Egypt’s net international reserves slipped to $19.559 billion at May-end, a decline of more than $1 billion, compared to $20.5 billion in April, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) announced Sunday.

French telecom giant Orange plans to cut ties with Israeli communications company Partner, Orange’s chairman Stéphane Richard said on Wednesday, following criticism in recent weeks over Partner’s involvement in the Occupied Palestinian territories.

Court of Cassation has approved Thursday an appeal presented by Egypt’s Attorney General against an earlier court ruling that cleared former President Hosni Mubarak over his role in the death of protesters during the 2011 uprising, Youm7 reported.

A number of Egyptian Drilling Company workers protested Thursday in front of the back gate of the Cabinet headquarters on Hussein Hegazy Street, to demand return to work and the disbursement of overdue paychecks over two years old.

President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel Wednesday, to discuss the means for supporting bilateral relations and a number of other issues, including the internal developments on the Egyptian scene and civil society organisations working in Egypt, in addition to counter terrorism.

The head of Egypt's lawyers syndicate Sameh Ashour on Thursday said that his union would not call off a strike to protest police assault on one of its members, unless the interior ministry officially apologised for the attack.

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi defended Egypt's human rights record during a visit to Germany, amid concerns over death sentences handed to dozens of Islamist figures.

A meeting with President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi would have “no basis,” Bundestag President Norbert Lammert told the German news agency (DPA) Wednesday.

A Juvenile Court acquitted on Wednesday eight defendants who belong to the Ultras White Knights group of the charge of violating Egypt's protest law.

Gunmen on a motorcycle shot dead two members of Egypt’s tourism and antiquities police force on a road near the Giza pyramids on Wednesday, security sources said, in a rare attack near a tourist sites.

Italy's foreign minister is due to arrive in Egypt next week for a round of trilateral talks on Libya, which Cairo will host on Sunday, the state agency MENA reported.

Egypt’s banned April 6 Youth Movement has condemned as an “incitement of violence” a recent statement by several Egyptian and Arab Islamic clerical groups urging revenge on Egyptian authorities for a crackdown on Islamists.

The Egyptian Embassy in Berlin has deleted a post that had been published on its Facebook page Tuesday for a schedule of rallies planned in support of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi during his visit to Germany.

British Ambassador to Egypt John Casson has launched an employability program that will offer up to 2,000 scholarships to young Egyptians, according to a U.K. embassy press release Tuesday.

The Lawyers for Democracy Initiative said in a report about the democratic process in Egypt that there were 12 violations against journalists and 68 protests by various political forces in May.

A special investment law for economic zones will be issued in a week per President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi’s orders, Youm7 qupted Suez Canal Authority’s Chairman Mohab Mamish Monday.

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will meet German Federal President Joachim Gauck, in Bellevue Palace, at the beginning of his visit to Germany Tuesday, Youm7 reported.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and his Saudi counterpart Adel Jubeir reiterated the common vision of the two countries on key regional issues such as Yemen and Syria at a meeting held on Sunday, according to a statement published by the Saudi News Agency SPA.

The government has no intention to delay parliamentary elections, as it is keen on finalizing the elections law as soon as possible, Transitional Justice Ibrahim el-Heneidy said at a press conference Monday.

The Cairo Criminal Court tried two policemen accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a girl last December on Monday.

Egypt’s Ministry of Petroleum signed Monday an energy exploration deal with Italy’s Eni worth $2 billion, activating an MOU signed during an economic summit in March.