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  • Aswan authorities deny alleged Nile oil spill

    Date: 2019-11-09 20:54:59 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:41 - ID:8181420

    ASWAN, Egypt, Nov 9 (MENA) - A senior official at the Irrigation Ministry in Aswan denied on Saturday media reports about an oil spill in the Nile river in the Upper Egyptian governorate. Specialists who dispatched to the site affirmed that there ....

  • Awqaf Ministry announces 2 programs to train imams

    Date: 2019-11-08 21:33:34 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:40 - ID:8180252

    CAIRO, Nov 8 (MENA) - The Awqaf Ministry said Friday two programs will be launched to train imams and women preachers. In a statement, the ministry added that the first program covers the interpretation of the Quran and Quranic sciences, while ....

  • Al Azhar grand imam greets Sisi on Mawled al-Nabai

    Date: 2019-11-08 12:42:19 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:21 - ID:8179924

    CAIRO, Nov 8 (MENA) - Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb greeted President Abdel fattah El Sisi on the occasion of Mawled al-Nabai (the anniversary of the Prophet Mohamed's birthday). The grand imam also extended his greetings to the Egyptian ....

  • Alexandria University president witnesses CDCE closing ceremony

    Date: 2019-11-07 19:53:54 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:78 - ID:8179252

    ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Nov 7 (MENA) – President of Alexandria University Esam Al Kordi on Thursday witnessed a closing ceremony held by the university’s Career Development Center and Entrepreneurship (CDCE). The event aimed to honor teaching staff ....

  • Presidential decrees approving re-allocation of state-owned lands to establish urban projects

    Date: 2019-11-07 16:09:56 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:65 - ID:8178911

    CAIRO, Nov 7 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued a presidential decree approving the re-allocation of 16,034.98 feddans of the state-owned lands near Minya to be used for establishing new urban community. He also issued a presidential ....

  • Ministers of local development, military production, environment witness inking cooperation protocol on solid waste treatment

    Date: 2019-11-07 13:01:53 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:45 - ID:8178580

    CAIRO, Nov 7 (MENA) – Minister of Local Development Mahmoud Shaarawy, State Minister of Military Production Mohamed Saeed el Assar and Minister of Environment Yasmine Fouad witnessed the ceremony of inking a cooperation protocol between Cairo and ....

  • House speaker greets Sisi on Mawled

    Date: 2019-11-06 15:59:20 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:64 - ID:8177082

    CAIRO, Nov 6 (MENA) - Parliament Speaker Ali Abdel Aal has sent a cable of greetings to President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on the occasion of al Mawled al Nabawi (The Prophet Muhammed Birthday.) In the cable, Abdel Aal said the anniversary of the ....

  • PM stresses acceleration of 1st phase of new National Cancer Institute '500500'

    Date: 2019-11-06 14:15:00 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:57 - ID:8177201

    CAIRO, Nov 6 (MENA) - Prime Minister Dr Mostafa Madbouli Wednesday stressed the need to accelerate the implementation of the first phase of the new National Cancer Institute in order for the government to provide adequate and best quality treatment ....

  • Cabinet approves additional WB funding to social housing projects

    Date: 2019-11-06 14:03:51 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:52 - ID:8176834

    CAIRO, Nov 6 (MENA) - The cabinet agreed during a meeting on Wednesday under Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli to an additional funding from the World Bank worth 500 million dollars to the comprehensive social housing program. The approval came in ....

  • Egyptian lion trainer Mohamed El Helw passes away

    Date: 2019-11-06 13:04:51 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:44 - ID:8177002

    CAIRO, Nov 6 (MENA) - Egyptian lion trainer Mohamed El Helw (junior) passed away on Wednesday after a protracted battle with disease. He was 72. Azouz Adel, a member of the Theatrical Professions Syndicate, told MENA that El Helw will be laid to ....

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