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  • PM: Tourism 'locomotive of development'

    PM: Tourism 'locomotive of development'

    Date: 2017-09-28 10:55:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:7013416

    Prime Minister Sherif Ismail stressed on Thursday the importance of religious tourism as a locomotive of development. Speaking at a conference on heavenly religions, titled "Sinai: The Capital of Religious Tourism", Antiquities Minister Khaled ....

  • Moroccan FM receives Egypt’s candidate for UNESCO post

    Moroccan FM receives Egypt’s candidate for UNESCO post

    Date: 2017-09-28 10:41:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:7012936

    Morocco’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Nasser Bourita received Wednesday Egypt’s nominee for the UNESCO director-general post Moshira Khattab. They highlighted the importance of concerting efforts to secure the seat ....

  • Egypt, Czech Republic mull cooperation, relations

    Egypt, Czech Republic mull cooperation, relations

    Date: 2017-09-28 10:40:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:7012968

    Assistant Foreign Minister for European Affairs Ehab Nasr met on Wednesday with Czech Deputy Foreign Minister Martin Tlapa in Cairo. The meeting tackled views of both countries at the political, economic, cultural and tourist levels and ways to ....

  • Orthodox Church refuses same-sex marriage: Pope

    Orthodox Church refuses same-sex marriage: Pope

    Date: 2017-09-28 10:39:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:7012977

    Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Marks Diocese said on Wednesday that the same-sex marriage is completely refused by the church. The Pope said God created men and women and made marriage in one shape since creation of heaven ....

  • N.K. claims 4.7 mln young people volunteer to join military against U.S.

    N.K. claims 4.7 mln young people volunteer to join military against U.S.

    Date: 2017-09-28 10:38:21 GMT - south korea - International - SN:10 - ID:7013161

    North Korea claimed Thursday that some 4.7 million students and workers have volunteered to join the military or re-enlist in the army since its leader Kim Jong-un vowed last week to retaliate against the United States, the Korean news agency Yonhap ....

  • Egypt marks World Maritime Day

    Egypt marks World Maritime Day

    Date: 2017-09-28 10:37:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:7013334

    Egypt held a celebration on Thursday to mark the World Maritime Day 2017, which is held under the theme "Connecting Ships, Ports and People." The ceremony was held at the premises of the Arab Academy for Science Technology and Maritime Transport ....

  • British tourist nights in Egypt up 63 percent, says envoy

    British tourist nights in Egypt up 63 percent, says envoy

    Date: 2017-09-28 10:35:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:7012922

    British Ambassador to Egypt John Casson said on Wednesday that the British tourist nights in Egypt jumped 63 percent this year. On his twitter account, the ambassador said the increase makes British tourist nights number two among European ....

  • BADEA grants Egypt line of credit worth $50mln

    BADEA grants Egypt line of credit worth $50mln

    Date: 2017-09-28 10:28:57 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:7 - ID:7013143

    The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) has approved to grant Egypt a Line of credit (LOC), worth 500 million dollars during a meeting held Wednesday in Khartoum, the minister of investment and international cooperation said. In ....

  • Presidential decree approving deal with Germany on educational program

    Presidential decree approving deal with Germany on educational program

    Date: 2017-09-28 10:25:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:7013229

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued a decree on Thursday approving an agreement signed between Egypt and Germany in 2016 on the European state's contribution to implementing the second stage of a program for improving the quality of ....

  • Planning ministry, Microsoft implementing training program for youths

    Planning ministry, Microsoft implementing training program for youths

    Date: 2017-09-28 09:24:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:7013099

    The Ministry of Planning is implementing a program in tandem with Microsoft to hone skills of youths and technical workers to be able to join market. In a statement Thursday, the ministry said the program is meant to train 3,850 youths in the ....

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