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  • 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 ....

  • Political parties committee refers petition to court to dissolve Building, Development Party

    Date: 2017-06-24 13:41:05 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:40 - ID:6868210

    CAIRO, June 24 (MENA) - Egypt's political parties affairs committee filed on Saturday a petition with the high administrative court to dissolve the Building and Development Party, freeze its funds and uncover its financier. The committee has ....

  • Defense minister, chief of staff visit injured army personnel

    Date: 2017-06-24 12:38:15 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:37 - ID:6868168

    CAIRO, June 24 (MENA) – Defense Minister Sedki Sobhi and Chief of Staff Mahmoud Hegazi made two separate visits to the army’s injured personnel in military hospitals. During the visits, the army’s two top commanders inquired after the health of ....

  • Egypt's rights council holds int'l conference against terrorism

    Date: 2017-06-22 13:54:45 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:54 - ID:6865972

    CAIRO, June 22 (MENA) - The National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) will hold an international conference on July 2-3 to discuss reasons behind human rights violations and the spread of extremism and violence. Thirty Arab, African and ....

  • Transport minister meets senior officials

    Date: 2017-06-21 21:01:10 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:82 - ID:6864926

    Cairo, June 21 (MENA) - Minister of Transport Hisham Arafat had a meeting with senior ministry officials over an iftar banquet on Wednesday. Arafat thanked the workers in the Egyptian National Railway for their efforts and highlighted the ....

  • Cairo airport authorities arrest passenger over money smuggling attempt

    Date: 2017-06-19 14:07:31 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:53 - ID:6861538

    CAIRO, June 19 (MENA) - Cairo police arrested on Monday a passenger who attempted to smuggle 580,000 Egyptian pounds out of the country. They found the money hidden in his luggage while searching. He confessed to his failed money smuggling ....

  • 10 killed, injured in car crash in Cairo-Ismailia road

    Date: 2017-06-19 06:59:28 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:12 - ID:6860636

    CAIRO, June 19 (MENA) - Two people were killed and eight others injured in a car crash when a truck collided into a mini-bus in Cairo-Ismailia road, the Health Ministry said. Eight ambulances rushed to the scene within seven minutes, Head of the ....

  • Special allowance to be paid before Eidul Fitr - national press authority

    Date: 2017-06-18 16:20:00 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:52 - ID:6860207

    CAIRO, June 18 (MENA) – The National Press Authority sent the appropriations of paying the monthly allowance, to all the workers in the national press institutions, which represents 10% of the basic salary. The minimum raise amount will be EGP 65 ....

  • Egypt makes big leaps in empowering disabled people politically- Heba Hagras

    Date: 2017-06-18 15:02:56 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:42 - ID:6860039

    NEW YORK, June 18 (MENA) – Egypt took big leaps in politically empowering the disabled people, member of the National Council for Women Heba Hagras said Sunday. The handicapped people represent themselves now and the Egyptian people in the ....

  • PM stresses importance of exerting efforts to raise efficiency of state's administrative body

    Date: 2017-06-18 14:56:46 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:40 - ID:6860117

    CAIRO, June 18 (MENA) - Prime Minister Sherif Ismail chaired Sunday the first meeting of the Supreme Committee for Administrative Reform where a decision was issued to form it recently. The meeting was attended by the ministers of local ....

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