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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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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Up to US, N.Korea to ease tensions, not China - China UN envoy
Date: 2017-08-01 07:05:14 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:2 - ID:6924825
China's Ambassador to the United Nations Liu Jieyi said that it is up to the United States and North Korea, not China, to try to reduce tensions and resume negotiations to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula. "They hold the primary responsibility ....
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First-ever swimming World Championship medalist Farida Othman back home
Date: 2017-08-01 07:03:03 GMT - Egypt - Sport - SN:1 - ID:6924820
Egypt's Farida Othman returned home on Tuesday after snatching the first-ever swimming World Aquatics Championship's bronze medal in the final of the women's 50-meter butterfly stroke in the tournament that was held in Budapest. She finished ....
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Local Development min., governor to lay foundation stone of new Al Tunsi marketplace
Date: 2017-07-31 10:45:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:6923637
Minister of Local Development Hisham el Sherif and Cairo governor Atef Abdel Hamid will lay the foundation stone of the new Al Tunsi marketplace on Tuesday in El Basateen district. Deputy Housing Minister Ahmed Darwish will be also present during ....
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Investment minister agrees with Mexican ambassador on establishing Egyptian-Mexican Investment Council
Date: 2017-07-31 10:41:46 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:5 - ID:6923628
Minister of Investment and International Cooperation Sahar Nasr said relations between Egypt and Mexico have recently witnessed a big progress in various sectors. Nasr's remarks were made during here meeting with Mexican Ambassador in Cairo Jose ....
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AL chief condemns Mogadishu terror attack
Date: 2017-07-31 10:40:15 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:6923623
Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit on Monday condemned the terrorist attack that took place in the Somali capital Mogadishu and left scores of people dead and injured. Abul Gheit offered condolences to the Somali government and ....
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Egypt condemns Qatif bomb attack
Date: 2017-07-31 10:38:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:6923611
Egypt has strongly condemned a terrorist attack that took place in the Saudi city of Qatif late Sunday. The bomb attack left one security officer dead and six others wounded. Egypt condoles with the government and people of Saudi Arabia for ....