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  • Defense minister approves new batch of army volunteers

    Defense minister approves new batch of army volunteers

    Date: 2015-04-01 11:26:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:2290961

    Minister of Defense General Sedqi Sobhi on Wednesday agreed to accept a new batch of volunteers who wish to join the Armed Forces as of April 4 this year. Applicants should be holders of preparatory school degree or its equivalents or having a ....

  • Foreign Ministry: Request to join AIIB aims at attracting more investments in infrastructure

    Foreign Ministry: Request to join AIIB aims at attracting more investments in infrastructure

    Date: 2015-04-01 11:19:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:2290845

    The Egyptian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday said that a request by Egypt to join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) comes within the framework of efforts by the Egyptian government to attract more foreign investments in the sector of ....

  • Egypt seeks Ghana support for UN non-permanent seat

    Egypt seeks Ghana support for UN non-permanent seat

    Date: 2015-04-01 11:13:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:2290781

    Egypt seeks to get Ghana's support for its UN non-permanent seat bid for 2016/2017. This was made clear during a meeting between Egyptian Ambassador in Accra Mohamed Haider and Ghanaian Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur on Wednesday. The ....

  • Chinese president's visit to Egypt postponed

    Chinese president's visit to Egypt postponed

    Date: 2015-04-01 10:40:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:2290401

    Chinese President Xi Jinping postponed his visit to Egypt that was scheduled to take place mid April, Presidential Spokesman Alaa Youssef said Wednesday. The Cairo visit was part of a tour to include other countries, the spokesman added. ....

  • Egypt works on restoring all its stolen antiquities, says minister

    Egypt works on restoring all its stolen antiquities, says minister

    Date: 2015-04-01 10:05:55 GMT - Germany - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:2290049

    Minister of Antiquities Mamdouh Al Damati said Egypt's policies are currently focusing on restoring all antiquities which have been smuggled from the country over the past period. In statements to MENA on the fringe of his three-day visit to ....

  • Menufiya investigators continue search for killers of policeman in front of his house

    Menufiya investigators continue search for killers of policeman in front of his house

    Date: 2015-04-01 09:45:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:2289781

    Menufiya investigators are intensifying their efforts to hunt down the attackers of a policeman at dawn Wednesday in front of his house in Shebin El Kom district of Meit Khagan. Menufiya Security Director Momtaz Fahmy said the attackers knocked ....

  • Pope Tawadros II meets Alexandria governor

    Pope Tawadros II meets Alexandria governor

    Date: 2015-04-01 08:02:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:2289001

    Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese met on Tuesday with Alexandria Governor Hany el Messeiry. The meeting took up plans adopted by the governor to carry out development projects in Alexandria. The Pope ....

  • Egypt stocks gain EGP6bn in first quarter

    Egypt stocks gain EGP6bn in first quarter

    Date: 2015-04-01 06:56:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:2288529

    Egypt’s stock market indices showed mixed performance while equities gained around EGP 6.2 billion ($810.2 million) in capitalization during the first quarter of 2015. The benchmark index EGX30 rose 2.3% or 208.2 points to close the quarter at ....

  • Sisi to Obama: Lifting arms ban helps address shared challenges

    Sisi to Obama: Lifting arms ban helps address shared challenges

    Date: 2015-04-01 06:36:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:2288441

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi told U.S. President Barack Obama lifting the executive holds on US military aid further helps address the shared challenges to the U.S. and Egypt, consistent with the longstanding strategic partnership between the two ....

  • Sisi's Ethiopia visit positively affected ties with African states: PM

    Sisi's Ethiopia visit positively affected ties with African states: PM

    Date: 2015-04-01 06:36:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:2288473

    Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab has said that he has touched the positive outcome of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi's visit to Ethiopia last week. The premier, who returned home on Tuesday after taking part in the 18th COMESA summit in Addis Ababa, ....

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