Egypt

Egyptian mezzo-soprano Farrah el-Dibany received the 'Arab Woman of the Year' award for 2024 from the London Arabia Organisation for her work in cultural exchange

Diaa Rashwan, the Head of the State Information Service, has denied reports that Egypt is planning to establish units to shelter Palestinians at its Gaza border in the event of forced displacement caused by Israeli attacks

Nevin Al-Kilani, Minister of Culture, yesterday opened the activities of the 'Day of Palestinian Culture and Heritage' at the 55th Cairo International Book Fair, organised by the Egyptian Ministry of Culture, in support of the Palestinian cause

EC Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi announced that EU is Egypt's main trading partner and accounts for 27% of total trade on the occasion of 10th meeting of Association Council between EU and Egypt, marking the 20th anniversary of the Association Agreement

Egypt officially joined the Brics, a group of countries with emerging economies, namely 'emerging national economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa'; President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi welcomed 'the confidence of the Brics member states'

Facing a very serious internal economic crisis and the war in Gaza on its borders, Egypt, the third most populous country in Africa, will vote this weekend; according to common opinion, head of state Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will be confirmed for a third term

Egypt signed with China a series of space agreements, including cooperation on the Chinese-led International Lunar Station

The gold sector will be boosted with a $2,5 million exploration agreement by the Mineral Resources Authority with Lotus Gold Corp

Since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas on 7 October, 12.000 tonnes of aid have been sent to Gaza, of which 9.000 tonnes from Egypt, according to the Egyptian Cabinet Information and Decision Support Centre

The country has asked Kenya to be allowed to continue receiving tea produced in the East African country in exchange for any local Egyptian production, so as not to deplete its dollar stocks