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  • Damietta governor opens service projects

    Date: 2019-05-26 16:31:49 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:59 - ID:7956912

    DAMIETTA, May 26 (MENA) - Governor of Damietta Manal Awad opened Sunday a number of service projects in the education and healthcare sectors. The projects' overall cost amounted to EGP 8.4 million. This came as part of celebrations of ....

  • 10 persons arrested over money laundering of EGP 133 mln

    Date: 2019-05-26 15:17:30 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:53 - ID:7956832

    CAIRO, May 26 (MENA) – Ten gang members in Sohag and Damietta governorates have been arrested over money laundering of around EGP 133 million, the Interior Ministry said Sunday. In its statement, the ministry referred the suspects to the ....

  • Explosion at bakery kills 4 people in Sharqia

    Date: 2019-05-26 14:55:25 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:49 - ID:7956604

    ZAGAZIG, Egypt (MENA)- A Gas cylinder exploded on Sunday at a bakery in Didamon village in Sharqia, killing four people and injuring five others. The dead and the wounded were moved to Faqous Central Hospital. Sharqia's governor directed ....

  • Environment ministry launches campaigns to inspect institutions in Greater Cairo

    Date: 2019-05-25 17:49:38 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:45 - ID:7955736

    CAIRO, May 25 (MENA) - The Ministry of Environment launched a campaign to inspect several institutions and hospitals in Greater Cairo to make sure that they meet the relevant environmental standards. The ministry said in a statement Saturday that ....

  • Aswan governor urges intensified action to fight locust swarms south Egypt

    Date: 2019-05-25 09:06:49 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:14 - ID:7954908

    ASWAN, Upper Egypt, May 25 (MENA) - Aswan Governor Ahmed Ibrahim issued directives to officials to intensify action meant to battle swarms of locusts that appeared Friday night on the southern borders. The governor ordered the deployment of ....

  • 31 ships arrive, leave Port Said harbor

    Date: 2019-05-23 16:01:52 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:57 - ID:7953438

    PORT SAID, May 23 (MENA) - As many as 31 ships have arrived at and left Port Said harbors on Thursday, the Port Said Ports Authority said in a statement. West Port Said harbor received two container ships and one cargo ship while three others ....

  • FAO, agriculture ministry continue anti-Fall Armyworm programs

    Date: 2019-05-23 14:38:57 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:50 - ID:7953190

    LUXOR, May 23 (MENA) - The Food and Agriculture (FAO), in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture continued offering technical training programs on ways of fighting Fall Armyworm. In a statement, the UN organization said the second and ....

  • Gov denies collecting agricultural land tax from farmers this year

    Date: 2019-05-23 13:35:35 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:40 - ID:7952817

    CAIRO, May 23 (MENA) - The Cabinet media center has dismissed as groundless reports that the government will resume collecting a land tax from farmers this year. In a statement Thursday, the center said that it contacted the Ministry of Finance ....

  • State succeeded in turning 'Tal Al Aqareb' into urban area: Cairo governor

    Date: 2019-05-23 11:03:19 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:29 - ID:7952718

    CAIRO, May 23 (MENA) - Cairo governorate succeeded in switching Tal Al Aqareb area, one of Egypt's most dangerous slums, in Cairo's old district of El Sayeda Zainab to an urban society that meets the aspiration of citizens and cope with the ....

  • Electricity min. announces new electricity prices to be applicable as of July 1

    Date: 2019-05-21 11:04:44 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:29 - ID:7950100

    CAIRO, May 21 (MENA) - Minister of Electricity and Energy Dr Mohamed Shaker Tuesday announced the new electricity prices to be applicable as of July 1. During a press conference, the minister said the new prices for households will be as ....

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