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  • Mahlab orders tightening security at Lake Nasser

    Mahlab orders tightening security at Lake Nasser

    Date: 2017-08-03 12:26:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:6928761

    Presidential Adviser for National and Strategic Projects Ibrahim Mahlab ordered on Thursday renovating the remaining security units at Lake Nasser in Aswan as soon as possible. Mahlab made the remarks during an inspection visit by the South ....

  • Hamas is ready to dissolve administrative committee in Gaza strip

    Hamas is ready to dissolve administrative committee in Gaza strip

    Date: 2017-08-03 12:25:44 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:6928759

    Hamas movement on Thursday expressed readiness to dissolve the administrative committee in Gaza strip immediately if the national unity government took over full responsibility of the coastal enclave. In a statement, member of Hamas' political ....

  • Dollar exchange rate reaches average of EGP 17.82 for buying, EGP 17.92 for selling

    Dollar exchange rate reaches average of EGP 17.82 for buying, EGP 17.92 for selling

    Date: 2017-08-03 12:24:42 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:5 - ID:6928757

    The exchange rate of the US dollar was stable at major banks during morning transactions on Thursday. The dollar exchange rate stood at EGP 17.77 for buying and EGP 17.87 for selling at the National Bank of Egypt. At the Commercial ....

  • Immigration min. asserts Egypt's keenness on linking expats to homeland

    Immigration min. asserts Egypt's keenness on linking expats to homeland

    Date: 2017-08-03 12:23:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:6928754

    Minister of Immigration and Egyptian Expatriate Affairs Nabila Makram on Thursday voiced Egypt’s keenness on linking its expats with their homeland. Makram said that Egyptian expats should maximize their contribution to development efforts and ....

  • Sisi, Bashir keen on preserving strategic ties between Cairo, Sudan, says FM

    Sisi, Bashir keen on preserving strategic ties between Cairo, Sudan, says FM

    Date: 2017-08-03 12:22:14 GMT - Sudan - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:6928750

    Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and Sudanese President Omar Bashir are keen on preserving strategic ties between Cairo and Sudan, citing the strategic partnership agreement that was signed by the two leaders in Cairo in October 2016 in this ....

  • Hegazy meets Libyan delegations for reconciliation talks

    Hegazy meets Libyan delegations for reconciliation talks

    Date: 2017-08-03 12:21:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:6928746

    The Egyptian committee concerned with Libya under Armed Forces Chief of Staff Mahmoud Hegazy held meetings with two Libyan delegations representing Cyrenaica and Misurata cities. In a statement on Thursday, the Egyptian Armed Forces said the ....

  • Bourse to open new department for encouraging more heavy-weight firms listing - official

    Bourse to open new department for encouraging more heavy-weight firms listing - official

    Date: 2017-08-03 12:18:37 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:1 - ID:6928744

    Egyptian Exchange Deputy Chairman Mohsen Adel said the bourse will open a new department for encouraging more heavy-weight companies - either public or private - to be listed at the bourse. In statements to MENA on Thursday, Adel said the new ....

  • Iraqi forces getting ready to liberate Tal Afar from Daesh

    Iraqi forces getting ready to liberate Tal Afar from Daesh

    Date: 2017-08-01 07:29:06 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:6924852

    The Iraqi forces is getting ready to liberate Tal Afar city from Daesh. There are 1,500 to 2,000 exhausted Daesh elements in Tal Afar, ‎Nineveh Operations Commander Najim al Jubouri said in statements on Tuesday. Jabouri said that the ....

  • Ex-BA director sentenced to jail over graft charges

    Ex-BA director sentenced to jail over graft charges

    Date: 2017-08-01 07:22:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:6924841

    Alexandria court of misdemeanors slapped former director Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) Ismail Serageldin with three-and-a-half year in jail over charges of embezzling EGP 20 million. A number of the library workers filed reports against Sergeldin ....

  • EU has 250 projects worth 1.3 bln euros in Egypt -- Surkos

    EU has 250 projects worth 1.3 bln euros in Egypt -- Surkos

    Date: 2017-08-01 07:17:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:6924835

    The European Union (EU) has 250 projects that cover several fields in Egypt including water and transportation, said the head of the EU Delegation in Cairo Ivan Surkos. Addressing a press meeting on Monday, Surkos estimated grants offered by the ....

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