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Egyptian Bourse off Tuesday on start of new fiscal year
Date: 2014-06-24 12:39:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:70 - ID:795257
CAIRO, June 24 (MENA) - The Egyptian Stock Exchange will close Tuesday as all banks will be off due to the commencement of the new 2014-2015 fiscal year. In statements Tuesday, the EGX head Mohamed Omran said the bourse said trading will be ....
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Trade Minister says economy up some times in 2013-2014
Date: 2014-06-24 12:39:33 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:69 - ID:795076
CAIRO, June 24 (MENA) - Trade and Industry Minister Mounir Fakhri Abdel-Nour has said that economic indices have shown positive readings in a number of times over the past few months. The industrial growth rate has increased during the third ....
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Minister highlights need for establishing special environment fund
Date: 2014-06-24 12:34:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:68 - ID:795072
CAIRO, June 24 (MENA) - Minister of Environment Khaled Fahmy asserted that efforts are currently under way to establish a special fund for environmental finance in order to meet environment protection needs and not increase burdens on the ....
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UN investigates human rights violations as ISIL overtakes key areas of Iraq
Date: 2014-06-24 12:32:17 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:795181
GENEVA, June 24 (MENA) - The United Nations said Tuesday at least 1,075 Iraqi citizens, the vast majority of them civilians, have been killed during June as the ISIL overtakes key areas of the country, ABC News reported. According to the UN human ....
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Communication min., UAE state min. discuss boosting cooperation
Date: 2014-06-24 12:26:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:65 - ID:794975
CAIRO, June 24 (MENA) – Communication Minister Atef Helmy discussed with United Arab Emirates' Minister of State Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber prospects of boosting bilateral cooperation in the communication and information technology fields. They ....
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EGX indices go down on back of sharp decline at Dubai stock exchange
Date: 2014-06-24 12:25:03 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:64 - ID:795191
CAIRO, June 24 (MENA) - The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indices went down at the end of trading Tuesday following the sharp decline at Dubai stock exchange. The capital market lost some 4.85 billion pounds. The EGX 30 benchmark index went down by 1.66 ....
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Egypt ranks first in sugarcane productivity per acre: Agriculture Min.
Date: 2014-06-24 12:23:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:63 - ID:794902
CAIRO, June 24 (MENA) - Agriculture Minister Adel El Beltagui said Tuesday that Egypt ranks first among the world's countries having the highest production of sugarcane per acre with an average of 50 tons/acre. Beltagui added that Egypt produced ....
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Indian cultural center organizes lecture on India through Egyptian eyes
Date: 2014-06-24 12:15:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:62 - ID:795149
CAIRO, June 24 (MENA) - The Indian Maulana Azad center for culture in Cairo and an Egypt-based youth group have organized a lecture entitled "India through the eyes of Egypt. Mai Khafagi, founder of the Discover India group, said that her group ....
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Carcinogenic pesticide containers to be moved from Suez port
Date: 2014-06-24 12:09:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:61 - ID:794898
SUEZ, June 24 (MENA) – The Ministry of Environment has decided to transfer carcinogenic pesticide containers from Adabiya port in Suez in preparation for disposing of the hazardous material in a process that is estimated to have a total cost of one ....
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President of Generation Party welcomes Sisi decision to give up half his monthly salary to Egypt
Date: 2014-06-24 12:04:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:60 - ID:795144
CAIRO, June 24 (MENA) - Nagy al-Shehaby, President of the Generation Party, has welcomed a decision by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to give up half his monthly salary and half of his property to state coffers. It is a "responsible" decision, ....