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  • National press institutions not to be privatized - parliament

    National press institutions not to be privatized - parliament

    Date: 2018-06-11 16:48:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:7440344

    House of Representatives Speaker Ali Abdel Aal stressed on Monday that national press institutions will not be privatized because they play a national role. There is no plan to privatize national press institution and the general assembly of ....

  • Cabinet: Work to be resumed at gov't, public institutions Tuesday

    Cabinet: Work to be resumed at gov't, public institutions Tuesday

    Date: 2018-06-11 16:32:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:7440326

    An official source at the cabinet said on Monday work will be resumed in government and public institutions on Tuesday, June 19, after the end of the vacation of Eidul Fitr. The source told MENA that the decision includes all ministries, public ....

  • Sisi signs decree on Ras Fanar area development

    Sisi signs decree on Ras Fanar area development

    Date: 2018-06-11 16:26:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:7440319

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Monday signed Law No 31/2018 authorizing the Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources to contract with the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) to explore oil and develop Ras Fanar area. The decree ....

  • Electricity min. to announce new tariff categories Tuesday

    Electricity min. to announce new tariff categories Tuesday

    Date: 2018-06-11 16:18:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:7440311

    Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mohamed Shaker will hold a press conference at the ministry's premises in Cairo on Tuesday to announce new electricity tariff categories, ministry spokesman Ayman Hamza said on Monday. The new tariffs ....

  • Egypt's parliament rebuffs suggestion to extend mandatory retirement age of journalists to 65

    Egypt's parliament rebuffs suggestion to extend mandatory retirement age of journalists to 65

    Date: 2018-06-11 15:48:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:7440274

    The House of Representatives turned down on Monday a suggestion by MP Moustafa el Bakri to extend the mandatory retirement age of journalists to 65. In a plenary session by the parliament to debate Article 5 of the National Press Authority (NPA) ....

  • Exceptional visit authorized for prisoners on occasion of Eidul Fitr

    Exceptional visit authorized for prisoners on occasion of Eidul Fitr

    Date: 2018-06-11 15:30:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:7440243

    Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar has authorized an exceptional visit for all prisoners on the occasion of Eidul Fitr. The visit, not to be counted among designated visits for prisoners, is meant to give the inmates a chance to celebrate the ....

  • Sisi: We appreciate role of Azhar, Awqaf in confronting extremism

    Sisi: We appreciate role of Azhar, Awqaf in confronting extremism

    Date: 2018-06-11 13:43:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:7439994

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi Monday voiced appreciation of the role played by Al Azhar scholars and the Ministry of Awqaf in correcting misconceptions and confronting bigotry and extremism. Addressing a celebration marking Lailat al-Qadr here ....

  • Sisi honors Quran memorizers

    Sisi honors Quran memorizers

    Date: 2018-06-11 11:57:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:7439721

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi Monday honored the Holy Quran memorizers from Egypt and world countries who have won the international competition for Quran memorization and interpretation, organized by the Ministry of Awqaf. The winners of the ....

  • Investment min. attends signing of MoU between ILO, NBK-Egypt

    Investment min. attends signing of MoU between ILO, NBK-Egypt

    Date: 2018-06-11 11:00:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:7439524

    Director-General of the International Labor Organization (ILO)'s Office in Cairo Peter Van Rooij and Managing Director of the National Bank of Kuwait - Egypt (NBK-Egypt) Yasser Ismail Hassan signed a memorandum of understanding to establish 100 ....

  • Manpower minister: Private sector to get two-day holiday for Eid al-Fitr

    Manpower minister: Private sector to get two-day holiday for Eid al-Fitr

    Date: 2018-06-11 08:51:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:7439223

    Minister of Manpower Mohamed Saafan announced that the private sector will get a two-day vacation for Eid al-Fitr. In a statement released on Monday, the Ministry said the decision comes in application of Labor Law No. 12 for the Year 2003 which ....

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