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  • Cabinet approves bill on natural gas

    Date: 2018-02-20 15:15:27 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:74 - ID:7256365

    CAIRO, Feb 20 (MENA) - The cabinet approved on Tuesday a bill to amend some provisions of law no. 217 of 1980 regulating the use of natural gas. The new amendments come as part of the state's efforts to widen the use of natural gas and overcome ....

  • Huge fire erupts in porcelain insulator factory in Qalyubia

    Date: 2018-02-20 15:12:36 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:73 - ID:7256288

    BANHA, Egypt, Feb 20 (MENA) - A huge fire erupted Tuesday at a factory of porcelain insulator in the industrial zone in Obour city in Qalyubia governorate, northeast of Cairo. Firefighter squads rushed to the factory and controlled the fire. No ....

  • Sum of EGP 10m allocated to journalists in suspended papers of parties: Salama

    Date: 2018-02-20 15:11:46 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:72 - ID:7256298

    ISMAILIA, Egypt, Feb 20 (MENA) – A sum of EGP 10 million was deposited and allocated to pay salaries of the journalists working for suspended newspapers of some parties, head of the Syndicate of Journalists Abdel Mohsen Salama said. This amount ....

  • EAEA says Dabaa technical school is the first of its kind in ME

    Date: 2018-02-19 15:13:32 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:54 - ID:7254192

    CAIRO, Feb 19 (MENA) - Head of the Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority (EAEA) Atef Abdel Hamid Abdel Fattah has said the Dabaa industrial school is the first of its kind in the Middle East as its students are able to deal with nuclear plants for ....

  • House to probe bill on developing south Upper Egypt

    Date: 2018-02-19 12:09:31 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:38 - ID:7253863

    CAIRO, Feb 19 (MENA) - The government referred on Monday to the House of Representatives a draft law on establishing a higher authority for developing Upper Egypt, to be based in Aswan. The draft law is part of the state plan to accelerate ....

  • New Valley witnesses developmental surge under Sisi's leadership

    Date: 2018-02-18 17:46:24 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:89 - ID:7252612

    KHARGA, Egypt, Feb 18 (MENA) - Governor of the New Valley Mohammed Zamlout said the governorate had witnessed a large developmental boom in different fields, under the first term of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi. In a statement to MENA Sunday on ....

  • Education Ministry studying way out of academic problem of N. Sinai students

    Date: 2018-02-18 12:37:10 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:50 - ID:7252091

    SUEZ CITY, Egypt, Feb 18 (MENA) - The Education Ministry is studying ways by which students in North Sinai could complete their academic year after classes had to close due to the military operation going on there. The Ministry is studying to ....

  • Health Ministry seeking to boost public awareness of over-population problem -- official

    Date: 2018-02-18 10:43:55 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:28 - ID:7251770

    CAIRO, Feb 18 (MENA) - A Health Ministry official has stressed the need to boost community awareness of the over-population problem. The government is acting on a four-year plan to solve this problem, said deputy health minister Dr Tareq Tawfiq ....

  • Cairo-Tanta train movement back to normal after 30-minute suspension

    Date: 2018-02-18 08:46:43 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:12 - ID:7251551

    SHEBIN EL KOM, Egypt, Feb 18 (MENA) - Cairo-Tanta train movement was back to normal on Sunday after a half an hour suspension over a dislocation of railway tracks in Monofiya. Needed maintenance was carried out and the train movement was back to ....

  • Alexandria, Dekheila ports closed to sailing

    Date: 2018-02-18 08:28:02 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:11 - ID:7251555

    ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Feb 18 (MENA) - Alexandria Port Authority has decided to close Alexandria and Dekheila ports to navigation due to bad weather, high wind velocity and high sea waves. The closure is meant to protect vessels anchored at the quays ....

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