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  • House initially approves bill to replace CEMTA with 'Egyptian health council'

    Date: 2022-02-09 16:10:29 GMT - Egypt - Parliament - SN:83 - ID:9409339

    CAIRO, Feb 9 (MENA) - The House of Representatives approved during its plenary session on Wednesday a government bill on establishing the Egyptian health council. The bill was initially approved after extensive debate in the presence of Minister ....

  • Zaki congratulates Counselor Boulos Iskandar for being SCC head

    Date: 2022-02-09 16:09:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:82 - ID:9409393

    CAIRO, Feb 9 (MENA) - Head of the Evangelical Church Andrea Zaki on Wednesday congratulated Counselor Boulos Fahmi Iskandar for being appointed as the new president of the Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC), according to a statement. Zaki ....

  • Mikati meets US' Hochstein in Beirut

    Date: 2022-02-09 16:06:05 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:81 - ID:9409058

    BEIRUT, Feb 9 (MENA) - Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati received at his residence on Wednesday US mediator in the indirect negotiations to demarcate the Lebanese maritime borders Amos Hochstein in the presence of US Ambassador to Lebanon Dorothy ....

  • Algerian president receives credentials of 3 new ambassadors including US

    Date: 2022-02-09 16:04:19 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:80 - ID:9409363

    ALGIERS, Feb 9 (MENA) - Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune received Wednesday the credentials of three new ambassadors to Algeria, said the Presidency of the Republic in a communiqué. "President Tebboune received the ambassador of Djibouti, ....

  • 3 defendants sentenced to 15 years in prison over kidnapping charges

    Date: 2022-02-09 16:02:53 GMT - Egypt - Justice - SN:79 - ID:9409320

    SOHAG, Upper Egypt, Feb 9 (MENA) – The Sohag Criminal Court sentenced three defendants, including a woman, to 15 years in prison on charges of abducting a toddler from her house and demanding EGP 15 million ransom. Earlier, the father of the ....

  • AfCFTA, Afreximbank sign deal on fund management of AfCFTA adjustment facility base fund

    Date: 2022-02-09 15:58:57 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:78 - ID:9409300

    CAIRO, Feb 9 (MENA) – The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat and the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) signed on Wednesday an agreement in Cairo on Fund Management related to the Base Fund of the AfCFTA Adjustment ....

  • Nearly 120 govt services available on Digital Egypt platform, says Talaat

    Date: 2022-02-09 15:30:26 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:77 - ID:9409342

    CAIRO, Feb 9 (MENA) - Minister of Communications and Information Technology Amr Talaat said on Wednesday that nearly 120 government services are currently available on the Digital Egypt platform. During the launch of the Egypt Economic Monitor ....

  • Saudi Arabia foils plot to smuggle 1.56 mln amphetamine pills

    Date: 2022-02-09 15:27:55 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:76 - ID:9409335

    RIYADH, Feb 9 (MENA) - Authorities in Saudi Arabia have foiled a plot to smuggle 1.56 million amphetamine tablets hidden in plastic containers into the Kingdom, according to the Saudi Press Agency. Spokesperson of the General Directorate of ....

  • EU Commission refers Poland to EU Court of Justice over urban waste water

    Date: 2022-02-09 15:27:26 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:75 - ID:9409194

    BRUSSELS, Feb 9 (MENA) – The EU Commission decided to refer Poland to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failure to comply with the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive. The Directive requires Member States to ensure that urban ....

  • Jordan, Poland probe cooperation in joint military training

    Date: 2022-02-09 15:26:25 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:74 - ID:9409322

    AMMAN, Feb 9 (MENA) - Jordan and Poland on Wednesday discussed vistas of cooperation and coordination in joint military training as well as the exchange of expertise and military exercises. The two countries also probed ways of boosting bilateral ....

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