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  • 480,000 tons of garbage collected in Alexandria in 4 months

    Date: 2016-11-24 11:51:39 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:45 - ID:6021869

    ALEXANDRIA, Nov 24 (MENA) - Environment Minister Khaled Fahmy said 480,000 tons of garbage were collected in Alexandria over the past four months. The minister gave the remarks while touring a garbage compressing plant in Zayateen district in ....

  • CAPMAS: Egypt's population hits 92 million

    Date: 2016-11-24 10:01:33 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:26 - ID:6020501

    CAIRO, Nov 24 (MENA) - The number of Egyptians living inside the country reached 92 million at 8 a.m. on Thursday, the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) announced. In a statement, the CAPMAS said Cairo came first as ....

  • 98 Ahram cooperatives upgraded - min.

    Date: 2016-11-24 09:00:54 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:18 - ID:6020457

    CAIRO, Nov 24 (MENA) - Supply Minister Mohamed Ali Moselhi said 98 Al Ahram cooperatives were developed. In a statement on Thursday, he noted that more cooperatives would be upgraded and 35 new supply outlets were opened in densely-populated ....

  • PM orders providing foreign currency to secure basic commodities

    Date: 2016-11-22 18:10:53 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:86 - ID:6011245

    CAIRO, Nov 22 (MENA) - Prime Minister Sherif Ismail called on Tuesday for providing foreign currency to meet the local market's needs of basic commodities and medicines. During a meeting with Finance Minister Amr El Garhy, Ismail urged securing the ....

  • Awqaf, Supply ministries to cooperate to secure low-price fresh Sudanese meat for low-income strata

    Date: 2016-11-22 10:43:02 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:23 - ID:6007321

    CAIRO, Nov 22 (MENA) - The Ministries of Awqaf and Supply will cooperate to secure low-price fresh Sudanese meat for low-income strata. The two ministries signed a cooperation protocol in this regard, Supply Minister Mohamed Ali Moselhi said in ....

  • MP says we discussed with PM problem of Nubians

    Date: 2016-11-21 15:56:11 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:70 - ID:6003553

    CAIRO, Nov 21 (MENA) - Member of the parliament and first deputy of Support Egypt Coalition Saad el Gamal said that he met Monday with Prime Minister Sherif Ismail and members of the coalition to discuss the problem of the Nubians. He further ....

  • Former deputy PM Yehia el Gamal dies

    Date: 2016-11-21 15:41:10 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:67 - ID:6003141

    CAIRO, Nov 21 (MENA) - Former deputy prime minister Yehia el Gamal passed away Monday at the age of 88 after a long battle with disease. He was born in Menofia and got a license in law from Cairo University in 1952 then he was appointed assistant ....

  • MP questions environment minister over water hyacinth

    Date: 2016-11-21 15:39:05 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:66 - ID:6003209

    CAIRO, Nov 21 (MENA) - Parliament member Mohamed Anwar al Sadat questioned the environment minister over his plans to contain the problem of water hyacinth. Water hyacinth consumes large quantities of water used in agriculture, threatening losing ....

  • Supply police seize 56 tons of rice before being sold on black market

    Date: 2016-11-20 12:34:37 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:38 - ID:5995541

    CAIRO, Nov 20 (MENA) - Supply police have launched security campaigns nationwide to control markets and arrest those trading on the black market. The campaigns were launched upon directives by Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar. Some 56 ....

  • Damietta port receives 9 vessels

    Date: 2016-11-19 19:51:57 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:59 - ID:5992477

    DAMIETTA, Egypt, Nov 19 (MENA) - Damietta Port received nine vessels over the past 24 hours, the Media Center for Damietta Port Authority said in a statement on Saturday. They included two container ships and seven cargo vessels, the statement ....

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