Death Toll in Egypt Train Collision Rises to 49

 The number of people who died in a two-train collision in Egypt has increased to 49.

US congressman stable after shooting at baseball practice

A gunman opened fire on Us politicians who were practicing for a charity baseball game, wounding senior Republican leader Steve Scalise and several others before being taken into custody, police and witnesses said.

Bombings at Coptic churches in Egypt leave 43 dead

At least 43 people were killed in bomb attacks on two Egyptian Coptic churches today, Palm Sunday, that included the seat of the Coptic Pope.

Egypt steps ups security for 2011 uprising anniversary

Streets and public squares of Cairo were calm on Wednesday -- which marked the sixth anniversary of Egypt’s January 25, 2011 uprising -- amid stepped-up security by the Egyptian authorities.

Egypt denies possibility of foreign military bases on its land

Egypt denied on Monday the possibility of allowing foreign military bases on its territories, state-run Ahram Online website reported.

Debris found thought to belong to EgyptAir plane

The Egyptian military has said it has found parts of debris from the missing EgyptAir plane 290km north of the Mediterranean coastal city of Alexandria.

Canada joins UK in closing Cairo embassy

Canada on Monday joined Britain in closing its embassy in Cairo to the public for security reasons, with neither country providing details about any specific threat.
The move comes amid increasing attacks by Islamist militants in Egypt and calls from the extremist Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group for attacks on Western targets.

Hellenic MoFA: Deputy FM Gerontopoulos visits Alexandria.

Ελληνικός Ναυτικός Όμιλος Αλεξάνδρειας (ΕΝΟΑ) ιδρύθηκε το 1909

MFA, Sunday, 24 November 2013

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Deputy Foreign Minister Kyriakos Gerontopoulos visited the Greek Community in Alexandria on Saturday, 23 November.

After a tour of the historic Greek quarter and a briefing on Community issues from the Community President, Ioannis Siokas, and Board of Directors, Mr. Gerontopoulos made the following statement: “I was impressed with the work being done here, with the primary school, middle school and high school, the retirement home that provides free relief to our elderly compatriots, as well as the remarkable facilities. Through my presence here, Greece wants to show its gratitude and acknowledge this contribution.”

We are all Levantines now (The future belongs to the open cities) ...

The Levant means “where the sun rises”: the eastern Mediterranean. Levant is a geographical word, free of associations with race or religion, defined not by nationality but by the sea. The great Levantine cities of Smyrna, Alexandria and Beirut were windows on the world, ports more open and cosmopolitan than inland cities like Ankara, Damascus and Cairo. From the beginning Levantine cities were international. They shared defining characteristics: geography, diplomacy, language, hybridity, trade, pleasure, modernity and vulnerability. All are present in today’s global cities.