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  • Minya governor offers condolences over death of copts in terrorist attack

    Date: 2017-05-29 15:35:04 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:68 - ID:6832907

    MINYA, Upper Egypt, May 29 (MENA) - Minya governor Essam El Bedeiwi has offered condolences to anba Makarios, the bishop of Abu Qerqas, and Minya at archbishopric headquarters, over the death of scores of Christians in a terrorist attack on ....

  • Young man crushed to death under 1st line of Underground Metro train

    Date: 2017-05-29 14:45:43 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:58 - ID:6832834

    CAIRO, May 29 (MENA) - A young man was crushed to death under the first line of the Underground Metro train on Monday. In statements, the spokesman of the Egyptian Company For Metro Management and Operation identified the deceased young man as ....

  • Finance minister: Two 14% increments for those covered by CSL

    Date: 2017-05-29 12:31:47 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:39 - ID:6832492

    CAIRO, May 29 (MENA) - The government has approved, during a meeting under Prime Minister Sherif Ismail, a number of financial packages estimated at EGP 43 billion, including 20 billion for increasing pensions. Minister of Finance Amr El Garhi ....

  • Cabinet observes minute of silence over victims of Minya terrorist attack

    Date: 2017-05-29 11:54:01 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:32 - ID:6832426

    CAIRO, May 29 (MENA) - Prime Minister Sherif Ismail chaired a cabinet meeting Monday which opened with a moment of silence to mourn the victims of Minya terrorist attack, which took place on Friday. During the meeting, the Cabinet approved ....

  • Syndicate of Journalists to inquire about blocking of Egyptian news websites

    Date: 2017-05-28 15:52:58 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:54 - ID:6831612

    CAIRO, May 28 (MENA) - Chairman of the Syndicate of Journalists Abdel Mohsen Salama said Sunday that he would send a memo to the Supreme Council for Media Regulation (SCMR) to inquire about the blocking of four Egyptian news websites. Salama ....

  • 5 persons killed during fight between 2 families in Fayyoum

    Date: 2017-05-28 11:03:13 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:26 - ID:6831058

    FAYYOUM/ALEXANDRIA, May 28 (MENA) - Security bodies in Fayyoum intensified security measures in Hawara village in Fayyoum after a family feud with firearms left five persons dead just before Iftar on the first day of Ramadan. The victims reached ....

  • Agriculture Ministry: Encroachments on lakes of Manzala, Mariot, Borlos removed

    Date: 2017-05-27 09:22:12 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:17 - ID:6829865

    CAIRO, May 27 (MENA) - Encroachments on 31,646 square meters of land and 1,639 feddans of the lakes of Manzala, Mariot and Borlos have been removed over the past three days, the Agriculture Ministry announced Saturday. The move comes in line ....

  • FIHC to reduce price of Brazilian meat during Ramadan

    Date: 2017-05-27 08:40:07 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:13 - ID:6829818

    CAIRO, May 27 (MENA) - The Food Industries Holding Company (FIHC), an affiliate to the Supply Ministry, has decided to reduce the price of Brazilian meat at its consumer complexes and outlets during the fasting month of Ramadan. One kilo of ....

  • Interior Ministry keen on transparency, openness - Official

    Date: 2017-05-25 15:22:25 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:46 - ID:6827471

    CAIRO, May 25 (MENA) – Assistant Interior Minister for Human Rights Sector major general Mohamed Youssef asserted on Thursday that the Interior Ministry is keen on transparency and openness and does not cover up any crime committed by ....

  • NCW head inaugurates conference on woman's role in supporting Egyptian soft powers

    Date: 2017-05-24 16:01:38 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:63 - ID:6826256

    CAIRO, May 24 (MENA) - The Head of the National Council for Women (NCW) Maya Morsi underlined that the Egyptian woman has a long history of giving. This came during the inauguration of a conference on the woman's role in backing the soft powers ....

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