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44 ships transit Suez Canal

Date: 2018-02-08 12:25:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:35 - ID:7234647

ISMAILIA, Egypt, Feb 8 (MENA) - Forty-four ships transited the Suez Canal on Thursday, with a total cargo of 3.5 million tons. The north-bound convoy included 26 vessels carrying 1.9 million tons, while the south-bound convoy included 18 ships ....

Sisi: New agricultural projects aim at providing Egyptians with agricultural products at suitable prices

Date: 2018-02-08 12:04:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:7234441

MARSA MATROUH, Egypt, Feb 8 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi asserted that the new national agricultural projects, including the greenhouses project stretching over an area of 100,000 feddans in Marsa Matrouh, aim at providing the local ....

Sisi inaugurates 100,000-feddan project at Mohamed Naguib military base in Matrouh -- 2 Matrouh

Date: 2018-02-08 11:39:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:31 - ID:7234250

Speaking at the ceremony, Agriculture Minister Abdel Men'em el Banna said the agricultural sector faces major challenges, which take their toll on components of the agricultural environment. The agricultural sector is based on five main axes that ....

ACA detains 14 officials over bribery charges in one week

Date: 2018-02-08 11:24:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:7234427

CAIRO, Feb 8 (MENA) - The Administrative Control Authority launched wide-scale campaigns across the nation that led to the arrest of 14 officials over charges of taking bribes and abusing their powers. It also foiled an attempt to squander public ....

KUNA chief praises Egyptian media, MENA

Date: 2018-02-08 11:19:19 GMT - Kuwait - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:7234343

KUWAIT CITY, Feb 8 (MENA) - The board chairman and director general of Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) has praised the role of the Egyptian media in the service of Arab causes and the solid cooperation between KUNA and the Middle East News agency ....

Housing ministry, Schneider Electric mull cooperation in revamping water plants

Date: 2018-02-08 10:55:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:7233968

CAIRO, Feb 8 (MENA) - Minister of Housing Moustafa Madbouli met on Thursday with a delegation from Schneider company under the chairmanship of Walid Sheta, Schneider Electric's Regional Cluster Head of North East Africa and Levant, to discuss ....

Presidential decree approving grant by MENA Transition Fund on fighting corruption in Egypt

Date: 2018-02-08 10:30:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:7234175

CAIRO, Feb 8 (MENA) - Egypt's official gazette published on Thursday President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s decree approving a letter of agreement on a grant worth 3.5 million dollars offered from the Middle East and North Africa Transition Fund in ....

Sisi inaugurates 100,000-feddan project at Mohamed Naguib military base in Matrouh

Date: 2018-02-08 10:20:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:7234166

MARSA MATROUH, Egypt, Feb 8 (MENA) – President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Thursday opened the first phase of a project to establish greenhouses on an area of 100,000 feddans in the Mohamed Nagib base in Hamam area along Egypt's northern coast. The ....

Presidential decrees considering several development projects as public utilities

Date: 2018-02-08 10:01:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:7234040

CAIRO, Feb 8 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued two decrees considering as public utility the expropriation of two buildings used as schools in Sharqiya governorate. The president issued decree no. 22(2018) considering as public ....

Immigration min. heads for Paris as part of foreign tour ahead of presidential elections

Date: 2018-02-08 09:40:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:7234068

CAIRO, Feb 8 (MENA) - Immigration Minister Nabila Makram headed for Paris on Thursday on the first leg of a foreign tour that aims to encourage Egyptians abroad to participate in the coming presidential election, in which expatriates will be able to ....