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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....