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  • Transport min. inspects Sidi Gaber railway station, mall

    Date: 2016-03-05 10:18:01 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:29 - ID:4446513

    ALEXANDRIA, March 5 (MENA) - Minister of Transport Saad el Giyoushi inspected on Saturday Sidi Gaber railway station and mall in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria. Flanked by Head of the Railway Authority Medhat Shosha, Giyoushi listened to ....

  • Interior Ministry's medical team examines 120 prisoners

    Date: 2016-03-05 09:15:45 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:20 - ID:4446237

    CAIRO, March 5 (MENA) – The Interior Ministry's health services sector sent on Saturday a medical team to examine 120 inmates at Cairo's15h of May prison. The move comes in light of the Interior Ministry's keenness on observing the values of human ....

  • 5 people killed in road accident in Beheira

    Date: 2016-03-04 20:30:11 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:74 - ID:4444681

    DAMANHOUR, Egypt, March 4 (MENA) – Five people were killed and another injured in a road accident in Beheira on Friday. The accident occurred on the international coastal road in Kafr el Dawwar when a truck collided with a car whose motorist made ....

  • Qena police seizes 250 trees of cannabis

    Date: 2016-03-03 19:03:35 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:105 - ID:4439601

    QENA, March 3 (MENA) - Qena security forces on Thursday seized 250 trees of narcotic cannabis "Bango" in the village of Al Barahma, south of Qena. Acting upon a tip-off, police raided the area, in which the trees were cultivated. The public ....

  • EGP83.5 mln loans for youths to carry out development projects in Beheira

    Date: 2016-03-03 17:26:54 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:95 - ID:4439197

    DAMANHOUR, Egypt, March 3 (MENA) - Loans of EGP 83.57 million have been given to youths as part of a national program for societal and local development in Beheira, said Governor Mohamed Sultan. The loans finance 2,631 projects that will provide ....

  • New chairman appointed for Egyptian National Railways

    Date: 2016-03-03 16:43:50 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:88 - ID:4438989

    CAIRO, March 3 (MENA) - Transport Minister Saad el Geyoushy appointed on Thursday engineer Medhat Shousha as the chairman of the Egyptian National Railways. Shousha replaced Ahmed Hamed whose performance was lauded by the minister. "He run the ....

  • USAID allocates 72 million EGP for sanitation projects in Assuit

    Date: 2016-03-03 12:51:20 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:56 - ID:4435573

    ASSUIT, Egypt, March 3 (MENA) - US Ambassador to Egypt Stephen Beecroft announced Thursday that US Agency for International Development (USAID) has allocated 72 million EGP to fund sanitation projects in the Upper Egyptian governorate of ....

  • Sokhna port reopens after weather improvement

    Date: 2016-03-03 07:17:05 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:16 - ID:4433725

    SUEZ, Egypt, March 3 (MENA) - Navigation is back to normal at Ain Sokhna Port in Suez after weather improved. Sand storms and strong winds were behind the closure decision, Spokesman for the Red Sea Ports Authority Abdel Rahim Mostafa said. He ....

  • Supply, transport ministers in talks over Nile, railway cargo transportation

    Date: 2016-03-02 11:40:13 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:36 - ID:4427981

    CAIRO, March 2 (MENA) - Transport Minister Saad el Geyoushi and Supply Minister Khaled Hanafi held talks on Wednesday to iron out hurdles blocking the transport of cargo via railway and Nile, spokesman for the ministry Ahmed Ibrahim said. The ....

  • Transport, Tourism ministers open railway museum

    Date: 2016-03-01 13:42:44 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:70 - ID:4421133

    CAIRO, March 1 (MENA) - Transport Minister Saad el Giyoushi and Tourism Minister Hesham Zaazoua opened on Tuesday the Railway Museum at Ramses railway station after its renovation. The opening ceremony was attended by Chairman of the Suez Canal ....

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