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8 policemen killed, wounded in police car crash in Assiut
Date: 2017-01-25 05:50:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:6400161
A policeman was killed and seven others were wounded when a police car overturned on Assiut desert road Tuesday night. The injured were moved to Assiut Police Hospital. ....
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Sadat metro station to be closed Wednesday -- official
Date: 2017-01-25 05:50:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:6400157
The downtown Cairo's Sadat metro station will be closed on Wednesday, spokesman for the Metro company Ahmed Abdel Hady said on Tuesday. The station will be closed for passengers using the first and second metro lines upon a request by security ....
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نائب رئيس وزراء تركيا: لن نسلم "الباب" للنظام السوري بعد تحريرها من "داعش"
Date: 2017-01-24 09:30:42 GMT - Turkey - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:6394449
نفى نعمان قورتولموش، نائب رئيس الوزراء التركي المزاعم بأن تركيا ستسلم بلدة "الباب" السورية إلى قوات النظام السوري بعد طرد "داعش" منها. وقال قورتولموش إن التحالف الذي تقوده الولايات المتحدة لم يقدم دعما كافيا للعملية التركية للسيطرة على بلدة ....
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Germany lifts all restrictions on tourist flights to South Sinai
Date: 2017-01-24 08:26:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:6393865
Germany lifted all restrictions on tourist flights to South Sinai, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. The German decision crowned strenuous efforts by Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and the Egyptian Embassy in Berlin, ....
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Shoukry heads for Tunis
Date: 2017-01-24 08:24:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:6393849
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri left here for Tunis Tuesday morning leading Egypt's delegation to a political consultation mechanism meeting between the two countries, slated for January 24-25. Shoukry is expected to meet with Tunisian President ....
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Turning to cash subsidy to solve problems of subsidized commodities: Speaker
Date: 2017-01-24 07:32:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:6393553
Parliament Speaker Ali Abdel Aal said on Monday that the subsidy issue could be solved only by turning to the cash subsidy. The in-kind subsidy is a gate for corruption, he said while reviewing a number of requests for information and questions ....
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Parliament approves USD 500 mn loan agreement with IBRD
Date: 2017-01-24 07:28:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:6393529
The parliament on Monday approved a USD 500 mn loan agreement with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development to finance the Upper Egypt local development program. The loan is planned to finance the development of infrastructure ....
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Pope Tawadros II meets with Canadian parliamentary delegation
Date: 2017-01-23 08:27:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:6386145
Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese met Sunday with a delegation of the Canadian parliament. The meeting took up the current situation in Egypt and in the region. The situation in Egypt is constantly improving, ....
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Alexandria governor confers with new Georgian amb. on joint cooperation
Date: 2017-01-23 08:18:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:6386097
Alexandria Governor Redha Farahat conferred on Sunday with newly-appointed Georgian Ambassador to Egypt Alexander Nalbandov on means of bolstering joint cooperation especially in the field of trade exchange. The Georgian ambassador's visit to ....
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Egyptian Knowledge Bank nominated for int'l prizes
Date: 2017-01-23 08:14:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:6386065
International institutions nominated the Egyptian Knowledge Bank (EKB) for three international prizes as the best educational product. The EKB, on its website on Monday, said the British exhibition for educational training and technology ....