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Egypt demands second tranche of loans from African Development Bank

CAIRO, Jun 20 (Aswat Masriya) - Egypt's international cooperation minister, Sahar Nasr, renewed on Monday her calls to the African Development Bank (AfDB) to hand over the second half of their over $500 million loan to Egypt before next September.

Egypt’s Business digest June 20:

Egyptian actor Ahmed Ezz sentenced to 3 years in prison for defaming actress Zeina

EgyptAir crash: Tests begin on MS804 flight recorders

Investigators are subjecting the flight recorders from the EgyptAir jet which crashed last month to electrical tests before analysis can begin.

45-day detention renewed for Doctors Syndicate activist Taher Mokhtar

Mokhtar and his two roommates have been detained since 14 January on charges of calling for protest and 'overthrowing the regime'

Egypt court sentences Mursi to 40 yrs, six others to death in Qatar espionage case

CAIRO, Jun 18 (Aswat Masriya) - The Cairo criminal court sentenced on Saturday six defendants in the Qatar espionage case to death and handed former president Mohamed Mursi 40 years in prison.

EgyptAir crash: Second black box from flight MS804 recovered from wreckage in Mediterranean Sea

The second black box from a crashed EgyptAir plane has reportedly been found in the Mediterranean Sea.

Egypt recovers two artefacts seized by Israel

The Egyptian Antiquities Authority announced yesterday its recovery of two ancient artefacts dating back to the time of the pharaohs that had been seized by Israel

Egyptian ministry of education temporarily suspends licensing of international schools

The suspension will continue until the ministry can create new regulations to govern international schools in Egypt

EgyptAir Flight MS804's cockpit voice recorder damaged, officials say

CAIRO, June 16 (UPI) -- Although searchers have located one of the "black boxes" from EgyptAir Flight MS804, it might not provide the answers investigators hope it will.

Shukri discusses islands agreement, Ethiopia dam and terrorism

Egypt’s foreign minister said on Tuesday that the future of the maritime border demarcation agreement signed with Saudi Arabia is dependent on the parliament's decision after its review.

Roundup of Egypt's press headlines on Jun. 17, 2016

The Syrian Cairo opposition group will have "a technical meeting" with UN Special Envoy for Syria representatives on June 18-19.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The Syrian Cairo opposition group will hold a technical meeting with UN Special Envoy for Syria representatives on June 18-19, head of the group Jihad Makdissi told Sputnik on Thursday.

HRH Premier thanked by Egyptian President

Egypt court issues gag order on murder of top prosecutor

This is the second gag order to be issued on the case after the prosecution imposed a similar order last year, before the case was referred to court

Masked gunmen shoot dead 2 policemen in Egypt’s Al-Arish

The interior ministry says gunmen attacked the house of the policemen and shot them dead

Roundup of headlines in Egypt's main state-owned and private newspapers on Jun. 16, 2016:

Egypt's top prosecutor heads to Cyprus to discuss extradition of plane hijacker

Egypt's top prosecutor Nabil Sadek flew Wednesday to Cyprus to discuss the extradition of an Egyptian man who hijacked a domestic EgyptAir flight and redirected it to the Mediterranean island last March.