The headlines in today’s main state and privately owned newspapers:

Sisi calls for heightened security presence during festive season, Al-Shorouk (page 1)

Saudi King’s adviser visits Ethiopian Renaissance Dam to discuss possibility of renewable energy generation, Al-Dostour (page 1)

Switzerland discusses latest developments in asset freeze of former President Hosni Mubarak and his contemporaries, Al-Masry Al-Youm (page 1)

Increased punishment for leaking exams: 7 years imprisonment and LE2000 fine,Al-Watan (page 1)

Prosecution: Remains of victims from downed EgyptAir Flight to be returned to their families, Al-Bawaba (page 1)

State Council receives amendment for Article 10 of Protest Law, Al-Wafd (page 1)

Parliament receives new Criminal Procedures draft law, Al-Shorouk (page 1)

Cabinet to discuss investment law by end of December, Al-Watan (page 1)

Finance Minister Amr al-Garhy: VAT executive regulations to be issued next week,Al-Akhbar (page 1)

German-Egyptian talks to support cooperation in training sector commence, Al-Ahram (page 1)

Leader of German parliamentary majority Volker Kauder: Egypt should receive international support against terrorism, Al-Masry Al-Youm (page 3)

Osama Bin Laden’s son denied entry to Egypt after arriving from Qatar, Youm7 (page 1)

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