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  • Local development minister burdened with legacy of urgent files

    Date: 2015-09-19 12:27:00 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:50 - ID:3380041

    CAIRO, Sept 19 (MENA) - New Local Development Minister Ahmed Zaki Badr should work hard on several urgent issues topped by preparations for the upcoming parliamentary elections, slated for October 17-18. Badr has to ensure securing electoral HQs ....

  • Sisi urges govt to act to control market

    Date: 2015-09-19 11:16:14 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:46 - ID:3379881

    CAIRO, Sept 19 (MENA) - Prime Minister Sherif Ismail said Saturday that President Abdel Fattah El Sisi ordered the new government to act to control the market and stop price hikes. Speaking at a press conference following Sisi's meeting with the ....

  • Electricity minister pledges to continue working hard to serve Egypt

    Date: 2015-09-19 11:04:09 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:44 - ID:3379685

    CAIRO, Sept 19 (MENA) - Electricity Minister Mohamed Shaker reiterated to President Abdel Fattah El Sisi that he would continue working hard to serve his nation. In statements to MENA after the new government was sworn in, Shaker said he will ....

  • Wheat reserves enough until early March, says minister

    Date: 2015-09-19 09:03:13 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:25 - ID:3378589

    CAIRO, Sept 19 (MENA) - Egypt's strategic stock of local and imported wheat is past safety levels, the supply minister said Saturday. Wheat reserves are enough to meet the needs of citizens until early March in 2016, Khaled Hanafy said. He ....

  • Cairo City Hall completes preparations for Eiduladha

    Date: 2015-09-19 07:57:44 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:15 - ID:3378009

    CAIRO, Sept 19 (MENA) - The preparations made for Eiduladha (Greater Bairam) are complete, Deputy of Cairo Governor for the southern area Sayyed Nasr said. He called on the heads of City Hall departments to intensify campaigns to make sure that ....

  • PM-designate thanks communication min. for efforts in office

    Date: 2015-09-18 19:18:36 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:85 - ID:3377105

    CAIRO, Sept 18 (MENA) – Communication and Information Technology Caretaker Minister Khaled Negm said he received a phone call from Prime Minister-designate Sherif Ismail who thanked him for his efforts in the communications sector during his ....

  • Qalubia governor bans electoral campaigns at gov't departments

    Date: 2015-09-18 11:10:18 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:42 - ID:3374297

    BANHA, Egypt, Sept 18 (MENA) - Qalubia Governor Mohamed Abdel Zaher ordered on Friday banning all kinds of electoral campaigns for the coming parliamentary elections within the City Hall, municipalities and other government institutions. He vowed ....

  • Light floods in some areas in central Sinai

    Date: 2015-09-16 13:05:55 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:67 - ID:3363257

    ARISH, Sept 16 (MENA) - Some areas in central Sinai were exposed to light floods on Wednesday due to the fall of rains in "Wadi el Rewaq" and "Tiba". No casualties or losses were reported. The rains will continue falling for three days ....

  • EEAA inspects industrial facilities to check on activities

    Date: 2015-09-16 12:24:18 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:57 - ID:3362729

    CAIRO, Sept 16 (MENA) - The Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA) has inspected a number of industrial facilities to make sure their activities are not increasing air pollution. Only three out of 17 facilities inspected by EEAA had ....

  • NOFHR signs agreement with Southern Italy Organization for Development

    Date: 2015-09-16 08:30:34 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:16 - ID:3360209

    CAIRO, Sept 16 (MENA) -The United National Organization for Human Rights (NOFHR) on Wednesday signed a partnership agreement with Southern Italy Development Organization on development of various governorates especially in the fields of education ....

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