikely to sign binding deal: Egyptian ex-official
Egypt sends letter to AU Chair South Africa, rejecting Ethiopia’s unilateral actions
Second Egyptian military aircraft with medical, relief supplies dispatched to Lebanon
A second Egyptian aircraft carrying urgent medical, relief supplies, and food aid was dispatched on Saturday to the Lebanese capital, Beirut, according to an Egyptian military statement.
8 injured, 7 vehicles burned in traffic collision on Cairo Ring Road
No fatalities were reported in accident, with injured transferred directly to hospital
Lower COVID-19 infections does not mean prevention measures stop: PM Madbouly
During a cabinet meeting, Madbouly hailed the significant efforts made by the Egyptian government to ensure the secondary school leaving exams (Thanaweyya Amma) were still held, despite the pandemic.
Two pilots killed in private aircraft crash at Egypt’s El Gouna Airport
The pilots of the crushed Apollo Fox aircraft, of Airman Sky Sports, were immediately transferred to a hospital where they died of serious injuries sustained during a forced landing at El Gouna Airport after a test flight, the ministry’s Media Advisor Bassem Abdel Kerim said in a statement.
Egypt, Greece sign maritime demarcation agreement
New deal comes amid growing tensions in Eastern Mediterranean, due to illegal Turkish attempts to explore for oil in region
Egyptian aircraft arrives in Beirut to deliver lifesaving supplies
Al-Sisi offers condolences to his Lebanese President Michel Aoun over Beirut blast
Renewing religious discourse aims to improve image of Islam: Grand Mufti Adviser
Up to 2,000 hours of audio and video lectures produced to renew religious discourse
Egypt sees continued decline in COVID-19 figures
Ministry of Health reports 123 new coronavirus infectionson Wednesday
Two Egyptians killed, another missing in Beirut blast
Egypt’s Embassy in Beirut is working with Lebanese authorities in search for missing Egyptians
Egypt ready to use all capabilities to support Lebanon: Al-Sisi
Beirut explosions kill at least 100 people, with over 4,000 others injured
Egypt’s daily COVID-19 infections decline for third consecutive week
Country records 112 new cases, bringing total number of infections to 94,752
Nile dam dispute: Egypt and Sudan suspend GERD talks as Ethiopia bluffs
Egypt and Sudan requested to adjourn the meeting to consider Ethiopian version of guidelines and rules on GERD filling submitted by Addis Ababa on 24 July
Draft law on protecting identities of sexual abuse survivors initially approved
Law was submitted after scores of women shared testimonies of sexual assault against university student
Parliament approves amendment to Penal Code to criminalise bullying
Those found guilty of bullying will be punished with no less than six-month imprisonment
Egypt’s Thanaweyya Amma results announced with 81.5% success rate
Shawky, who gave his approval to the results for the 2020 Thanaweyya Amma exams, said that about 18% of students who sat the exams gained an average score of over 95%.
Ethiopia’s disputed dam back to negotiating table
Current talks reveal AU sympathy with Ethiopia’s claimed rights to construct projects over Blue Nile without agreement
Egyptian expatriates to vote in Senate elections next week
Egyptian embassies adopt absentee voting as part of precautionary measures against COVID-19