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  • Damietta hit by heavy rains, cold weather

    Date: 2018-02-12 17:14:39 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:82 - ID:7242308

    DAMIETTA, Egypt, Feb 12 (MENA) - Heavy rains, cold weather, high wind velocity and high sea waves hit Damietta governorate on Monday. Heavy rains reached their peak in Ras El Bar city and the port area, disrupting fishing in both the ....

  • Transport min. approves allocating EGP 281 million to develop Naqb region

    Date: 2018-02-12 17:09:01 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:80 - ID:7242235

    EL KHARGA, Egypt, Feb 12 (MENA) - Transport Minister Hisham Arafat has approved allocating EGP 281 million to develop the dangerous Al Naqb area located on the Kharga/Assiut road. In a statement on Monday, New valley Governor Mohamed el Zamalot ....

  • Egypt mulling establishment of internal transport firm

    Date: 2018-02-12 13:49:24 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:58 - ID:7241867

    CAIRO, Feb 12 (MENA) - Prime Minister Sherif Ismail ordered forming a committee to carry out studies on establishing an internal transport firm in line with directives of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to offer quality transport services to ....

  • School renovated in Cairo at cost of 500,000 euros

    Date: 2018-02-11 09:48:09 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:21 - ID:7239045

    CAIRO, Feb 11 (MENA) - A newly-renovated school in Cairo's Matariya district was reopened on Sunday by Social Solidarity Minister Ghada Wali. The plan to renew Hoda Shaarawi School cost 500,000 euros, provided by the European Union and the German ....

  • Alexandria-Cairo train malfunctions in Qalyubia

    Date: 2018-02-10 20:51:39 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:67 - ID:7238603

    CAIRO, Feb 10 (MENA) - An Alexandria-Cairo train suffered a malfunction on Saturday at Qalyub train station in Qalyubia, north of the capital. The glitch, which hit a wheel-set, caused the train to stop at the station, said the the Railways ....

  • Pope Tawadros hails monumental Bibliotheca Alexandrina

    Date: 2018-02-10 18:07:15 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:55 - ID:7238356

    ALEXANDRIA, Feb 10 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark visited Bibliotheca Alexandrina and hailed it as monument that makes Egypt proud in front of the world. The pope, who was accompanied by a delegation ....

  • Pro-Sisi mass popular rally organized in Qena

    Date: 2018-02-10 14:47:55 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:48 - ID:7238212

    QENA, Egypt, Feb 10 (MENA) - A mass popular rally was organized in Qena, south of Cairo, on Saturday, in support of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi. Qena Governor Adel Labib, former foreign minister Mohamed el-Orabi, lawmakers, and public figures ....

  • PM meets solidarity minister to discusses insurance for day workers

    Date: 2018-02-10 14:39:31 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:46 - ID:7238092

    CAIRO, Feb 10 (MENA) - Prime Minister Sherif Ismail met Saturday with Minister of Social Solidarity Ghada Wali to discuss the establishment of insurance system for day workers in private sector aged between 18 and 59 This comes under the ....

  • South Sinai worshipers perform prayers for rain

    Date: 2018-02-09 13:51:01 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:49 - ID:7236387

    EL TOR, Egypt, Feb 9 (MENA) - Worshipers in South Sinai performed Istisqa' (rain-invoking) prayers hoping for an end to the drought that hit the governorate this winter. Performed after Friday prayers, Istisqa' prayers were attended by South ....

  • National press authority calls on media outlets to support ٍSinai operation

    Date: 2018-02-09 13:27:44 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:43 - ID:7236332

    CAIRO, Feb 9 (MENA) - The National press authority called Friday on all media outlets to support Egypt in its fight against terrorism. In a statement, the authority stressed it was following up the 2018 North Sinai military operation to combat ....

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