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  • Luxor mulls establishing economic zones -- governor

    Date: 2017-05-19 12:08:59 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:41 - ID:6818145

    LUXOR, May 19 (MENA) - Luxor probes establishing economic zones for investment in the real estate sector, said Governor Mohammed Badr on Friday. Such zones will enable citizens own housing units in order to overcome the low rate of tourism in the ....

  • 14 fugitives arrested in N. Sinai

    Date: 2017-05-18 22:28:47 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:114 - ID:6817698

    ARISH, Egypt, May 18 (MENA) - Security forces arrested 14 fugitives in a security campaign in North Sinai, said a security official on Thursday. The arrests were made as part of security campaigns against outlaws in North Sinai. All legal ....

  • Security forces continue attempts to restore illegally seized lands

    Date: 2017-05-18 14:18:23 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:76 - ID:6816872

    CAIRO, May 18 (MENA) - Security forces continued their efforts in remove encroachments on state-owned lands and agriculture lands in implementation of directives by Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghafar. The efforts target implementing decisions ....

  • ENR chairman: Urgent plan to renew railway lines nationwide

    Date: 2017-05-18 13:37:53 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:70 - ID:6816591

    CAIRO, May 18 (MENA) – The Egyptian National Railways (ENR) gives high priority to renovating 1,200 kilometers of railway lines at a total cost of EGP five billions, Chairman Medhat Shosha asserted on Thursday. This comes as part of an urgent ....

  • Operations room formed by state land recovery committee

    Date: 2017-05-18 11:43:37 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:42 - ID:6816618

    CAIRO, May 18 (MENA) - The state land recovery committee headed by former Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab decided to form an operations room to follow up the directives of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to restore state-owned lands that were seized ....

  • Education ministry, NBE sign coop. protocol to upgrade 5 schools in Bulaq

    Date: 2017-05-18 11:06:42 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:35 - ID:6816358

    CAIRO, May 18 (MENA) - Education Minister Tareq Shawqi signed on Thursday a cooperation protocol with the National Bank of Egypt (NBE) to upgrade five government schools in the Cairo district of Bulaq at a total cost of 36 million pounds. In a ....

  • Culture min. urges establishing center for Coptic studies

    Date: 2017-05-17 13:37:34 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:48 - ID:6815251

    CAIRO, May 17 (MENA) - Culture Minister Helmy el Namnam has called for establishing a scientific center for Coptic studies at Cairo University. In a statement issued by the Culture Ministry on Wednesday, Namnam said he put forward a proposal to ....

  • Fishing resumed at Lake Nasser: Director

    Date: 2017-05-16 11:34:47 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:27 - ID:6813207

    ASWAN, Egypt, May 16 (MENA) - Fishing will be resumed at Lake Nasser after a two-month stall between March 15 and May 15 for the first time since the establishment of the large lake in 1960s, said Head of Lake Nasser Development Authority Mahmoud ....

  • 3 killed, 10 injured in 2 separate accidents in Suez

    Date: 2017-05-14 10:06:37 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:24 - ID:6810234

    SUEZ, May 14 (MENA) – Two persons on Sunday were killed while six others were injured when their car overturned on the Suez-Ain Sokhna highway in Suez governorate. The injured were moved to Suez Public Hospital to receive medical ....

  • Govt reviews implementation of nationwide projects

    Date: 2017-05-13 19:43:05 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:60 - ID:6809658

    CAIRO, May 13 (MENA) - Prime Minister Sherif Ismail held a meeting on Saturday to follow up the implementation of some service and development projects across the nation. The premier stressed, during the meeting, which was attended by the ....

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