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  • Electricity minister stresses importance of cooperation with Nile Basin countries

    Electricity minister stresses importance of cooperation with Nile Basin countries

    Date: 2014-03-26 15:49:23 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:63 - ID:632542

    Egypt is keen on offering technical support for other Nile Basin states in the field of electricity and energy, Electricity Minister Mohamed Shaker said Wednesday. Integration with Africa is very important, Shaker said. Cairo is willing to ....

  • Russia agrees to resume ECU-Egypt free trade talks

    Russia agrees to resume ECU-Egypt free trade talks

    Date: 2014-03-26 15:41:06 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:62 - ID:632525

    Russia has agreed to resume talks on a free trade agreement between Egypt and members of the Eurasian Customs Union (ECU), the Ministry of Trade and Industry said in a statement Wednesday. Talks will resume after a three-year hiatus, Minister ....

  • Nile River water level drops

    Nile River water level drops

    Date: 2014-03-26 12:44:45 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:55 - ID:632120

    The Nile River water level dropped Wednesday, recording 175.36 meters, two centimeters less than yesterday. Water released from the Aswan Dam reached 145 million cubic meters and the amount of water coming freshly to Lake Nasser reached 41 ....

  • International investors see Egypt favorite destination: Hermes CEO

    International investors see Egypt favorite destination: Hermes CEO

    Date: 2014-03-26 08:40:36 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:30 - ID:631268

    Hermes Co-Chief Executive Karim Awad stated on Wednesday that the international investment community still sees Egypt as an attractive and favorite investment destination. Awad told MENA that despite political tension in the region, investors ....

  • Egypt, Azerbaijan discuss agricultural cooperation

    Egypt, Azerbaijan discuss agricultural cooperation

    Date: 2014-03-25 18:08:11 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:55 - ID:630459

    Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Ayman Farid Abu Hadid met with Azerbaijan's Ambassador to Egypt Shahin Abdullayev to discuss agricultural cooperation between the two countries. The meeting tackled strengthening cooperation in the ....

  • Government trying to link ministries' data to know most needy-- Minister

    Government trying to link ministries' data to know most needy-- Minister

    Date: 2014-03-25 16:11:21 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:52 - ID:630353

    Planning and International Cooperation Minister Ashraf el-Arabi said Tuesday the government is trying to link data at all ministries through data bases to know the most needy and exclude the rich segments. The minister was addressing the ninth ....

  • Abu Hadid, Belarus ambassador discuss agriculture cooperation

    Abu Hadid, Belarus ambassador discuss agriculture cooperation

    Date: 2014-03-25 15:23:38 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:43 - ID:630207

    Agriculture Minister Ayman Farid Abu Hadid met on Tuesday with Ambassador of Belarus in Cairo Sergei A. Rachkov. The talks tackled cooperation in the fields of agricultural machinery and fertilizers. Abu Hadid hailed Belarus's experience in ....

  • New factors to attract more investment in oil sector: petroleum Minister

    New factors to attract more investment in oil sector: petroleum Minister

    Date: 2014-03-25 14:07:34 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:35 - ID:630016

    Petroleum Minister Sherif Ismail has announced new factors to attract more investment in the oil sector in Egypt. Nine new agreements will be inked with international companies for petroleum exploration during the coming period, Ismail said in a ....

  • Jordan to lift ban on Egyptian potatoes, palms exports

    Jordan to lift ban on Egyptian potatoes, palms exports

    Date: 2014-03-25 13:34:24 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:31 - ID:629938

    Egypt and Jordan agreed to lift the ban and open markets to Egyptian exports of potatoes, in addition to importing fruitful and decorative palm trees from Egypt under the same export terms to EU countries, the Ministry of Agriculture said in a ....

  • Egyptian bourse up, main index gains 1.15 pct

    Egyptian bourse up, main index gains 1.15 pct

    Date: 2014-03-25 13:14:31 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:27 - ID:629853

    Indices of the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) were up collectively at the closing of Tuesday, prompted by purchases by investment funds and Egyptian and Arab institutions. The main benchmark EGX 30 index increased 1.15 percent reaching 8,501.63 ....

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