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  • Egypt urges citizens to get machine readable passports

    Egypt urges citizens to get machine readable passports

    Date: 2015-04-03 17:40:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:2306869

    The Interior Ministry called Friday on citizens to apply to get machine readable passports (MRPs) before a deadline is reached to replace the old passports. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has set November 24, 2015 as a ....

  • No employee will be harmed, says Mahlab

    No employee will be harmed, says Mahlab

    Date: 2015-04-03 14:06:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:2305897

    Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab promised on Friday to protect Egyptian civil servants against any harms. "However, some administrative reforms should be implemented," Mahlab said in a statement issued by the Cabinet. He added that the reform ....

  • Sisi meets S. Africa's Zuma

    Sisi meets S. Africa's Zuma

    Date: 2015-04-02 16:58:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:2301065

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi received on Thursday South African President Jacob Zuma. The meeting took up recent domestic and regional developments, said Spokesman for the president, Alaa Yousef. The meeting also touched on boosting ....

  • Al Azhar decries Sinai terror attacks

    Al Azhar decries Sinai terror attacks

    Date: 2015-04-02 16:57:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:2301045

    Al Azhar condemned Thursday the terror attacks earlier in the day in Al Arish and Sheikh Zuweid cities of North Sinai that left a number of army servicemen and civilians dead and injured. In a press release, the world's highest Sunni seat said ....

  • East Jerusalem pilgrimage ban still effective - Pope

    East Jerusalem pilgrimage ban still effective - Pope

    Date: 2015-04-02 16:54:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:2301029

    The Coptic Orthodox Church still upholds a ban imposed by the later patriarch on the travel of Copts to occupied East Jerusalem to mark the Holy Week, Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese said. Responding to a question ....

  • PM: Gov't keen to hold parl't polls very soon

    PM: Gov't keen to hold parl't polls very soon

    Date: 2015-04-02 16:52:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:2301025

    Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab asserted the government's keenness to hold parliamentary elections as soon as possible. Mahlab was speaking Wednesday during a meeting that grouped political parties and a committee tasked with amending the electoral ....

  • More proactive policing needed: Interior min.

    More proactive policing needed: Interior min.

    Date: 2015-04-02 16:48:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:2301013

    Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar said Thursday the current security situation prompts taking variety of proactive crime prevention and control measures. The minister was speaking during a meeting with top security officials on the current ....

  • PM meets political powers over election laws

    PM meets political powers over election laws

    Date: 2015-04-02 16:45:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:2300961

    Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab held a meeting Thursday with a number of political parties and powers for consultations on election laws. The meetings will continue with different political powers to get acquainted with everyone's vision on the ....

  • Antiquities min. receives smuggled Egyptian artifacts in Germany

    Antiquities min. receives smuggled Egyptian artifacts in Germany

    Date: 2015-04-02 11:23:04 GMT - Germany - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:2298197

    Antiquities Minister Mamdouh el Damaty received on Thursday a number of monuments smuggled from Egypt to Germany earlier. This came during a ceremony held on this occasion in Berlin, where Egypt's Ambassador to Germany Mohamed Hegazy was ....

  • EGX chairman highlights listing of new companies in stock market

    EGX chairman highlights listing of new companies in stock market

    Date: 2015-04-02 11:22:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:2298193

    Chairman of the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) Mohamed Omran lauded on Thursday a role played by the EGX administration to list new companies in the stock market. "This comes as part of EGX's effective contributions to boosting the Egyptian economy," ....

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