The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) said banks operating in Egypt will be closed on Thursday, 8 October, to mark Armed Forces Day, which commemorates the anniversary of the 6 October victory.
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Egypt’s ambassador to France, Tarek Dahroug, hosted a dinner in Paris for UNESCO Director-General Khaled El-Enany on the first anniversary of his selection by the agency’s Executive Board.
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Cairo International Airport received the first flight operated by Greece's Aegean Airlines from Thessaloniki on Thursday, carrying 97 passengers on a new direct route between the two cities, Cairo Airport Company said.
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President Abdel-Fattah El Sisi has issued Presidential Decree No. 374 of 2026 adding nine civil society organizations and foundations to the National Alliance for Civil Development Work (NACDW).
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Head of the Egyptian-Chinese Friendship Association Ambassador Ahmed Wali said the upcoming visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to Egypt, scheduled for the coming days for talks with President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, carries particular historical significance, coinciding with celebrations marking 70 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between Egypt and China in 1956.
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Thirteen patients were temporarily evacuated from Kafr El-Zayat General Hospital in Gharbia on Sunday after a limited fire broke out in its neonatal unit, with no deaths or injuries reported, the Ministry of Health and Population said.
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President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi discussed with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy ways to strengthen bilateral ties across various fields, especially at the commercial and economic levels.
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French Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Spokesperson Pascal Confavreux said the invitation extended to President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi to participate in the Group of Seven (G7) Summit came in recognition of his pivotal role in regional mediation efforts and confidence in his ability to help shape solutions to the Middle East crises.
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A former Egyptian ambassador to Türkiye said President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to Cairo and his meeting with President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi signal growing coordination between Egypt and Türkiye amid heightened regional tensions following the Gaza war.
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President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi met in Cairo on Sunday with the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister, Masrour Barzani, to discuss security cooperation, economic ties, and regional stability, while reaffirming Egypt’s support for Iraq’s unity and territorial integrity.
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Egyptians returned to the polls on Thursday for the second and final day of voting in 30 parliamentary constituencies where results from the first phase of the 2025 House of Representatives elections were annulled by the High Administrative Court's final rulings.
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Pakistan’s Ambassador to Egypt Aamir Shouket said on Monday that Islamabad has welcomed Egypt’s proposal to connect Gwadar to the Suez Canal and the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) as part of a potential Egypt–Pakistan strategic economic corridor.
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Polling stations opened their doors at 9:00 am on Tuesday to receive voters on the second and final day of the first phase of Egypt’s 2025 House of Representatives elections, held under full judicial supervision and monitored by a range of NGOs and local and international media outlets.
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Ninety-nine percent of polling stations opened on time at 9am Monday across 14 governorates in the first phase of voting for the 2025 House of Representatives elections, Counsellor Ahmed Bendary, executive director of the National Election Authority (NEA), announced.
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Egypt’s Ambassador to the United Kingdom Ashraf Swelam announced that the Egyptian Embassy in London will host an official reception at the British Museum on Saturday to celebrate the historic opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) in Cairo.
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Former Egyptian diplomats say the first Egypt–EU summit laid the foundation for deeper political, economic, and security cooperation and marked a new beginning toward deeper cooperation and a more prosperous future in relations between Egypt and Europe.
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Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelatty announced on Sunday that Egypt will launch the Suez and Red Sea Initiative, aimed at strengthening economic integration among countries bordering the Red Sea.
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Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has warned that the world is becoming increasingly polarized and unable to confront humanitarian crises or uphold international law, saying the failures of the global system have eroded trust in multilateral institutions.
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Leaders from across Africa and beyond are gathering in Aswan, Egypt, for the fifth edition of the Aswan Forum for Sustainable Peace and Development, held on 19–20 October under the theme A World in Flux, A Continent in Motion: Navigating Africa’s Progress Amid Global Shifts.
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Egypt’s Air Force Commander, Air Marshal Amr Abdelrahman Saqr, said recent upgrades to multirole aircraft, helicopters, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have significantly boosted the combat efficiency and operational readiness of the Egyptian Air Force.
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