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World countries mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities on Tuesday

Date: 2019-12-02 09:59:34 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:18 - ID:8212612

CAIRO, Dec 2 (MENA) - World countries will mark on Tuesday the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD). The theme for the 2019 IDPD is "Promoting the participation of persons with disabilities and their leadership: taking action on ....

Ambassador opens Egypt’s pavilion at int’l handicraft exhibition in Milan

Date: 2019-11-30 16:11:07 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:27 - ID:8210656

CAIRO, Nov 30 (MENA) – Egyptian Ambassador to Italy Hesham Badr on Saturday opened Egypt’s pavilion at the international handicraft exhibition in Milan. Consul General in Milan Ehab Abo Serie also participated in the opening of the pavilion at ....

CAPMAS: 5.9% increase in university graduates in 2018

Date: 2019-11-28 09:39:13 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:14 - ID:8207549

CAIRO, Nov 28 (MENA) - As many as 569,000 students earned their higher education degrees during 2018, the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) said on Thursday. In 2017, 537,000 students graduated from universities and ....

Finance ministry to organize exhibit on Egyptian handcrafts Sunday

Date: 2019-11-23 16:28:22 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:33 - ID:8200918

CAIRO, Nov 23 (MENA) - The Finance Ministry has said that it will organize on Sunday an exhibition on Egyptian heritage and handcrafts at its headquarters in Cairo's Nasr City. Dalia Fouad, head of the ministry's Equal Opportunities Unit, said in ....

Egypt to hold 1st Arab festival for francophone cinema in 2020

Date: 2019-11-11 13:36:04 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:39 - ID:8183122

CAIRO, Nov 11 (MENA) - The Culture Ministry's Higher Committee for Festivals has given the green light for holding the 1st Alexandria festival for francophone cinema in June 2020. The festival, to be headed by veteran actor Samir Sabry, is the ....

Egyptian military music band continues presenting outstanding concerts in China festival

Date: 2019-11-06 10:11:12 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:19 - ID:8176495

CAIRO, Nov 6 (MENA) - The Egyptian military music band continued presenting outstanding concerts at the 6th International Military Music Festival in Nanchang city, China. The band wowed the watching crowds of various nationalities by the Arab, ....

Conservationists to meet in Spain seeking urgent action to protect sharks in the Mediterranean

Date: 2019-11-01 15:44:08 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:26 - ID:8170298

CAIRO, Nov 1 (MENA) - Shark and ray experts from all over the Mediterranean, including from Al Azhar University, will meet in Spain's Mallorca from 4 – 7 November to discuss the status and identify actions to improve the conservation of sharks, rays ....

Experts praise wetlands examples in Egypt within Ramsar Convention

Date: 2019-10-27 12:13:21 GMT - Italy - Miscellaneous - SN:71 - ID:8162818

CAGLIARI, Sardinia, Oct 27 (MENA) - Experts and researchers from the Mediterranean area praised examples of wetlands protection in Egypt in conformity with the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, citing the conservation efforts at Lake Qaroun and Wadi El ....

AMAN editors in chief underline importance of enhancing cooperation among members

Date: 2019-10-09 12:48:54 GMT - Algeria - Miscellaneous - SN:54 - ID:8137312

ALGIERS, Oct 9 (MENA) - Presidents and editors in chief of the Alliance of Mediterranean News Agencies (AMAN) asserted the importance of enhancing cooperation among news agencies in order to report facts about the situation in the region and counter ....

Solidarity Ministry to celebrate International Day of Girl Child Thursday

Date: 2019-10-09 12:34:35 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:49 - ID:8137281

CAIRO, Oct 9 (MENA) - Minister of Social Solidarity Ghada Wali will participate on Thursday in a forum to mark the International Day of the Girl Child which is celebrated on October 11 every year. The forum is organized in cooperation between the ....