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  • Finance Ministry auctions EGP 13.5 bln T-bonds

    Finance Ministry auctions EGP 13.5 bln T-bonds

    Date: 2017-08-24 17:29:16 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:17 - ID:6960615

    The Finance Ministry auctioned on Thursday treasury bills at a total value of EGP 13.5 billion. In an online statement, the ministry said it sold EGP 6.5 billion of 182-day T-bills with an average yield of 19.345 %, adding it accepted bids at ....

  • Marsa Alam airport police foils attempt to smuggle 12kg of jewellery 

    Marsa Alam airport police foils attempt to smuggle 12kg of jewellery 

    Date: 2017-08-24 17:28:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:6960578

    Marsa Alam airport police foiled an attempt to smuggle 12 kilograms of gold and silver jewellery without paying needed customs duties. Police received information that the owner of a jewellery company is planning to smuggle large amount of gold ....

  • Lavrov expects establishing fourth de-escalation zone

    Lavrov expects establishing fourth de-escalation zone

    Date: 2017-08-24 17:28:28 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:6960590

    Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Thursday that there is no place for grudge or misinterpreted sense of prestige. "As for relations between Moscow and Washington and how they affect operation in Syria… We are pragmatists and we ....

  • Head of parliament defense committee regrets US decision to cut Egypt aid

    Head of parliament defense committee regrets US decision to cut Egypt aid

    Date: 2017-08-24 17:28:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:6960599

    Head of the Defense and National Security Committee at the parliament Kamal Amer expressed on Thursday regret over the US Congress's decision to cut part of the US assistance to Egypt. He said the decision is a misjudgment of the nature of the ....

  • Arabia still recognizes Egypt's masters degree in medicine, says IDSC

    Arabia still recognizes Egypt's masters degree in medicine, says IDSC

    Date: 2017-08-24 16:55:27 GMT - Egypt - Science - SN:13 - ID:6960564

    The Cabinet's Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) dismissed Thursday reports alleging Saudi Arabia refused to recognize the masters degree issued by Egyptian universities. The denial came after reports circulated on various media ....

  • Trade minister says duties on fish exports extended for one year

    Trade minister says duties on fish exports extended for one year

    Date: 2017-08-24 16:55:03 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:12 - ID:6960541

    Trade and Industry Minister Tareq Qabil issued a decree extending tariffs on fish exports for one year. The 1006/2017 decree involves fresh and frozen fish exports as EGP 12,000 will be paid for one ton. A four-month similar decree had been ....

  • EU amb. to Libya: We will cooperate with Libyan authorities in various fields

    EU amb. to Libya: We will cooperate with Libyan authorities in various fields

    Date: 2017-08-24 16:23:10 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:6960529

    The EU Ambassador to Libya Bettina Muscheidt said Thursday that she is present in the Arab country to prepare for the return of the European mission which will work from inside Libya. This remark came during the meeting held between Muscheidt and ....

  • Sisi directs National Terrorism-Combat Council to set its strategy

    Sisi directs National Terrorism-Combat Council to set its strategy

    Date: 2017-08-24 16:21:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:6960513

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Thursday directed the National Terrorism-Combat Council to set its strategy, according to presidential spokesman Alaa Youssef. Presiding over the council’s first meeting, Sisi highlighted the importance of the ....

  • IDSC denies decrease of amount of sugar provided in state-owned shops

    IDSC denies decrease of amount of sugar provided in state-owned shops

    Date: 2017-08-24 16:21:13 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:9 - ID:6960503

    The cabinet's Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) denied news fanned in media about the decrease of the amount of sugar provided in the state-owned shops. In a report issued on Thursday, the IDSC said that it contacted the Supply and ....

  • Nasr, Mameesh discuss with Singapore's deputy premier boosting investments in Egypt

    Nasr, Mameesh discuss with Singapore's deputy premier boosting investments in Egypt

    Date: 2017-08-24 10:27:53 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:8 - ID:6959630

    Investment and International Cooperation Minister Sahar Nasr and Suez Canal Authority Chairman Mohamed Mameesh had talks on Thursday with Singapore's Deputy Premier Teo Chee Hean on means of boosting investments in Egypt and cooperation in various ....

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