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  • Flutist Abdel Dayem named Egypt's culture minister

    Flutist Abdel Dayem named Egypt's culture minister

    Date: 2018-01-14 13:22:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:7190369

    Egypt named a new culture minister Sunday -- a woman has assumed the post for the first time ever. Inas Abdel Dayem, now the Culture Minister, has served as the chairperson of the Cairo Opera House for seven years. She is an internationally ....

  • NEA: primary courtrooms to register electoral headquarters

    NEA: primary courtrooms to register electoral headquarters

    Date: 2018-01-14 13:13:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:7190245

    The National Elections Authority (NEA), chaired by Counselor Lasheen Ibrahim, Sunday urged citizens who are not staying in their hometowns to register their new electoral constituencies in their governorate of residence in order to cast their votes ....

  • OIC chief to visit Cairo Monday

    OIC chief to visit Cairo Monday

    Date: 2018-01-14 13:13:04 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:7190255

    Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Youssef al Othaimeen will pay an official visit to Cairo starting Monday for talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to probe joint ties. During his three-day visit, al ....

  • Acting PM reviews conditions of sugar companies in Egypt

    Acting PM reviews conditions of sugar companies in Egypt

    Date: 2018-01-14 13:11:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:7190277

    Acting Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly chaired a meeting Sunday to review conditions of sugar companies operating in Egypt. The meeting also tackled challenges facing sugar companies and ways to upgrade this vital industry. The economies of ....

  • Biography of Egypt's newly appointed local development minister

    Biography of Egypt's newly appointed local development minister

    Date: 2018-01-14 13:11:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:7190296

    The House of Representatives approved on Sunday the appointment of Major General Abu Bakr al Gendy, the head of the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS), as the new Local Development Minister in succession of Hisham el ....

  • Makram: State keen on catering for Egyptian expats needs

    Makram: State keen on catering for Egyptian expats needs

    Date: 2018-01-14 10:55:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:7189935

    Minister of Immigration and Egyptian Expatriate Affairs Nabila Makram stressed the state's keenness on catering for the needs of Egyptian expats. In a press release on Sunday, she said whatever the period an Egyptian stays away from his ....

  • Azhar slams Trump's latest statements on African countries, says 'hateful racism'

    Azhar slams Trump's latest statements on African countries, says 'hateful racism'

    Date: 2018-01-14 08:36:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:7189623

    Al Azhar has strongly condemned remarks made by US President Donald Trump on African and Latin countries, describing them as shameful racist. In a statement Saturday, Al Azhar said such abhorrent remarks should not be issued by a president of a ....

  • Sudan denies remarks attributed to ambassador over ties with Egypt

    Sudan denies remarks attributed to ambassador over ties with Egypt

    Date: 2018-01-14 08:00:12 GMT - Sudan - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:7189576

    The Sudanese Foreign Ministry denied on Saturday reports of remarks attributed to Sudanese Ambassador to Egypt Abdel Mahmoud Abdel Halim over the Sudanese-Egyptian relations. In a press release, the Sudanese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ghareb ....

  • Two activists acquitted in Alexandria in illegal protest case

    Two activists acquitted in Alexandria in illegal protest case

    Date: 2018-01-14 07:45:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:7189568

    An Alexandria court of appeals acquitted activists Mahinour el Masry and Motasem Medhat who were charged earlier with charges of protesting without permission from authorities. In December, the court sentenced them to three years in prison. Four ....

  • Egypt concerned over seized Libya-bound ship carrying explosive materials

    Egypt concerned over seized Libya-bound ship carrying explosive materials

    Date: 2018-01-14 07:44:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:7189566

    Egypt has expressed concern over a report that a Libya-bound vessel departed from Turkey was seized by the Greek Coast Guard with allegedly explosive materials on board. In a statement, the spokesman for the Foreign Ministry Ahmed Abu Zeid said ....

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