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EU to buy natural gas from Israel via Egypt

EU to buy natural gas from Israel via Egypt
06/16/2022 | Society / Institutions
ISRAEL / EGYPT / EU. Faced with the new geopolitical reality, the European Union signs a tripartite agreement with Israel and Egypt to increase supplies of Israeli natural gas from Egypt after liquefaction there.
Al-Sissi, Cairo, COP27, Egypt, energy, energy dependency, EU, Eurobarometer, European Commission, European Union, hydrogen, Israel, Jerusalem, liquefied natural gas, LNG, Masdar, Middle East Gas Forum, Naftali Bennett, natural gas, Russia, Sharm el-Sheikh, Suez Canal, Ukraine, Ursula von der Leyen

UN gives Libyan rivals a week to agree on electoral framework

UN gives Libyan rivals a week to agree on electoral framework
06/14/2022 | Society / Institutions
LIBYA. As the third and final round of negotiations between Libyan rivals to establish a constitutional framework for elections begins in Cairo, the UN is demanding an agreement by Sunday 19 June 2022.
Abdelhamid Debeibeh, Cairo, Fathi Bashagha, Libya, Stephanie Williams, United Nations

Egypt launches high-speed rail with Siemens Mobility

Egypt launches high-speed rail with Siemens Mobility
05/31/2022 | Transport
EGYPT. Thanks to the signing of an €8.1bn contract with Siemens Mobility, Egypt will have a 2,000km high-speed rail system serving sixty cities across the country.
Abdel Fattah al-SIssi, Africa, Ain Sokhna, Alexandria, Alstom, Cairo, Desiro, Egypt, Egyptian National Authority for Tunnels, Germany, Hurghada, Luxor, Marsa Matrouh, Mediterranean, Middle East, NAT, Orascom Construction, rail, Red Sea, Roland Busch, Safaga, Siemens, Siemens Mobility, Suez Canal on rails, The Arab Contractors, train, transport, Vectron, Velaro

Egypt's new international airport to open in July 2022

Egypt's new international airport to open in July 2022
05/20/2022 | Society / Institutions
EGYPT. According to the Egyptian Ministry of Civil Aviation, the country's new international airport, Sphinx International, will be operational by mid-July 2022.
Air Sphinx, airport, Alexandria, Alexandria Borg El Arab, Aswan, Cairo, Egypt, EgyptAir Express, Fly Jordan, GEM, Giza, Hurghada, Luxor, New Cairo, Sharm el-Sheikh, Sphinx, Sphinx International, tourism, transport

Libyan rivals try to reach agreement on future elections

Libyan rivals try to reach agreement on future elections
04/14/2022 | Society / Institutions
LIBYA. Representatives of the Libyan Parliament and High Council of State begin talks in Cairo to define a solid constitutional basis for holding national elections.
Abdel Hamid Dbeibah, Aguila Saleh, Cairo, Egypt, Fathi Bachagha, HoR, Libya, Libya elections, Libyan High Council of State, Libyan House of Representatives, Libyan legislature, Libyan Parliament, Libyan Political Dialogue Forum, Libyan politics, Libyan presidential elections, Manul, Muamar Gaddafi, Stephanie Williams, Tobruk, Tripoli, UNSMIL

Egypt seeks further IMF support to underpin its comprehensive economic programme

Egypt seeks further IMF support to underpin its comprehensive economic programme
03/24/2022 | Society / Institutions
EGYPT. Faced with the development of the war in Ukraine and its consequences on their country, the Egyptian authorities are launching a comprehensive economic programme and requesting new financial assistance from the International Monetary Fund.
Argentina, Bretton-Woods, Cairo, Covid-19, Céline Allard, EFF, Egypt, Egyptian economy, Egyptian pound, Extended Fund Facility, fast-track financing instrument, grain, IFR, IMF, inflation, International Monetary Fund, Mena, Middle East North Africa, Russia, SBA, tourism, Ukraine

CMI and Femise identify post-covid opportunities in five Mediterranean countries

CMI and Femise identify post-covid opportunities in five Mediterranean countries
03/03/2022 | Society / Institutions
MEDITERRANEAN. The Centre for Mediterranean Integration and Femise explore in a report the opportunities to be seized, after the health, social and economic crisis of Covid-19, to foster growth and deepen regional cooperation in the Mediterranean region.
Aix-Marseille School of Economics, Aix-Marseille University, Algeria, AMSE, AMU, Asia, Blanca Moreno-Dodson, Bruno Ventelou, Cairo, Centre for Mediterranean Integration, China, CIHEAM, CMI, Constantin Tsakas, Covid-19, Economic Research Forum, Economy, Egypt, Enhancing Mediterranean Integration, ERF, EU, Euro-Mediterranean Forum of Economic Sciences Institutes, Europe, European Union, Femise, food security, health, informal economy, integration, Jordan, Maryse Louis, Mediterranean, Mena, Michael Grasiorek, Middle East North Africa, Morocco, near-shoring, OECD, Patricia Augier, Pierre Blanc, Post Covid-19: opportunities for growth, Post Covid-19: Opportunities for growth, regional value chains and Mediterranean integration, Sami Mouley, Trading Together, Tunisia, UN, Unops, value chains, World Bank

Alstom to upgrade Cairo metro for €876m

Alstom to upgrade Cairo metro for €876m
11/09/2021 | Transport
EGYPT / FRANCE. The Egyptian National Authority for Tunnels awards the contract for the modernisation of line 1 of the Cairo metro, with the delivery of fifty-five Metropolis trains, to the French company Alstom.
Alstom, Cairo, Cairo metro, EBRD, ECM, Egypt, Egyptian company for metros, El-Marg, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, France, Helwan, Hyundai Rotem Company, Le Creusot, metro, Metropolis, NAT, National Tunnel Authority, Toulouse, transport, Valenciennes Petite-Forêt, Villeurbanne

OECD to support Egyptian government's structural reforms

OECD to support Egyptian government's structural reforms
10/28/2021 | Society / Institutions
EGYPT. The Arab Republic of Egypt and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development sign a Memorandum of Understanding to launch a three-year Country Programme.
Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, Cairo, Country Programme, Covid-19, Egypt, Egypt Vision 2030, Egyptian economy, Mathias Cormann, Mena, Mena-OECD Initiative, Mostafa Madbouly, OECD, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris

Egypt, Greece and Cyprus sign electricity transfer agreement

Egypt, Greece and Cyprus sign electricity transfer agreement
10/21/2021 | Industry
EGYPT / GREECE / CYPRUS. Three Eastern Mediterranean countries, Egypt, Greece and Cyprus, sign a tripartite electricity transfer agreement to ensure interconnection, but also to promote the exploration and transfer of natural gas between them.
Abdel Fattah al-Sisssi, Aphrodite, Athens, Cairo, Cyprus, Damietta, Dodecanese, Eastern Mediterranean, Eastern Mediterranean Gas Foruym, EEZ, Egypt, electricity, electricity interconnection, EMGF, energy security, European Union, Exclusive Economic Zone, France, gas, gas pipeline, GNA, Greece, Idku, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Leviathan, natural gas, Nicos Anastasiades, Nicosia, Oruç Reis, Palestinian Authority, Tamar, USA

The EBRD finances the training of 80 young Egyptians in metro maintenance

The EBRD finances the training of 80 young Egyptians in metro maintenance
10/14/2021 | Transport
EGYPT. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is collaborating with Hyundai Rotem Company to train eighty young Egyptian unemployed people in the maintenance of the rolling stock of line II of the Cairo metro.
Cairo, EBRD, Egypt, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Hyundai Motor, Hyundai Rotem, Kamel al-Wazir, metro, National Egyptian Railway Industries Company, NERIC, rail transport, railway, transport

Ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian armed groups

Ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian armed groups
05/21/2021 | Society / Institutions
ISRAEL / PALESTINE. After eleven days of deadly clashes, Israeli authorities and Palestinians from Hamas and Islamic Jihad agreed to a ceasefire.
Antonio Gutteres, Cairo, conflicts, Egypt, Gaza, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Joe Biden, Josep Borrel, Middle East, Palestine, Qatar, United Nations, United States, West Bank

The border between Gaza and Egypt now open indefinitely

The border between Gaza and Egypt now open indefinitely
02/10/2021 | Society / Institutions
version française
Cairo, Egypt, Fatah, Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestine, Palestinian Authority, Rafah, UNCTAD, West Bank, Yasser Arafat Airport

Nicosia accuses Ankara of "undermining regional security"

Nicosia accuses Ankara of "undermining regional security"
10/22/2020 | Society / Institutions
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN. Meeting in Nicosia, the three Greek, Cypriot and Egyptian presidents denounced Turkey's "provocations" in several theaters of conflict in the Mediterranean.
Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, Aegean Sea, Ankara, Athens, Cairo, Caucasus, Charles Michel, conflicts, Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean, Ersin Tatar, European Council, Kastellorizo, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Libya, maritime borders, Mediterranean, Mustafa Akinci, Nicos Anastasiades, Nicosia, Oruç Reis, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Republic of Northern Cyprus, SOmalia, Syria, TRNC, Turkey

Four countries declare Turkish-Libyan maritime border agreement "null and void"

Four countries declare Turkish-Libyan maritime border agreement "null and void"
01/09/2020 | Society / Institutions
MEDITERRANEAN. At the end of a meeting in Cairo of their foreign ministers on Wednesday 8 January 2020, Egypt, France, Greece and Cyprus issued a statement saying that the Turkish-Libyan agreements had "further undermined regional stability and are both considered null and void". The Italian...
Ankara, Cairo, Crete, Cyprus, Egypt, energy, Fayez al-Sarraj, France, gas, GNA, Greece, Haftar, hydrocarbons, Libyan government of national unity, maritime borders, Mediterranean, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey

Mediterrania Capital Partners invests €55 million in Moroccan TGCC through a consortium

Mediterrania Capital Partners invests €55 million in Moroccan TGCC through a consortium
01/19/2018 | Services
SPAIN / MOROCCO. Venture capitalist Mediterrania Capital Partners, in association with DEG, Proparco and South Suez, is taking a €55 million stake in Casablanca-based Travaux Généraux de Construction.
Abidjan, Africa, Algiers, Barcelona, Cairo, Casablanca, China Railway Construction Corp, construction, CRCC, DEG, Gabon, investments, Ivory Coast, Malta, Mediterrania Capital Partners, Mohammed Bouzoubaa, Morocco, Morocco-Spain, Proparco, public works, Rabat, South Suez, Sub-Saharan Africa, TGCC, Travaux Généraux de Construction de Casablanca, venture capital

Cairo metro spreads its tentacles

Cairo metro spreads its tentacles
12/13/2016 | Euro-Mediterranean projects
To ease its chronic traffic congestion, Cairo's is continually investing in extending its metro system. Work is currently in progress on phase 3 of line no. 3 which, when finished, will link the airport to the city centre. Version française
AFD Agence Française de Développement, Alstom, Arab Contractors, Bouygues, Cairo, Colas Rail, Egypt, Euravia, European Investment Bank, France, Giza Pyramids, metro, Nasr City, NAT, National Authority for Tunnels, Nile, Orascom, Thalès, transport, urban planning, Vinci

The Economic Impact of Climate Change on Southern Mediterranean Countries

The Economic Impact of Climate Change on Southern Mediterranean Countries
12/12/2016 | Socio-economic assessments
Interview with Dr. Abeer El-Shinnawy (FEMISE, American University in Cairo) within the context of the FEMISE & Institut de la Méditerranée contribution to the ENERGIES2050 report [1] on” Challenges to Climate Change in the Mediterranean” released at the occasion of the international COP22 conference that took place in Marrakech on November 15th 2016. Version française
Abeer El-Shinnawy, American University in Cairo, Cairo, climate change, COP22, econony, Egypt, ENERGIES2050, Euromed, Femise, France, GHG, green economy, Istanbul, Marrakech, Morocco, Nice, Southern Mediterranean Countries (SMC), subsidies, Tunisia, Turkey

Egypt investing in fight against industrial pollution

Egypt investing in fight against industrial pollution
12/21/2015 | Euro-Mediterranean projects
The Egyptian government and international lenders are launching a number of projects designed to reduce CO2 emissions. Version française
Alexandria, Cairo, Dabaa, Damietta, Egypt, Egyptian Pollution Abatement Programme, energy efficiency, energy sector, environment, EPAP, European Investment Bank, Finland, infrastructure, Japonese Bank for international cooperation, nuclear energy, pollution, public-private partnership, Rosatom, Suez Canal, World Bank

Increased investment in Mediterranean rail

12/11/2012 | Euro-Mediterranean projects


MEDITERRANEAN. In the space of a year, the EIB has agreed more than €1bn of loans for rail related public transport projects (trams, trains, and subways) in Mediterranean countries.
French version
AFD Agence Française de Développement, Algeria, Annaba, Athènes, Batna, Besançon, Cairo, European Investment Bank, France, Ile de France, Le havre, LGV, LGV Atlantique, LGV Bretagne Pays de la Loire, LGV Est, Mans, Maroc, Mediterranean, Mediterranean rail corridor, Montpellier, Moselle, Mostaganem, Méditerranée, Orléans, Ouargla, Paris, Piraeus, Pirée, rail transport, Rennes, Rome, Sidi Bel Abbes, subway, Sétif, Tours, trams, Tramway, Tunis, Tunisia, Vendenheim

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