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  • 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 ....

  • Health Ministry: 16 people wounded in road accident

    Date: 2018-05-02 12:20:28 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:41 - ID:7380066

    CAIRO, May 2 (MENA) - The Ministry of Health and Population announced on Wednesday that 16 people were wounded when a truck loaded with citizens overturned on the Cairo-Alexandria desert road. Ministry Spokesman Khaled Mogahed said nine ....

  • President Sisi greets Egyptian workers on Labor Day

    Date: 2018-05-01 13:14:58 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:37 - ID:7378831

    CAIRO, May 1 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi greeted on Tuesday Egyptian workers on the occasion of the Labor Day, describing them as Egypt's future makers. On his official Facebook account, Sisi said the Egyptian workers have a main role ....

  • Operations room in N.Sinai to follow up preparations for bad weather

    Date: 2018-05-01 13:06:09 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:36 - ID:7378729

    ARISH, Egypt, May 1 (MENA) - North Sinai Governor Abdel Fattah Harhour said that an operations room has been formed in the governorate to follow up the weather conditions and address the negative impacts of the expected heavy rainfall. The move ....

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