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  • Shoukry heads for Tunis

    Shoukry heads for Tunis

    Date: 2017-01-24 08:24:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:6393849

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri left here for Tunis Tuesday morning leading Egypt's delegation to a political consultation mechanism meeting between the two countries, slated for January 24-25. Shoukry is expected to meet with Tunisian President ....

  • Turning to cash subsidy to solve problems of subsidized commodities: Speaker

    Turning to cash subsidy to solve problems of subsidized commodities: Speaker

    Date: 2017-01-24 07:32:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:6393553

    Parliament Speaker Ali Abdel Aal said on Monday that the subsidy issue could be solved only by turning to the cash subsidy. The in-kind subsidy is a gate for corruption, he said while reviewing a number of requests for information and questions ....

  • Parliament approves USD 500 mn loan agreement with IBRD

    Parliament approves USD 500 mn loan agreement with IBRD

    Date: 2017-01-24 07:28:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:6393529

    The parliament on Monday approved a USD 500 mn loan agreement with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development to finance the Upper Egypt local development program. The loan is planned to finance the development of infrastructure ....

  • Pope Tawadros II meets with Canadian parliamentary delegation

    Pope Tawadros II meets with Canadian parliamentary delegation

    Date: 2017-01-23 08:27:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:6386145

    Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese met Sunday with a delegation of the Canadian parliament. The meeting took up the current situation in Egypt and in the region. The situation in Egypt is constantly improving, ....

  • Alexandria governor confers with new Georgian amb. on joint cooperation

    Alexandria governor confers with new Georgian amb. on joint cooperation

    Date: 2017-01-23 08:18:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:6386097

    Alexandria Governor Redha Farahat conferred on Sunday with newly-appointed Georgian Ambassador to Egypt Alexander Nalbandov on means of bolstering joint cooperation especially in the field of trade exchange. The Georgian ambassador's visit to ....

  • Egyptian Knowledge Bank nominated for int'l prizes

    Egyptian Knowledge Bank nominated for int'l prizes

    Date: 2017-01-23 08:14:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:6386065

    International institutions nominated the Egyptian Knowledge Bank (EKB) for three international prizes as the best educational product. The EKB, on its website on Monday, said the British exhibition for educational training and technology ....

  • Army mourns death of 5 persons in Sinai

    Army mourns death of 5 persons in Sinai

    Date: 2017-01-23 07:36:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:6385837

    The Armed Forces have mourned the death of five persons who were killed by Takfiri elements in Sinai. The army, in a statement Monday, condoled with families of the victims. ....

  • Investment minister back home from Davos forum

    Investment minister back home from Davos forum

    Date: 2017-01-21 07:33:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:6374073

    Investment Minister Dalia Khorshed returned home from Switzerland on Saturday, wrapping up an official visit to the European country during which she attended the World Economic Forum in Davos. While in Davos, Khorshed held 15 meetings with ....

  • Egypt's bourse loses EGP 19 bln

    Egypt's bourse loses EGP 19 bln

    Date: 2017-01-19 16:04:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:6366745

    The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indexes were all down at the close of trading Thursday due to share sales by local institutions and investment funds. The market capital lost about EGP 19.3 billion to hit EGP 612.5 billion after transactions reached ....

  • Sisi directs to take required measures to protect land, sea borders, vital facilities

    Sisi directs to take required measures to protect land, sea borders, vital facilities

    Date: 2017-01-19 16:02:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:6366737

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi directed on Thursday all concerned authorities to take required measures to protect the country’s land and sea borders and vital facilities. This came during the president’s meeting with the prime minister, the ....

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