DNE News Brief: 1 May 2017

https://youtu.be/JoKqCtf9nkA

Daily News Egypt Daily News Egypt

On first anniversary of Press Syndicate storming, freedoms remain endangered

Former head of syndicate describes incident as “attempt to tame journalism”

Farah Bahgat Farah Bahgat

APA set to pose international tender to implement dry bulk terminal within one month

Authority begins implementation of second phase to deepen the berths in April

Rehab Saber Rehab Saber

Transportation Ministry begins two road and railway development projects in July

Negotiations with international financial institutions to raise EGP 5bn to develop 1,200 km of railway

Rehab Saber Rehab Saber

Egypt fixes customs exchange rate at 16.5 as inflation shoots up

The inflation rate hovers around its highest level in more than three decades

Elsayed Solyman Elsayed Solyman

EEHC receives three bids to establish Hamrawein coal plant

American, Chinese, Japanese companies made offers, negotiations with Tractebel to handle assessment

Mohamed Farag Mohamed Farag

Champions League: Real Madrid and Atletico kick off finals rematch

Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid faced off in the Champions League each of the previous three seasons - twice in the final - and the Galacticos triumphed every time. Will…

Deutsche Welle Deutsche Welle

12 journalists claim arbitrary dismissal from Al-Watan, newspaper denies

Members of the Press Syndicate Council called for an emergency meeting after the journalists’ memo

Farah Bahgat Farah Bahgat

Labour Day 2017: Workers in Egypt still call for their rights

Workers’ strikes decreased in 2017 due to security restrictions on labour movements

Sarah El-Sheikh Sarah El-Sheikh

New proposed labour law arouses controversy

Al-Sisi urged the parliament to finalise several labour related laws

Mohammed El-Said Mohammed El-Said