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  • Higher education min. calls for increasing allocations for university hospitals in 2018/19 budget

    Date: 2018-05-07 11:56:03 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:34 - ID:7387386

    CAIRO, May 7 (MENA) - Higher Education and Scientific Research Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar called for increasing allocations for university hospitals in the 2018/19 budget. This came at a meeting of the Planning and Budget Committee at the ....

  • Strong winds, sandstorms, cold weather hit N.Sinai

    Date: 2018-05-07 09:55:03 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:19 - ID:7387279

    EL ARISH, Egypt, May 7 (MENA) - A wave of strong winds, dust storms and cold weather hit North Sinai governorate on Sunday evening. The adverse weather forced many citizens to stay indoors and by the time the dusk-to-dawn curfew came into force, ....

  • One citizen killed, 50 injured in traffic accident in Minya

    Date: 2018-05-06 14:22:30 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:54 - ID:7386431

    CAIRO, May 6 (MENA) – The Health Ministry said on Sunday that one citizen was killed and 50 others were injured when a bus collided with a truck at El Geish highway in Minya governorate in Upper Egypt. In statements, the ministry’s spokesman ....

  • Port Said-Banha train service normal -- railways authority

    Date: 2018-05-06 13:04:44 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:45 - ID:7385988

    CAIRO, May 6 (MENA) - The Port Said-Banha train service is normal, said the railways authority, denying reports that it was halted. The service is operating regularly, said the body's chief Sayed Salem, adding the journey of only one train was ....

  • Alexandria, Dekheila ports reopen after weather improvement

    Date: 2018-05-05 08:30:33 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:8 - ID:7384148

    ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, May 5 (MENA) - Alexandria Port Authority decided on Saturday to reopen Alexandria and Dekheila ports after the weather has improved. Wind speed has decreased and the level of waves is now suitable for navigation, said the ....

  • 658 prisoners pardoned, 346 released on parole: Interior Ministry

    Date: 2018-05-03 13:49:23 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:49 - ID:7381925

    CAIRO, May 3 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry's prisons Authority Sector on Thursday pardoned 658 prisoners and released on parole 346 others. The move comes in line with presidential decree no. 133/2018 on pardoning some prisoners on the occasion ....

  • PM follows up developments of Kom Ombo factory fire

    Date: 2018-05-03 11:37:27 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:32 - ID:7381530

    CAIRO, May 3 (MENA) - Prime Minister Sherif Ismail on Thursday followed up the repercussions of Aswan's sugar factory fire that erupted Wednesday across 30 feddans of sugarcane mulch bales in Kom Ombo town. The premier is receiving reports on the ....

  • Minister: Govt approves bill on establishing foreign universities

    Date: 2018-05-02 14:40:17 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:62 - ID:7380382

    CAIRO, May 2 (MENA) - Minister of Higher Education Khaled Abdel Ghaffar said the cabinet approved during a meeting Wednesday under Prime Minister Sherif Ismail, a bill on establishing foreign universities and regulating the work of foreign ....

  • WB praises Egypt's efforts to eliminate hepatitis C

    Date: 2018-05-02 14:21:27 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:59 - ID:7380236

    CAIRO, May 2 (MENA) - Deputy director of the World Bank in Egypt Sherif Hamdy has praised Egypt's efforts to eliminate Hepatitis C. In a statement Wednesday, he thanked the Egyptian government for its decision to allow the bank to take part in the ....

  • Cabinet approves bill on national transportation regulator- minister

    Date: 2018-05-02 14:17:10 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:58 - ID:7380369

    CAIRO, May 2 (MENA) - Transport Minister Hisham Arafat said that the cabinet approved during its meeting on Wednesday under Prime Minister Sherif Ismail a draft law on a national regulatory authority for domestic and international land ....

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