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  • Person killed, 2 injured in gas cylinder blast in Beheira

    Date: 2015-04-06 14:39:48 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:67 - ID:2323689

    DAMANHOUR, Egypt, April 6 (MENA) - A person was killed and two others were injured in a gas cylinder explosion on Monday inside a welding workshop in Beheira governorate. The body was transferred to Edco General Hospital's morgue, while the ....

  • Supply minister says Egypt not to import sugar

    Date: 2015-04-06 09:42:12 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:27 - ID:2321145

    CAIRO, April 6 (MENA) - Supply Minister Khaled Hanafi said Monday that he will act to remove all obstacles facing Egyptian sugar companies to be able to compete on the local and international markets. Hanafi touched upon action taken to protect ....

  • Local development min. authorizes governors to list unlicensed quarries

    Date: 2015-04-06 09:30:47 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:25 - ID:2321141

    CAIRO, April 6 (MENA) – Minister of Local Development Adel Labib directed the governors to list the unlicensed quarries in all the governorates and confiscate the tools of these quarries to put an end to any monopoly or corruption in this ....

  • 26,874 tons of petroleum coke arrive at Safaga port

    Date: 2015-04-06 09:15:43 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:22 - ID:2320893

    SUEZ-HURGHADA, April 6 (MENA) – As many as 26,874 tons of petroleum coke arrived at Safaga Port from Kuwait, spokesman for the Red Sea Ports Authority Abdel Rahim Mostafa said. Also, 11 passengers and 52 trucks arrived at the port, he said. As ....

  • Fees of Tahrir Parking slashed to EGP 400 for downtown residents

    Date: 2015-04-06 08:28:51 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:19 - ID:2320597

    CAIRO, April 6 (MENA) – Cairo City Hall decided on Monday to cut down the monthly fees of Tahrir Parking for downtown residents from 500 to 400 pounds. Also, the governorate reduced the fees by 150 pounds to be 350 pounds if there is more than ....

  • 661 illegal level crossings closed - minister

    Date: 2015-04-05 11:01:35 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:38 - ID:2315049

    CAIRO, April 5 (MENA) - Local Development Minister Adel Labib said on Sunday that 661 illegal crossings were closed out of 1,149 in 23 governorates. Those railroad crossings endanger the life of citizens by 58 percent, Labib said in press ....

  • Mahlab reviews plans to develop Port Said

    Date: 2015-04-05 10:40:22 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:37 - ID:2315089

    CAIRO, April 5 (MENA) – Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab held on Saturday evening a meeting to review plans to develop Port Said city within trade, industrial and tourism fields. The meeting was attended by trade, industry and finance ministers and ....

  • Mechanism set to overcome obstacles facing investors, says ETA official

    Date: 2015-04-03 12:09:08 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:60 - ID:2304853

    CAIRO, April 3 (MENA) - A mechanism has been set to organize the work of a committee tasked with overcoming all obstacles facing investors, an Egyptian Tax Authority (ETA) official said on Friday. The aforementioned committee is made up of ....

  • Mohamed Badr central agency for reconstruction chief for new term

    Date: 2015-04-02 16:47:20 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:101 - ID:2300413

    CAIRO, April 2 (MENA) - Prime Minister Ibrahim Malab renewed the appointment of Mohamed Nasser Badr as head of the Central Agency for Reconstruction, which is affiliated to the Housing Ministry. Badr will be in this post for one year as of ....

  • More proactive policing needed: Interior min.

    Date: 2015-04-02 15:13:06 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:87 - ID:2299337

    CAIRO, April 2 (MENA) - Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar said Thursday the current security situation prompts taking variety of proactive crime prevention and control measures. The minister was speaking during a meeting with top security ....

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