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Egypt condemns attack on UAE medics in Yemen's Taiz

Date: 2020-11-18 11:05:44 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:40 - ID:8677020

CAIRO, Nov 18 (MENA) - Egypt has condemned the cowardly attack that targeted mobile clinics belonging to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Red Crescent in the Yemeni city of Taiz. In a press release Wednesday, Egypt reiterated its strong ....

Egypt seeks boosting cooperation with int'l firms in chemical industries

Date: 2020-11-18 09:31:18 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:31 - ID:8676831

CAIRO, Nov 18 (MENA) - Minister of State for Military Production Mohamed Ahmed Morsi on Wednesday had talks with a delegation of the Serbian Trayal company on cooperation in the field of chemical industries. The minister asserted at the meeting ....

Envoy: Egypt, Germany approve funding programs

Date: 2020-11-18 07:40:10 GMT - Germany - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:13 - ID:8676669

BERLIN, Nov 18 (MENA) - Egyptian Ambassador in Berlin Khaled Galal said on Wednesday that the Egyptian and German sides agreed during talks last week on funding programs reaching 89 million euros. In statements to MENA, he added that the ....

PM chairs meeting on GERD developments

Date: 2020-11-17 15:05:55 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:46 - ID:8675972

CAIRO, Nov 17 (MENA) - Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli on Tuesday presided over a meeting of the Higher Committee for Nile Water to discuss the latest developments regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). The meeting was attended by ....

US Embassy to participate in Cairo Int'l Film Festival

Date: 2020-11-17 14:41:48 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:42 - ID:8675875

CAIRO, Nov 17 (MENA) - The US Embassy in Egypt and its partners, the Los Angeles-based Film Independent and the Middle East Media Initiative (MEMI) announced that they will participate in the 42nd edition of the Cairo International Film Festival ....

Assoumi voices Arab Parliament's support to Egypt in defending its legitimate rights

Date: 2020-11-17 13:51:00 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:36 - ID:8675809

CAIRO, Nov 17 (MENA) - Arab Parliament Speaker Adel Al Assoumi asserted the parliament's support for Egypt in its efforts to defend its interests and legitimate rights at all international forums. Assoumi made the remarks on Tuesday during a ....

Shoukry: Egypt keen on supporting Afghanistan

Date: 2020-11-17 13:39:11 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:34 - ID:8675714

CAIRO, Nov 17 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry asserted on Tuesday Egypt's keenness on continuously supporting and assisting Afghanistan and its development efforts in the various phases, pointing out to the historic relations binding the two ....

FM: More cooperation between Egypt, Arab Parliament in coming period

Date: 2020-11-17 12:44:56 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:31 - ID:8675659

CAIRO, Nov 17 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said Egypt will further cooperate with the Arab Parliament in the coming period, along with the opening of the new legislative session of the House of Representatives and the newly-elected ....

Foreign Ministry: Runoff in House polls to start abroad Thursday

Date: 2020-11-17 12:16:27 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:29 - ID:8675548

CAIRO, Nov 17 (MENA) – The runoff in the first phase of parliamentary elections will start Thursday outside Egypt and will last until November 23, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. Expats are expected to cast their ballots to select candidates ....

Communication minister confers with Hungarian ambassador on cooperation in AI field

Date: 2020-11-17 11:02:09 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:25 - ID:8675500

CAIRO, Feb 17 (MENA) - Minister of Communication and Information Technology Amr Talaat conferred on Tuesday with Hungarian Ambassador in Cairo András Kovács on means of boosting joint cooperation in the field of communication and information ....