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  • Local development minister: coordination underway with environment ministry on garbage problem

    Date: 2015-10-03 15:58:04 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:60 - ID:3461185

    CAIRO, Oct 3 (MENA) - Local Development Minister Ahmed Zaki Badr said coordination is underway with the Environment Ministry for a new mechanism for ditching garbage in governorates. He underlined that solving the garbage problem, combating ....

  • Transport minister inspects Damietta port projects

    Date: 2015-10-03 15:56:30 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:59 - ID:3461189

    DAMIETTA, Egypt, Oct 3 (MENA) - Transport Minister Saad el Geyoushi embarked on Saturday on an inspection tour of Damietta port. Damietta Governor Ismail Taha accompanied the minister along with Head of the Damietta Port Authority, Ayman Saleh ....

  • EgyptAir operates 38 flights for two days to bring home pilgrims

    Date: 2015-10-03 14:36:50 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:51 - ID:3460521

    CAIRO, Oct 3 (MENA) - EgyptAir will operate 38 flights over the coming two days to bring home pilgrims from Jeddah and Al Madinah Al Munawara. EgyptAir Holding Company Chairman Sherif Fathi said the company will operate 18 flights, 10 from Jeddah ....

  • 3 killed, injured in road accident in Beheira

    Date: 2015-10-03 14:01:22 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:48 - ID:3460513

    DAMANHOUR, Egypt, Oct 3 (MENA) - Two people were killed and one was injured in a road accident involving two motorbikes in Beheira. The bodies were sent to the morgue and the injured was rushed to Mahmoudiya General Hospital. (MENA) M N E/R G E ....

  • Transport minister inspects Port Said railway station

    Date: 2015-10-03 09:23:39 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:18 - ID:3458657

    PORT SAID, Oct 3 (MENA) - Minister of Transport Saad el Geyoushi on Saturday inspected Port Said railway station. The minister was accompanied by Port Said Governor General Magdy Nasser el-Din and Railway Authority Chairman General Ahmed ....

  • Huge fire extinguished in sponge, cotton factory in Qalyubia

    Date: 2015-10-03 07:59:31 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:11 - ID:3457949

    BANHA, Egypt, Oct 3 (MENA) – A huge fire that erupted on Saturday in a factory for sponge and cotton products in one of Qalyubia governorate's villages, northern Cairo, was put out. Ten fire engines were rushed to the scene of the fire, and ....

  • IDSC dismisses reports of storing water behind Ethiopia dam

    Date: 2015-10-01 15:21:17 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:73 - ID:3450013

    CAIRO, Oct 1 (MENA) - The Egyptian Cabinet’s Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) dismissed online and social media reports on water shortage in a number of stations in the Greater Cairo. Reports claimed that starting to store water ....

  • Efforts underway to evacuate street vendors from Helwan squre

    Date: 2015-10-01 08:51:51 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:24 - ID:3447313

    CAIRO, Oct 1 (MENA) - Coordination is underway between Cairo governorate and security men to evacuate street vendors from El Mahatta Square in Helwan. The street vendors will be moved to the Toshka microbus stop, which accommodates 300 vehicles and ....

  • Minister says Sarabium siphon to secure water needed to cultivate 100,000 feddans in Sinai

    Date: 2015-09-29 15:40:03 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:69 - ID:3436885

    ISMAILIA, Egypt, Sept 29 (MENA) - Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazi said Tuesday that the New Sarabium siphon will be used to transfer water needed for irrigation and drinking in Sinai. The channeled water will serve an area of 100,000 feddans ....

  • 2,000 buses, 1,200 minibuses serve Greater Cairo in new academic year

    Date: 2015-09-28 12:07:12 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:59 - ID:3427901

    CAIRO, Sept 28 (MENA) - Over 2,000 public transportation buses serve Greater Cairo citizens with the start of the new academic year including 950 that were newly allowed to the service, Cairo Governor Galal Mostafa Saeed said. The daily capacity ....

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