The use of drones in the conflict zone in southeastern Ukraine is the exclusive right of the observers of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) operating in this region. This was reported by the RIA Novosti news agency in a quote by the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. Zakharova added that the OSCE observers were attacked by a Ukrainian armed forces drone. A report by the mission stated that the explosion occurred 20 or 30 meters away from the location of the patrol. Zakharova’s statements to the representative of the unrecognized Lugansk People’s Republic explained that the drone attack was monitored by the Organization for Security.

Transport Minister Kamel al-Wazir tested on Sunday the first unified smart card to ride all types of transportation in Egypt. The first smart unified card has been issued by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. This new card contributes to the modernization of the transport, railway and subway system. Sisi inspected the fourth edition of the Smart Transport Exhibition, TransMEA 2021, which launched on Sunday morning under the slogan “The Road to 2030.”Sisi reviewed the smart transport system within the current Transport Ministry’s plan through the use of the unified card to use all means of transport. The President pointed out that the smart unified card will be used within the railways and the subway, and the projects that are currently being implemented within the various transport sectors.

Prior to the delivery phase of its New Cairo Compound AZAD this month, real estate developer TAMEER signed cooperation protocols with several renowned community management and security companies as part of their commitment to building safer, happier, and stronger sociable community. This collaboration aims to refine “AZADians” experience at the AZAD compound where TAMEER is cooperating with top maintenance and facility management company LEADS TFM, community experience management company Lyve, and is partnering with Falcon, one of Egypt’s leading one-stop security company to provide the AZADians with the highest security levels. Boasting a prime location, AZAD is situated across from the American University in Cairo and within the center of New Cairo, providing accessibility to major road arteries that lead through Cairo. TAMEER will also launch a special community management application to facilitate the management of the AZAD neighborhood as well as promote a sense of community and socialization between residents. AZAD demonstrates TAMEER’s plans to expedite growth in the upcoming years, with the project set to significantly contribute to the modernization of the company’s investment and operating vision.

He said that Egyptian Family House has been working on spreading community peace, achieve justice and reaffirm the concept of citizenship. Pope Tawadros called on adopting an approach that is based on five basic concepts to live life during the coming ten years. The ‘Egyptian Family House’ is an initiative that represents a model of religious coexistence. Headquartered in Cairo, the Egyptian Family House consists of Muslim scholars, clerics from the Coptic Church, representatives of various Christian faiths in Egypt, and a number of Egyptian intellectuals. The Family House also aims to encourage the culture of peace and acceptance of others and counter hatred and violence.

After a heartbreak, some will shut themselves off from the whole world and any new experiences; others will deal with the pain, let it all sink in, then get up, heal, and move forward. While there is not an easy way to get rid of the pain – you’ll just have to embrace these emotions- there still will be a lot of valuable lessons you will learn from the pain of a heartbreak; lessons that will prepare you for your next experience. Don’t turn a blind eye to the things you don’t like at the beginning thinking you will change them later. Open your eyes wide enough to see where your shortcoming in the relationship is, learn from your mistake, and move on. Some people will walk into your life to teach you something, walk out, and that's it.

Egyptian Transport Minister Kamel al-Wazir announces that at the end of 2021, all railway coaches will be either new or completely renovated. Wazir said in June that the railway development process includes the modernization of locomotives and coaches, at a cost of up to LE200 billion and is set to be finalized by 2023. Egypt signed a contract back in 2018 with the Russian-Hungarian Transmashholding Company to supply 1,300 train coaches to the ENR. This deal represents 40 percent of the ENR’s coach numbers, and therefore represents a breakthrough in the development of passenger trains. The railway system’s strides in development comes via the great interest that President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has attached to developing the transport sector, providing all capabilities to upgrade it according to the latest global technologies.

The Adviser to the Health and Population Minister, Aysam Salah said Saturday that starting December all unvaccinated citizens will be prevented from entering government offices unless they can prove they have received a vaccine or submit a negative PCR analysis. Salah added that, based on the decision of the cabinet, state servants will be prevented from entering their workplaces without receiving the coronavirus vaccine starting from November 15. Government statistics showed in October that Egypt has administrated a total of 35 million coronavirus vaccine doses at a cost of US$400. Egypt’s Ministry of Health and Population on Saturday reported 909 new coronavirus cases, 62 deaths, and 650 recoveries. A total of 336,582 cases have been recorded in Egypt, along with 19,011 deaths and 282,514 recoveries.

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Donation boxes must be removed from mosques across Egypt, the Ministry of Awqaf (Endowments) decided on Friday. “It is prohibited to collect any money, donations or cash assistance in mosques for any reason, and it is strictly forbidden to place any donation boxes inside or outside the mosque from any party or individuals,” the decision stipulates. Egyptian Minister of Endowments Muhammad Mukhtar Gomaa set a ten-day period during which all mosques should remove donation boxes from mosques, in implementation of the decision to ban donation boxes or cash assistance in mosques. Deputy Minister of Awqaf Nouh Al-Esawy told DMC channel on Saturday that there are only 220 boxes in 120 mosques that are legally defined to be donated by citizens. The total number of mosques and worship places in Egypt is about 140,000.

Egypt severely expressed its condemnation of the assassination attempt against the Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi expressed deep concern over the assassination attempt in a post on his personal Facebook page, writing: “I followed with great concern the news of the heinous assassination attempt against Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, at dawn today.”“And while condemning this brutal attempt, I pray to God to preserve him and to bring security and stability for Iraq and its people. I also call on all parties and political forces in Iraq to calm down, renounce violence and unite in order to preserve the stability of the state and achieve the hopes of the brotherly Iraqi people,” Sisi said. Egypt affirmed that it stands against everything that threatens Iraq’s security and stability, or undermines the cohesion of its internal front. It stressed that these terrorist acts will not discourage Iraq from completing the march of national achievements, the latest of which was the holding of parliamentary elections last month.

CAIRO - 7 November 2021: Egyptian Ministry of Awqaf (Endowments) decided on Friday to remove donation boxes from mosques nationwide. “It is prohibited to collect any money, donations or cash assistance in mosques for any reason, and it is strictly forbidden to place any donation boxes inside or outside the mosque from any party or individuals,” the decision stipulates. Egyptian Minister of Endowments Muhammad Mukhtar Gomaa set a ten-day period during which all mosques should remove donation boxes from mosques, in implementation of the decision to ban donation boxes or cash assistance in mosques. Deputy Minister of Awqaf Nouh Al-Esawy told DMC channel on Saturday that there are only 220 boxes in 120 mosques that are legally defined to be donated by citizens. The total number of mosques and worship places in Egypt is about 140,809.

CAIRO - 7 November 2021: Egypt extended its sincere condolences to the Republic of Sierra Leone for the victims of a fuel tanker explosion that took place in the capital, Freetown on Friday, November 5, 2021, and resulted in killing more than 90 victims and injuring 100 others. “The Egyptian government and people also express deep sympathies to the families of the victims, wishing a speedy recovery for all the injured, while affirming solidarity with Sierra Leone in this painful incident,” the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Saturday evening.

The Suez Canal Authority decided to increase transit fees for ships by 6 percent in 2022 compared to 2021 starting February, Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority, Osama Rabea, announced on Thursday. Rabea said in a statement that cruise ships and LNG ships will be excluded from the increase keeping the fees as they were during 2021. He explained that these mechanisms include estimating the tolls of the transiting vessels, which allows providing the navigational services for transiting through the canal according to a model policy. Rabea said that the decision comes in light of the continuous follow-up to the most recent variables of the LNG seaborne trade. The revenues of the Suez Canal, despite various challenges witnessed a major boom recently, as navigation statistics from January to October 2021 recorded $5.2 billion, compared to $4.6 billion during the same period of 2020.

Egyptian authorities at Cairo International Airport seized 13 archaeological manuscripts belonging to the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. The statement added that a specialized archaeological committee was formed by the Supreme Council of Antiquities, and the Egyptian National Library and Archives, headed by Malak Noshy, an antiquities inspector in the Islamic Antiquities Sector, to investigate into the case. The committee confirmed the archaeological value of the seizures, and accordingly, necessary and immediate legal measures were taken and the items confiscated by the Ministry. Noshy, head of the archaeological committee, found that the manuscripts included Islamic jurisprudence and spiritual medicine from Bishop Mikhail of Atrib. Along with the artifacts were more manuscripts of the Great Lent’s Prayers in Coptic and in Arabic.

CAIRO - 6 February 2021: Egypt condemned in a Friday statement the terror attack that rocked a remote area of southwest Niger that left dozens dead. Egypt also asserted its support for Niger in its efforts to combat terrorism. Egypt’s Foreign Ministry offered its sincere condolences to Niger and the victims’ families, wishing speedy recovery for the wounded. No group has claimed responsibility for the assault. A local affiliate of Islamic State has killed hundreds of civilians in a series of attacks in the same area this year despite government efforts to regain control.

"Egypt is having one of the oldest railways networks in the world that dates back to around 170 years," Thales CEO Sherif Barakat said in statements to MENA agency. Barakat added that the French group is proud of cooperating with the Egyptian side in modernizing the Egyptian railways system, and upgrading the Egyptian transportation network. He further commented that "the railways and underground metro serve around four million people per day."