CAIRO, Jun 1 (Aswat Masriya) – Our daily roundup of headlines in Egypt's main state-owned and private newspapers on Jun. 1, 2016:
Al-Ahram:
-President: Egypt’s economy is open, follows market mechanisms
-‘Terrorists’ bomb mosque in Sinai’s Arish
-Egyptian-Hungarian summit to strengthen economic, political relations
-Experts call for strict criteria to eliminate media chaos
Al-Akhbar:
-Egypt’s flag to fly on Carrier Abdel Nasser in France tomorrow
-Government asks parliament to approve increase in social housing appropriations to 61 billion Egyptian pounds
-Heat wave to last for 48 hours; Cairo temperature to record 41 degrees Celsius today
Al-Masry al-Youm:
-Negotiations to be held in Moscow to finalise agreement over nuclear power plant
-Six conscripts killed, 6 injured in Sinai
-Press Syndicate hints at possibility of holding emergency general assembly in response to ‘detention, trials’
Al-Watan:
-Prices battle: Enter the Administrative Control Authority
-Minister of Health comments on crisis over drugs’ prices: ‘I am firm, not lenient’
-Six policemen martyred in Sinai; seven ‘terrorists’ exterminated
Al-Shorouk:
-Minister of Education: General Secondary Certificate students wore hearing aids to help them cheat in finals
-Six martyred; mosque bombed in Arish
-Press Syndicate’s head, board member could face jail for ‘harbouring fugitives’
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