CAIRO, Jul 20 (Aswat Masriya) – Our daily roundup of headlines in Egypt's main state-owned and private newspapers on Jul. 20, 2016:

Al-Ahram:

-President pays tribute to policemen’s sacrifices 

-Prime Minister Sherif Ismail: Prices will not increase

-Supreme Judicial Council approves 1st round of new appointments

-Finance minister: 52 commodities to be exempted from value added tax; impact on inflation to reach 1.3 pct  

Al-Akhbar:

-Finance minister: 90 pct of commodities to be exempted from value added tax

-Sisi: Egypt will remain strong thanks to its honourable citizens’ sacrifices

-Aviation minister in Moscow to discuss resumption of flights

-Ethiopian irrigation minister: We are committed to the Declaration of Principles; no date has been specified for water storage

Al-Masry al-Youm:

-Interior minister to president: We’ve learnt from mistakes of the past

-Giulio Regeni committee: Italy requested transcriptions of 3 mln phone calls

-Education minister vows to prevent leaking of exam questions in 2nd round of exams

Al-Watan:

-Sisi to graduating police academy class: You have a double burden

-Sources: Parliamentary committee recommends inviting Regeni’s mother to visit Egypt

-Ankara bans Muslim funeral prayers for coup organisers; Times says 14 Turkish navy ships missing

Al-Shorouk:

-Finance minister: Value added tax to raise prices by 1.5 pct - 7 pct

-Parliament approves trade unions bill

-Electricity minister: We’d need 49 bln Egyptian pounds if we adopted last year’s rates