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  • Oil minister dismisses setting date for increasing fuel prices

    Date: 2017-06-28 15:59:09 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:44 - ID:6872281

    CAIRO, June 28 (MENA) – Petroleum Minister Tareq el Molla dismissed Wednesday setting a date for increasing fuel prices. He reiterated that the five-year cutting energy subsidies program was endorsed by the government and passed by the House of ....

  • Parl't committee reviews water shortage problem in Arish

    Date: 2017-06-28 15:47:25 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:40 - ID:6872069

    AL ARISH, Egypt, June 28 (MENA) - A committee formed by the House of Representatives has urged the Holding Company for Water and Wastewater (HCWW) to activate the committee tasked with ending encroachment of water pipelines in North Sinai. The ....

  • PM: Gov't seeks achieving highest degree of financial discipline

    Date: 2017-06-27 13:21:59 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:32 - ID:6871039

    CAIRO, June 27 (MENA) - Prime Minister Sherif Ismail said on Tuesday that the government is working through the economic and social reform program to achieve the highest degree of financial discipline via upgrading the government's ....

  • Interior minister directs to provide care for child with muscle weakness

    Date: 2017-06-26 15:46:27 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:39 - ID:6870317

    CAIRO, June 26 (MENA) - Minister of Interior Magdy Abdel Ghaffar issued directives to the ministry's human rights and medical services sectors to provide care for a child suffering from muscle weakness. The medical services sector at the Ministry ....

  • Ismailia-Port Said train traffic back to normal

    Date: 2017-06-26 14:51:01 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:37 - ID:6870304

    CAIRO, June 26 (MENA) - Egyptian National Railways said Ismailia-Port Said train traffic is back to normal after removing the carriage that was detached from a Port Said-bound train near Ismailia. The authority apologized for commuters over the ....

  • Train movement disrupted over carriage detachment near Ismailia

    Date: 2017-06-26 12:06:52 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:26 - ID:6870083

    ISMAILIA, Egypt, June 26 (MENA) - Train traffic toward Port Said was disrupted on Monday as one of the carriages detached from a Port Said-bound train near Ismailia. Ten persons were slightly wounded in the accident. The prosecution was ....

  • PM issues directives to disburse subsidies as of July 1

    Date: 2017-06-26 11:38:30 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:24 - ID:6869991

    CAIRO, June 26 (MENA) - Prime Minister Sherif Ismail issued directives on Monday that the social protection package endorsed by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi would come into effect as of July 1. The premier underscored the importance of taking ....

  • 1,011 prisoners pardoned on Eidul Fitr

    Date: 2017-06-25 16:24:56 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:43 - ID:6869514

    CAIRO, June 25 (MENA) - As many as 913 prisons have received a presidential pardon on the Eidul Fitr. Another 98 prisoners have been released on parole. The move by the Interior Ministry is meant to promote human rights values. (MENA) M I ....

  • 42,265 traffic fines recorded nationwide

    Date: 2017-06-25 16:13:45 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:41 - ID:6869516

    CAIRO, June 25 (MENA) - Security forces launched a wide-scale security campaign in the last 24 hours to maintain discipline on Egypt's streets. A total of 42,265 traffic violation fines were recorded and 43 people were held driving under the ....

  • 18 tons of subsidized flour seized in Qena

    Date: 2017-06-25 07:56:19 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:16 - ID:6868949

    QENA, Egypt, June 25 (MENA) – Qena supply police seized large quantities of subsidized flour and other supply goods before being sold on the black market. About 18 tons of subsidized flour, earmarked for holders of rations cards, were ....

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