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Electricity Minister: Egypt seeks to increase dependency on solar power by 25 percent by 2027
Date: 2014-06-18 09:26:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:33 - ID:784354
HURGHADA, June 18 (MENA) - Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Dr Mohammad Shaker asserted that Egypt is seeking to increase dependency on solar energy in the power generation by 25 percent instead of its current targeted rate of 20 percent ....
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Egypt gets presidency of new IAD association
Date: 2014-06-18 09:25:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:784349
CAIRO, June 18 (MENA) - Egypt has obtained the biannual presidency of the new International Association of Designers (IAD) which vies to support young designers across the Middle East through concrete projects. Egyptian architect and product ....
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Trial of Jazeera channel reporter postponed
Date: 2014-06-18 08:54:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:31 - ID:784163
Suez, June 18 (MENA) – A Suez court decided Wednesday to postpone the trial of a leading young element of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group over accusations of inciting violence against police and citizens. Abdul Rahman Shaheen, who worked ....
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Misr Al-Khair Foundation to offer scholarships to students
Date: 2014-06-18 08:50:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:784253
CAIRO, June 18 (MENA) - The Education Ministry and the Misr Al-Khair Foundation have agreed on a number of scholarships the latter will offer to technical education students. The foundation will offer 50 scholarships to hotel education in ....
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Kerm Abu Salem crossing opened after 5 days block
Date: 2014-06-18 08:49:52 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:784201
GAZA, June 18 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation forces on Wednesday reopened Kerm Abu Salem crossing after it was blocked for five days due to disappearance of three young Israelis. Raed Fattouh, chairman of the coordination committee for the ....
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New investment minister resigns from membership of EGB board
Date: 2014-06-18 08:47:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:28 - ID:784250
CAIRO, June 18 (MENA) - The Egyptian Gulf Bank (EGB) announced Wednesday that Investment Minister Ashraf Abdel Tawab Salman resigned from the membership of the bank's board after he assumed his new post in the Egyptian government. In a statement ....
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Defense minister accepts new batch of recruits
Date: 2014-06-18 08:30:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:27 - ID:784239
CAIRO, June 18 (MENA) - Defense Minister Sedqi Sobhi approved on Wednesday a new batch of army conscripts (October 2014 Stage) to start from June 25. At a press conference, director of recruitment and mobilization department El-Sayyed el-Ghali ....
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Limited Israeli incursion in Khan Younis
Date: 2014-06-18 08:25:20 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:784199
GAZA CITY, June 18 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation forces on Wednesday carried out a limited incursion into Khan Younis city in southern Gaza Strip. Security sources in Gaza said four Israeli bulldozers pushed 50 meters deep into farmlands in ....
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Director of Nasser Hospital in Shobra sacked
Date: 2014-06-18 08:22:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:784203
CAIRO, June 18 (MENA) - Health Minister Adel Adawi has fired the director of Nasser General Hospital in Shobra district and ordered a probe with the directors of the ICU and incubators departments over violations. The decision was made Wednesday ....
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AI asks Libyan renegade general, militias to stop 'reckless shelling'
Date: 2014-06-18 08:06:45 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:784123
TRIPOLI, June 18 (MENA) - An international rights group has urged the forces of a renegade general and those of rival Islamic extremist militias to stop "reckless shelling" in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi. In a statement, Amnesty ....