Egypt's annual headline inflation hit a new record high 31.7 percent in February, up from 29.6 percent in January, state statistics body CAPMAS announced Thursday.

In its weekly meeting Wednesday, the Cabinet approved the proposed electronic visa project, to be ready by May.

Egypt said Wednesday it raised the supply price of wheat it will buy from farmers from mid-April to mid-July to reach an upward of EGP 575 per ardeb (roughly 150 kg) depending on the quality of the crop, state news agency MENA quoted the agriculture ministry as saying.

Minister of Supply and Internal Trading Aly Meselhi decided on Tuesday to make amendments to the decision he took earlier this week which cut shares of bread subsidies for cardholders, leading to angry protests.

Prominent journalist and TV host Ibrahim Eissa plead not guilty to accusations leveled against him by Parliament Speaker Ali Abdelaal and a lawyer during an investigations session at the Cairo prosecutor general's office on Sunday.

The Egyptian foreign minister’s visit to Brussels has launched a new phase of strategic partnership between Egypt and the European Union, paving the way for an EU-Egypt association agreement in the upcoming period, the ministry said on Tuesday. The agreement — which has been under negotiation since February 2016 — would frame the country’s relationship with European institutions over the next three years.

Remittances sent to Egypt by nationals abroad rose by 23 percent year-on-year in January to reach $1.6 billion, the Central Bank of Egypt announced on Monday.

Security Apparatuses’ headquarter that is affiliated to the Ministry of Interior. The visit was held in the presence of interior minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar and head of the apparatus Mahmoud Sharaway, according to a statement issued by presidency.

Egypt’s trade deficit declined 44 percent in January 2017 from $3.49 billion to $1.96 billion compared to the same month in 2016, the Ministry of Trade and Industry said in a statement Sunday.

On Sunday the general prosecution investigated journalist Ibrahim Eissa, the editor-in-chief and owner of Al-Maqal newspaper, regarding a complaint filed by the parliament accusing him of insulting it.

Egypt says a recently-issued US State Department annual report on human rights around the world reflects Washington's viewpoint and is not based on binding legal obligations.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is set to arrive in Cairo Thursday on a two-day visit to meet with Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, and to inaugurate with her counterpart the first phase of a Siemens megaproject.

The Press Syndicate will host a general assembly on Friday to vote for a new syndicate head and six council members. With nearly 10,000 members eligible to vote, the assembly is only considered legitimate with an attendance of over 50%, a target that has been difficult to achieve in past elections. In case of a shortage, a second assembly will be called on 17 March with a requirement of 25% of members.

Parliament speaker Ali Abdelaal and several members of parliament agreed on Tuesday to file a complaint with the prosecutor general against prominent journalist and TV host Ibrahim Eissa in response to a recent issue of al-Maqal newspaper that mocks and criticizes Egypt's Parliament and state institutions.

Two Egyptian MPs told reporters Wednesday that foreign minister of Saudi Arabia Adel Al-Jubeir will visit Cairo next week.

France is keen to develop defence ties with Egypt in the areas of manufacturing, exchanging expertise, and training, French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told his Egyptian counterpart Sedky Sobhi on Tuesday in Aswan, according to an Egyptian statement.

Within the coming few days, Egypt and Sudan are expected to officially demand details on construction modifications on the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam of which Ethiopia did not previously inform the two countries. Senior governmental sources in charge of the Renaissance Dam construction said Ethiopia modified the construction standards of the dam to increase the rate of generated electricity up from the declared rates. The French firm which is carrying out the studies has already started work on hydraulic and environmental reports on the project, the sources said.

Two-thirds of Egypt parliament's deputies voted on Monday to strip high-profile MP Anwar El-Sadat of membership.

Cairo Criminal Court sentenced on Sunday 212 defendants to 10 years in prison over committing violent acts in 2014, on the third anniversary of the January 25 revolution of 2011, MENA reported.

Egypt "has spared no effort" to combat terrorism and extremism in the past three years, President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi told the US's most senior military commander in the Middle East on Sunday. Presidential spokesman Alaa Youssef said El-Sisi told Gen. Joseph L. Votel, the commander of Central Command, that the increased threat of terrorism in the Middle East and around the world highlights the importance of increased coordination at an international level to create a comprehensive strategy to face it.

Britain finalized a US$150 million loan guarantee to Egypt on Saturday, where Boris Johnson was on his first visit to the country as Foreign Secretary and following a request from a human rights organization, urging him to speak about what they described as "appalling" abuses.