Author: Athanasios Koutoupas
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Egypt Heads Project to Connect 10 African Countries through Nile Shipping Line
By 2024, a 4,000 kilometers waterway will connect ten African countries, stretching between Lake Victoria and the Mediterranean Sea. An Egypt-led project, the navigational shipping line is to be established along the Nile River for small and medium-size commercial vessels to boost bilateral trade. Egyptian Minister of Water and Irrigation Moahmed Abdel Aty announced the completion of an annual…
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EuroAfrica cable enters crucial phase
The EuroAfrica Interconnector, a planned subsea electric cable connecting the Egyptian, Cypriot and Greek power grids to continental Europe has entered a crucial phase of conducting project studies with a signing ceremony for a memorandum of understanding among all parties having taken place on Monday. The officials attending the signing ceremony in Cairo endorsed their…
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Total to start exploratory drilling off Cyprus with Greece following
The discovery of natural resources in Israel and Egypt has motivated big companies to look into the Eastern Mediterranean closer. The French oil exploration company Total is ready to start exploratory marine drilling off Cyprus. What made this possible was the discovery of the Egypt’s Zohr deposit. Experts argue that the chances for deposits of similar value in Cyprus’…
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The Statue of Liberty was modeled after an Arab woman
As Americans grapple with Donald Trump’s ban on travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries, it’s a good time to point out a little-known irony. The Statue of Liberty — that symbol of American freedom and diversity that has greeted immigrants for generations — was originally modeled after an Arab woman. The statue’s designer, Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi, was enamored…