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The current situation could be worse (Russia) but there is a reason to be positive because. I've always thought that locked up journalists was a really good thing - although it had a short term...
Egypt is probably capably of feeding itself (arguable) but waste and mismanagement mean that it imports on a prodigious level. This technology means that waste is reduced. The savings claimed are...
I used to think that immigration was about migrants moving from a developing country to a developed one, motivated by a single...
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He's saying he used to THINK the REASON people migrate is to enjoy a higher standard of living. He is saying that Egypt has lower standards and other countries higher standards.
Brace for a devaluation of the Egyptian pound. The Egyptian pound could be allowed to fall to as low as 8.4 against the dollar within ‘weeks’ in the first of several devaluations as Egypt steps up...
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A-four I have no idea except that the only people who are saying it will be positive are government Ministers in their hyperbolic press releases. Given they are incapable of telling the truth I guess...
There is a heightened threat of terrorist attacks targeting celebrations of Orthodox Easter (24 April- 1 May). Take extra care over local holiday weekends, as some past...
Egyptian police arrest tens of people ahead of calls for April 25 protests.
Dozens of activists were arrested on Thursday in Cairo, Alexandria, the Nile Delta and Upper Egypt ahead of planned...
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Quote: Is it possible to run a country with prohibitions on protest, censorship of the media, large scale roundups of dissenters, no free trade unions a corrupt bureaucracy and judiciary, an out of...
I have no idea how long it took to dig out and prepare, test and then open the original Suez Canal. (OK, I'm lazy and not searched for the information either.) It does seem to me...
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Since the opening of the 'new' Suez Canal, revenue has significantly declined from previous years. The government of Egypt has recently set up an inquiry as to why this is so,........Hmmm....
Egypt’s cabinet publishes historical docs backing Saudi Red Sea islands claim.
An Egyptian governmental body released a statement on Monday detailing the evidence supporting the state's recognition...
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These Islands were under discussion some time ago, and talks have been taking part for some time, if bayou saw Nilesat TV International last night it was fully explained.
I thought this article by Mohamed Khairat was interesting and perhaps tells us something about the Egyptian psyche.
MOHAMED KHAIRAT
APRIL 16, 2016
On Friday, several thousand Egyptians gathered in...
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It's not the first English language news outlet related to Egypt that comes out of nowhere started by a one man nobody that appears to have no explicable source of funding. But of course, there has...
Chinese tourism is growing fast but as usual the politicians take some promising signs and turn them into a tidal wave (‘shortly’) that will save tourism in Egypt. Read the following article together...
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Egyptian ministers seem to have a million a year attached to everything. Pity no one holds them to account. Here is another million a year promise from 2014:
One of MT's post got me thinking. He was saying about the ambulance and fire services here, their lack of equipment and apparent training.
Not long ago in the UK men, and it was only men then, were...
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I couldn't agree more MT you must get the foundations right and I'm sorry to say that the appropriate dress and training for ambulance men and fire fighters wouldn't be part of my foundations.
A bridge over the Red Sea that separates Egypt and Saudi Arabia is to be established, Saudi's King Salman said in Cairo on Friday in a press conference with President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi.
El-Sisi...
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I wonder when Sisi will do something that your average Egyptian will actually applaud.
The World Competitiveness Report for 2015 on tourism rates Egypt the 83rd most competitive tourist destination in the world and this is near the very undesirable Azerbaijan.
Their detailed...
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Iv'e been opposed to tourists of any shape or form anywhere,
many are called few are chosen as in my book where one leads others tend to follow ,
it's a right bugger really, one tries no matter...
Implementation of VAT to generate EGP 35bn in FY 2016/2017: Ministry of Finance official
The government is expected to collect EGP 35bn from applying the value-added tax (VAT) in fiscal year (FY)...
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The article is thin on detail but I'm sure that the government remembers the food riots (80's I think) which nearly brought a previous government down.
I suppose I could have posted this in any one of a number of sections of L4U and finally decided on here. I had been searching for something else, but as often happens, one search led to another and...
Upon the request of many MPs in a plenary session on Monday, the speaker of Egypt's parliament Ali Abdel-Al said that there should be new legislation aimed at prosecuting certain users on Facebook...
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Parents who allow their children unlimited and unsupervised access to the internet do their offspring no service.
It's not just Facebook either. Plenty of time-wasting trivia on the internet...
Posted: by Jez C Self - 30th March 2016 7:04am (facebook)
I was walking along with my camera, as I have been doing for four years.
I went to get the minibus home from Dahar when this odd looking...
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Relatives who after all these years, finally decided to visit me in Luxor, have all backed out. :( It is too dangerous. When they told friends and collegues that they were planning a trip to Egypt,...
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