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  • EGP 295m donations for NGOs - minister

    Date: 2015-07-29 10:47:59 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:34 - ID:3062581

    CAIRO, July 29 (MENA) - Social Solidarity Minister Ghada Waly said that the value of donations offered for the non-governmental organizations during the first half of the current year reached EGP 295 million. The donations were given to 179 NGOs ....

  • Railway authority, Spanish company sign contract to upgrade signal system

    Date: 2015-07-29 09:52:48 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:30 - ID:3062393

    CAIRO, July 29 (MENA) - The Railway Authority has signed a contract with a Spanish company to conduct studies to upgrade the signal and communication system along the Tanta-Mansoura-Damietta line. A mechanical signal system is now in place, said ....

  • Qalubiya governor inspects site of Obour factory fire

    Date: 2015-07-29 08:29:52 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:23 - ID:3061805

    BANHA, July 29 (MENA) - Qalubiya Governor Mohammad Abdel Zaher inspected the site of the huge fire that erupted in a furniture factory in Obour industrial zone. The fire killed 24 workers and left 26 others injured. The governor ordered the ....

  • Intensified campaigns against Nile boats' noise - minister

    Date: 2015-07-29 08:21:09 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:19 - ID:3061701

    CAIRO, July 29 (MENA) - The Environment Ministry will intensify campaigns within the coming few days to put an end to the clamor of Nile boats which is the main reason behind Nile boats' accidents. Nile boats' captains fail to hear any warning ....

  • License of burnt Obour furniture factory expired - source

    Date: 2015-07-28 22:44:46 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:103 - ID:3060617

    CAIRO, July 28 (MENA) – The license of the burnt furniture factory in Obour City of Qalubiya governorate is expired since 2014, a senior security source told MENA Tuesday. Police made a report against the factory's administration in 2014 for the ....

  • Obour fire victims' families to get fair compensation - governor

    Date: 2015-07-28 22:29:23 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:101 - ID:3060545

    BANHA, July 28 (MENA) - Qaliubiya Governor Mohamed Abdel Zaher on Tuesday said the owner of Obour factory would pay fair compensations for those killed and injured in the factory blaze. In a statement, the governor pledged to allocate fair ....

  • Mahlab orders to clear downtown Cairo from vendors

    Date: 2015-07-28 20:37:50 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:97 - ID:3060077

    CAIRO, July 28 (MENA) - Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab ordered interior ministry and Cairo governorate officials to clear downtown Cairo from street vendors and dilapidated vehicles. During an inspection tour of downtown streets, the prime ....

  • Worker killed, 22 others injrued in road accident in Sharqiya

    Date: 2015-07-28 09:19:48 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:22 - ID:3055869

    ZAQAZIQ, July 28 (MENA) - A 30-year-old worker was killed and 22 others injured in a collision of two buses belonging to companies operating in the 10th of Ramadan City on Cairo-Ismailia road. Sharqiya Security Director General Khaled Yehia ....

  • Environment ministry to receive in two months cement factories final studies

    Date: 2015-07-28 07:56:10 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:18 - ID:3055121

    CAIRO, June 28 (MENA) - The Environment Ministry will receive within two months revised studies by factories seeking to use coal. In statements to MENA, Environment Minister Khaled Fahmi said the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency has asked ....

  • Sinai development authority gives 'affiliated' to cabinet - official

    Date: 2015-07-27 21:59:09 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:115 - ID:3054257

    ARISH, Egypt, July 27 (MENA) - Sinai Development Authority is an entity which gives attention to the development and construction of Sinai and is affiliated to the Cabinet, said the authority's chief Shawki Rashwan. During his visit to Arish ....

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