On Thursday, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met with the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the German shipbuilding company Lürssen, Peter Lürssen, to discuss providing the navy with new technology. Sisi’s spokesperson Bassam Rady announced the meeting, adding that the two discussed developing Egypt’s maritime industry and specifics around its technological development. According to Rady, the meeting falls within the framework of Egypt’s interest in upgrading the industry, which requires comprehensive development in workforce training, including that for engineers and technicians. Lürssen is a German company for the manufacture of ships, founded in 1875 by Friedrich Lürssen. The company manufactures yachts and warships of all kinds, including missile boats and frigates.

Meteorologists predict another heatwave to hit Egypt in the middle of next week, on Tuesday, as temperatures decrease from last week’s spike. Very hot weather will prevail in Upper Egypt and South Sinai, with cooler but still hot temperatures predicted for the north coast and hot and humid weather in Cairo and the Delta. Temperatures will grow moderate but remain humid over Cairo and the other regions at night. Light rain is expected over Shalateen, Halayeb and Abu Simbel on Friday and Saturday, with northwest winds blowing over Cairo, South Sinai, the southernmost part of the country, and the northwest coast. The weather will remain very hot weather in Upper Egypt and hot, humid weather in Cairo on Saturday.

CAIRO – 23 July 2021: Non-vaccinated people will not be allowed into private and public facilities in Saudi Arabia, according to a report by the Labor Representation Office at the Egyptian Consulate General in Riyadh. This decision will applied as of August 1, while everyone will be complied with the precautionary measures to preserve public health. “The ministry confirmed that the condition of vaccination will be mandatory to enter commercial centers, malls, wholesale and retail stores, public benefit markets, restaurants and cafes, men's barbershops and women's beauty salons in KSA,” said Labor Attaché Ahmed Ragai, head of the Labor Representation Office in Riyadh. Egypt’s Manpower Ministry received a report from the Labor Representation Office at the Egyptian Consulate General in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as part of its follow-up to the conditions of Egyptian workers in different countries through the operations room established in labor representation offices abroad to respond to any inquiries, and provide support and assistance to them at any time. This follow-up system has been intensified since the spread of the Coronavirus, to preserve the rights of Egyptian workers in countries, which may be affected by some of the measures taken by some countries in this regard.

CAIRO – 23 July 2021: Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a congratulatory telegram to his Egyptian counterpart, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, as Egypt celebrates the 69th anniversary of the 23rd of July Revolution. “Dear friend, please accept sincere congratulations on the occasion of the 69th anniversary of the July revolution of 1952,” Putin wrote in the telegram. “Russia highly values relations with Egypt, developing in the spirit of strategic partnership,” he added. The Egyptian July 23 Revolution took place on 23 July, 1952 by the Free Officers Movement, a group of army officers led by Mohamed Naguib and Gamal Abdel Nasser, who later became presidents. The revolution overthrew King Farouk’s regime and abolished monarchy.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi delivers a speech to mark the 69th anniversary of the 23rd of July Revolution – ScreenshotCAIRO – 23 July 2021: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi said the July 23 Revolution changed the reality of life in Egypt, achieved radical changes in all fields, and put our nation on the world’s political map. The president hailed late President Mohamed Naguib as a symbol of the revolution who bravely answered the call of national duty in a defining moment. Sisi said the current challenge is to change all aspects of the reality of life in Egypt through serious work to achieve comprehensive development based on careful planning and within the framework of a complete national vision and strategy. Sisi also on Twitter hailed the revolution as a “glorious” event that wrote, with its great principles, a bright page in the history of the Egyptian struggle. “Long live Egypt, free and proud and an oasis of good, development and peace, always and forever,” Sisi added.

On Thursday, Russia stressed the need to reach a solution to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) conflict through tripartite negotiations under the auspices of the African Union. Ahmed published new pictures of the dam on Twitter, after the second filling was complete. Cairo and Khartoum strongly objected the second filling in the absence of a binding legal agreement between the three countries, who have been negotiating the issue for years. Addis Ababa carried out the first filling of GERD in July 2020, according to what Ahmed’s office announced at the time. Moreover, the Sudanese government has renewed its firm position by rejecting Ethiopia’s unilateral measures and fait accompli policies and ignoring the legitimate interests and serious concerns of its river partners.

File- Derrick Washington fills-up after waiting in line for gasoline at the Fuel City service station in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, in Dallas, Texas, U.S., September 1, 2017. ReutersCAIRO – 23 July 2021: Egypt's Fuel Automatic Pricing Committee decided to raise gasoline prices by 25 piasters per liter and to keep the prices of diesel and mazut unchanged until the end of September. According to the new hike, the new prices per liter will be LE 6.75 for 80 octane gasoline, LE 8 for 92 octane gasoline, and LE 9 for 95 octane gasoline. The price of diesel will remain standing at LE 6.75 per liter and mazut for the industrial sector will stand at LE 3900 per ton. Egypt has raised the prices of fuel many times over the past few years, the last of which was in April, when the committee raised the price of gasoline by 25 piasters.

Following a viral Facebook photo of a person carrying a lion cub on his shoulder and roaming the streets of Ain Sokhna in Egypt’s Suez Governorate, security services in the area made a statement. According to a statement by the Ministry of the Interior, Wednesday, the person in the photo was a photographer residing in Cairo who was found in possession of a 5-month-old lion cub without a license. The man intended to photograph the lion at a resort as part of his job, according to the statements. He was arrested by forces of the Suez Security Directorate and will have charges pressed against him.

CAIRO- 22 July 2021: Egypt expresses on Wednesday its sincere condolences and sympathies to the friendly People's Republic of China and to the families of the innocent victims of the floods that struck central China’s Henan Province, resulting in dozens of deaths and injuries; and wishes a speedy recovery for all the injured. The Egyptian government and people affirm that they stand in solidarity with the government and people of friendly China in these painful circumstances, said Egyptian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Ahmed Hafez. The floods have claimed the lives of 33 people so far, and displaced thousands of people, Reuters reported. The direct economic losses were estimated at $189 million, it added.

President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi in a meeting with Peter Lurssen in Egypt on July 22, 2021. Press PhotoCAIRO – 22 July 2021: President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi received Thursday in Egypt a delegation from Lurssen Defense to examine ways of developing the Egyptian naval industries system and plans of technological upgrade in the sector. The meeting was attended by Commander of the Egyptian Naval Force Ahmed Khaled and CEO of the German shipyard Peter Lurssen among others. Earlier this month, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi inaugurated Egypt’s latest naval base, the 3 July Base, in Gargoub on the northwestern coast near Libya. The president arrived to inaugurate the military base, where he inspected the new naval vessels at the base.

The Egyptian Ministry of Health announced that a fourth wave of coronavirus will hit Egypt in late September or early October. The source added that no drugs have been removed from the treatment protocol, but immunostimulating drugs are being added. The sources added that the Delta variant spreads faster than other variants and is particularly dangerous for children. The sources said that vaccinations are key in confronting any expected wave or variant. Finally, the sources mentioned that if 20 percent of those in Egypt are vaccinated, the death rates in the fourth wave will decrease by up to 88 percent, as the coronavirus vaccine reduces the severity of symptoms.

File- Vials with AstraZeneca's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine are seen at the vaccination centre in the Newcastle Eagles Community Arena, in Britain, January 30, 2021. REUTERS/Lee SmithCAIRO- 22 July 2021: Egypt's Health Ministry announced Monday that 49 new coronavirus cases were detected, upping the total number of confirmed cases since the outbreak of the pandemic in the country to 283,862. In a statement, Spokesman for the Health Ministry Dr Khaled Megahed said eight patients have died from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 16,465. As many as 801patients were discharged from isolation hospitals after receiving necessary medical care, taking the number of recovered cases to 225,879 so far, the spokesman said. Egypt successfully is past a third wave of the pandemic, reporting daily coronavirus counts that are less than 100 for the first time since October last year.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced the completion of the second filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), stressing that the step will not harm downstream countries, in reference to Egypt and Sudan. Ahmed published on his Twitter account that the second filling of the Renaissance Dam took place on July 20, and that Ethiopia filled the dam with caution during the rainy season. Member of the Ethiopian negotiating team in the GERD file Yilma Selechel said on Wednesday that the dam’s second filling “removed all ambiguities raised by Egypt and Sudan regarding the impact of the dam on downstream countries.”Selechel added that completing the second filling is a great achievement and proves wrong those who doubted that Ethiopia could successfully fill the dam. On Monday, Ethiopia announced that it had completed the dam’s second filling, reassuring Egypt and Sudan that the dam’s operation would not disrupt water flow to the two countries. Meanwhile, the Egyptian media reported that the second filling was a failure based on Ethiopian plans, while Sudanese authorities announced their rejection of Ethiopia’s unilateral measures and the policy of imposing a fait accompli.

Minister of International Cooperation Rania al-Mashat praised Egypt’s ranking on the Economist magazine’s Global Normalcy Index, which tracks the global return to pre-pandemic life. Mashat stated – in a message on social media – that Egypt came in fourth among ten countries that showed resilience against coronavirus pandemic, according to the index. The index includes 50 of the largest economies in the world, representing 90 percent of the world’s gross domestic product. A statement from the Cabinet’s Media Center stated that the the government’s economic reforms have made the economy more capable of facing external and internal shocks. It has transformed into a diversified, productive economy with competitive advantages.

CAIRO – 22 July 2021: Member of Hospitality Establishments Chamber Hisham al-Shaer told Al Watan newspaper Thursday that the occupancy rate of Alexandria and North Coast hotels during Eid Al Adha is 95 percent of the maximum 70 percent occupancy rate designated by the government because of COVID-19. Shaer elaborated that the great majority of customers at the time are Egyptians and Arabs, and that such high occupancy rate is estimated to continue until the end of August. He further added that some hotels have reached the maximum occupancy rate already. The businessman pointed out that the North Coast succeeded in becoming the second favorite Egyptian destination for Arab tourists after Cairo. That is because of the introduction of cinemas, aqua parks, and outing venues that are suitable for families.