Nikos Katsikas, correspondent for the Athens News Agency, was found dead in Cairo yesterday. Statement by the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Yesterday, Nikolaos Katsikas, a correspondent for the Athens News Agency in Cairo, was found dead. He worked as a correspondent for ΑΠΕ and for several years collaborated with ERT in Cairo, with professionalism […]
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Emergency in an Egyptian hotel: 40 Russians hospitalized in Hurghada
Yesterday evening, TASS, citing a source in the Federation of Tourism Chambers of Egypt, reported about ten Russian tourists who were hospitalized and poisoned in a hotel in Hurghada. The number has risen to forty this morning. The prosecutor’s office closed the hotel indefinitely for violating sanitary standards. After lunch yesterday, 10 Russian tourists felt […]
Cable Shocking Turkey
The implementation of the project for the interconnection of power grids between Greece and Egypt will be a decisive test for the Greek-Turkish relations in the coming months, said the observer of the pro-government publication “Katimerini” Vasilis Nedos. The cable to be laid for connection of the electric grids of Greece and Egypt, will pass […]
Earthquake: in Crete “reversed”, in Egypt “responded”
Today’s earthquake in Crete, with a power of 6.4 on the Richter scale, was felt even by the inhabitants of Egypt – in Cairo and Giza. The tremors “reminded” the Egyptians of one of the largest earthquakes with a magnitude of 5.6 on the Richter scale, which occurred 29 years ago, on October 12, 1992, […]
Former head of Ukrainian Foreign Intelligence Service dies in Egypt
On the coast of the Red Sea, 62-year-old Viktor Gvozd, the head of the Ukrainian intelligence service during the times of Petro Poroshenko, was killed. He came to Egypt to celebrate his birthday, including his favorite hobby – diving. He and his wife were vacationing at the Jaz Dahabeya Dahab hotel. On the morning of […]
Egypt: the oldest “golden city” of the pharaohs discovered near Luxor
Egyptian archaeologists report a grandiose find of a lost “golden city” built at least 3400 years ago, Ahram and El Balad write. According to APE-MPE, referring to the words of the famous Egyptian archaeologist Zaha Hawass, the city was founded during the reign of Ancient Egypt by the powerful Pharaoh Amenhotep III, in the XIV […]
Egypt: Spectacular Housewarming of the Pharaohs in Cairo
The parade of the pharaohs took place in the Egyptian capital on the occasion of the mummies’ move to a new “place of residence.” The colorful cultural event was preceded by a long preparation, and the audience, including from many countries of the world, were not disappointed. The spectacular event consisted of the transfer of […]
Egypt: dozens of people killed in train crash
Today’s train crash as a result of a collision with another train near the Egyptian city of Sohag led to the death of 32 people, another 66 were injured, according to Reuters, citing the country’s Ministry of Health. The Minister of Health said that 36 ambulances were immediately sent to the scene of the accident, […]