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  • Cyprus police rescue 35 Syrian migrants arriving by boat

    Date: 2018-09-02 07:37:30 GMT - Cyprus - Local - SN:12 - ID:7557704

    NICOSIA, Sept 2 (MENA) - Cyprus police said they have rounded up 35 Syrian migrants who arrived by boat in two separate groups on either side of the east Mediterranean island nation, Sky news repopted. Police said a patrol boat on Saturday ....

  • Sisi tasked governors to give services top priority - Beheira governor

    Date: 2018-08-31 18:07:20 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:61 - ID:7555959

    DAMANHOUR, Egypt, Aug 31 (MENA) - Beheira's newly-appointed Governor Hisham Amna said Friday President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has issued directives to the governors to give services top priority. The governor told MENA that needs of all citizens ....

  • PM, education, communications min. review preparations for new school year

    Date: 2018-08-30 16:10:41 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:52 - ID:7554627

    CAIRO, Aug 30 (MENA) – Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli on Thursday presided over a meeting to review the latest preparations for the new school year. The meeting was also attended by Education Minister Tarek Shawky, Communications and Information ....

  • Cabinet approves bill on strategy for developing Sinai peninsula

    Date: 2018-08-29 12:53:49 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:30 - ID:7552730

    CAIRO, Aug 29 (MENA) - The Cabinet agreed during its weekly meeting on Wednesday under Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli a draft resolution on drawing up a strategy to develop Sinai peninsula.. The plan is expected to take place in coordination ....

  • 100 feddans of cotton, 8,000 of corn harvested so far in Damietta

    Date: 2018-08-29 12:21:30 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:28 - ID:7552487

    DAMIETTA, Egypt, Aug 29 (MENA) - About 100 feddans of cotton and 8,000 feddans of corn have been harvested so far in Damietta governorate. In statements on Wednesday, agricultural director general at Damietta governoarte Maher Soweilam said the ....

  • Small fire at warehouse of St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Cathedral doused

    Date: 2018-08-28 14:13:36 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:46 - ID:7551214

    CAIRO, Aug 28 (MENA) - A small fire was contained at a warehouse inside the St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo's Abbasiya district. Preliminary investigations revealed that the blaze engulfed a place used for storing some electric ....

  • Mamish meets with delegation of Coptic expat youth

    Date: 2018-08-28 14:09:00 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:45 - ID:7551141

    ISMAILIA, Egypt, Aug 28 (MENA) - Head of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Mohab Mamish met with a delegation of the youth of the Coptic expatriates from 30 countries worldwide, under priest Rafael Tharwat, the coordinator general of the World Youth ....

  • 19 injured in bus rollover crash in Matrouh

    Date: 2018-08-27 22:14:23 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:73 - ID:7550137

    MARSA MATROUH, Egypt, Aug 27 (MENA) - Nineteen people including five children were injured in a miro-bus rollover crash in Matrouh on Monday. The accident occurred on the Alamein-Wadi Natroun road, said police. The wounded are from Cairo, Giza ....

  • Irrigation min. receives report on projects ready for opening

    Date: 2018-08-27 16:27:50 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:55 - ID:7549549

    CAIRO, Aug 27 (MENA) - Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Abdel Ati received on Monday a report on projects, set to be inaugurated within the coming period with a total cost of EGP 200 million. The projects include a number of ....

  • Trade min. keeps imposition of tariff on waste

    Date: 2018-08-27 16:04:24 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:51 - ID:7549645

    CAIRO, Aug 27 (MENA) - Trade and Industry Minister Amr Nassar issued on Monday decision no. 683/2018 on keeping imposition of tariffs on waste and plastic waste at EGP 5,000 per ton. In a statement, the Ministry of Trade and Industry Ministry ....

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