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  • Irrigation min. checks on renovation & maintenance work at Aswan reservoir, High Dam

    Date: 2020-02-09 09:54:09 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:23 - ID:8303698

    CAIRO, Feb 9 (MENA) - Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Abdel Aati reviewed with General Authority of the High Dam and Aswan Reservoir Hussien Galal and Head of the National Water Research Center (NWRC) Khaled Abdel Haie renovation ....

  • Burullus port closed for 3rd day due to bad weather

    Date: 2020-02-09 09:14:57 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:18 - ID:8303769

    KAFR EL SHEIKH, Egypt, Feb 9 (MENA) - Burullus fishing port was closed on Sunday for the third day in a row due to bad weather. In a statement, Head of the port Yasser el Desouky said that no permits have been issued for the fishing boats for ....

  • Govt denies postponing start of 2nd academic term over coronavirus fears

    Date: 2020-02-07 11:16:57 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:17 - ID:8301681

    CAIRO, Feb 7 (MENA) - The cabinet denied on Friday reports circulated on social media claiming that the ministries of education and higher education decided to postpone the start of the second academic term for two weeks over coronavirus ....

  • PM: Population growth biggest challenge to state

    Date: 2020-02-07 09:45:17 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:11 - ID:8301649

    CAIRO, Feb 7 (MENA) - Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli has asserted that the population increase represents the biggest challenge before the state. During a cabinet meeting to follow up family planning efforts, the prime minister said Egypt's ....

  • Egypt's committee reiterates rejection of Female Genital Mutilation

    Date: 2020-02-06 13:21:11 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:45 - ID:8300493

    CAIRO, Feb 6 (MENA) - Egypt's National Committee on the Eradication of Female Genital Mutilation issued on Thursday a statement to reiterate categorical rejection of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), considering it the harshest form of violence ....

  • 13 killed, 3 injured in crash on Aswan-Cairo highway

    Date: 2020-02-06 13:07:16 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:42 - ID:8300648

    ASWAN, Upper Egypt, Feb 6 (MENA) - Thirteen people were killed and three others injured on Thursday when microbus collided into with a truck on Aswan-Cairo highway. Fourteen ambulances rushed to the scene to transfer the injured to hospital and ....

  • PM attends signing of deal on upgrading roads in 12 governroates

    Date: 2020-02-05 16:06:02 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:62 - ID:8299559

    CAIRO, Feb 5 (MENA) - Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli attended on Wednesday the signing ceremony of an agreement between the ministries of transport and local development to improve the efficiency of roads in 12 governorates. The signing of the ....

  • Environment minister announces launch of bike-sharing program at Fayoum Univ.

    Date: 2020-02-05 13:19:27 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:38 - ID:8299061

    CAIRO, Feb 5 (MENA) - Environment Minister Yasmin Fouad on Wednesday announced the launch of the first phase of a bicycle-sharing program at Fayoum University in cooperation with several local and international organizations. During today's ....

  • Higher education min.: Decree establishing 'El Madina University in Cairo'

    Date: 2020-02-05 13:15:43 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:37 - ID:8298920

    CAIRO, Feb 5 (MENA) - Higher Education Minister Khalid Abdel Ghaffar said that a presidential decree was issued to establish a new private university named "El Madina University in Cairo," with faculties covering a variety of disciplines including, ....

  • Sisi follows up gov't efforts to upgrade bread subsidy system

    Date: 2020-02-04 19:19:28 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:68 - ID:8298263

    CAIRO, Feb 4 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Tuesday followed up the government efforts to improve the bread subsidy system. During his meeting with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli and the ministers of supply, finance and interior, ....

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