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  • Local development min. reviews with officials painting houses' facades

    Date: 2019-01-31 09:31:41 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:16 - ID:7782620

    CAIRO, Jan 31 (MENA) - Local Development Minister Mahmoud Shaarawi held on Thursday a meeting with the governors of Cairo, Alexandria and Giza alongside a number of officials on means of painting red-bricked residential buildings' facades. The ....

  • Man rescued from Nile after suicide attempt

    Date: 2019-01-30 19:20:54 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:66 - ID:7782110

    CAIRO, Jan 30 (MENA) – Security forces have saved a person who attempted to take his own life by jumping into the Nile River from the May 15 bridge in Cairo. The 53-year-old man said he tried to commit suicide due to financial issues and family ....

  • Launching 2nd stage of initiative on eliminating urgent surgery waiting lists - minister

    Date: 2019-01-30 15:45:49 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:48 - ID:7781884

    CAIRO, Jan 30 (MENA) - Health Minister Hala Zayed announced launching the second stage of the initiative of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on eliminating urgent surgery waiting lists. The initiative targets preventing new waiting lists according ....

  • 35 injured in garments factory fire in Beheira

    Date: 2019-01-30 14:44:08 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:44 - ID:7781784

    DAMANHUR, Egypt, Jan 30 (MENA) - Thirty-five people suffered suffocation and various degree burns as a garments factory in Kafr el Dawar city, Beheira governorate, was engulfed in a fire on Wednesday. The injured were rushed to Kafr el Dawar ....

  • Sales of Dyarna fair hit EGP 2.5 mln during one week - minister

    Date: 2019-01-30 13:35:10 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:39 - ID:7781499

    CAIRO, Jan 30 (MENA) - Social Solidarity Minister Ghada Wali said that the sales of the 2019 Dyarna (Our Homes) fair for handicrafts reached EGP 2.5 million during one week. In press statements on Wednesday, Wali said that the exhibition received ....

  • Cabinet denies merging scientific, art sections in Thanaweya Amma curriculum next year

    Date: 2019-01-28 13:28:51 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:58 - ID:7778130

    CAIRO, Jan 28 (MENA) - The cabinet's media center denied news fanned by some media and social network websites about merging the scientific and art sections in Thanaweya Amma curriculum next year. In a report on Monday, the center said that it ....

  • Cabinet denies issuing EGP 500 banknote

    Date: 2019-01-28 13:08:50 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:56 - ID:7778158

    CAIRO, Jan 28 (MENA) - The Cabinet media center has dismissed as groundless social media reports on the circulation of a banknote of EGP 500 category issued by the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE). In a statement Monday, the center said it contacted ....

  • Cabinet denies reports on demolition of all buildings in Nazlet el Samman in favor of Arab investor

    Date: 2019-01-28 13:06:19 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:55 - ID:7778165

    CAIRO, Jan 28 (MENA) - The Cabinet media center has dismissed as groundless reports on the demolition of all buildings in Nazlet El Samman area near the Pyramids in preparation for selling the area to an Arab investor. In a statement Monday, the ....

  • Cabinet denies withdrawing social housing units from owners

    Date: 2019-01-28 12:41:44 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:51 - ID:7778064

    CAIRO, Jan 28 (MENA) - The Cabinet media center has dismissed as groundless reports that the Ministry of Housing plans to withdraw social housing and low-cost units from their residents. In a statement Monday, the cabinet said it contacted the ....

  • Initiative targeting villages with high birth rates to be launched, says health minister

    Date: 2019-01-27 18:54:49 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:81 - ID:7777079

    CAIRO, Jan 27 (MENA) – Minister of Health Hala Zayed said on Sunday that an initiative for birth control would be launched to raise awareness about the issue of overpopulation. President Abdel Fattah El Sisi is paying special attention to the ....

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