Category: EGYPT
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Egypt’s FM discusses regional issues with EU High Representative Mogherini
A statement by the ministry’s spokesperson said that Shoukry and Mogherini discussed Egyptian-EU relations as well as coordination between Egypt and the EU in facing various regional crises. Shoukry also spoke with Mogherini about Egypt’s economic reform programme as well as the fight against terrorism and the regional migrant crisis. Federica Mogherini relayed to Shoukry…
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25 dead, 49 injured in explosion inside Coptic Cathedral in Cairo
Army forces were deployed at the scene after the attack, security sources told Daily News Egypt on condition of anonymity, adding that casualties may increase. Eyewitnesses said the explosion took place at about 10am, but could not confirm what exactly had happened. Some suggested that someone threw a bomb into the cathedral during the weekly…
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Egypt’s law on building churches dashes Christian hopes for equality
But many Coptic Christians and rights organisations say that the law will do very little to practically change discrimination against Christians who represent 10 percent of Egypt’s more than 90 million citizens, most of who are concentrated in Upper Egypt. Supporters of the law believed it would finally give Coptic Christians the freedom to build houses of worship under…
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Greece plays a mediator between Libya and Egypt
In a joint presser Monday with the Foreign Minister of the Government of National Accord (GNA) Mohammed Sayala, Kotzias said Greece’s interest lies in the stability of the relations among all the countries of the Mediterranean, including Libya and Egypt. “By the beginning of 2017, Greece is cherishing the reopening of the embassy in Tripoli…