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  • Parliament approves USD 500 mn loan agreement with IBRD

    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 ....

  • Pope Tawadros II meets with Canadian parliamentary delegation

    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, ....

  • Alexandria governor confers with new Georgian amb. on joint cooperation

    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 ....

  • Egyptian Knowledge Bank nominated for int'l prizes

    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 ....

  • Trump invites Netanyahu to visit Washington in February - Alhurra channel

    Trump invites Netanyahu to visit Washington in February - Alhurra channel

    Date: 2017-01-23 07:47:24 GMT - Israel - International - SN:2 - ID:6385885

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he received an invitation from US President Donald Trump to visit Washington in February. The US channel "Alhurra" reported Monday, giving no further details. ....

  • Army mourns death of 5 persons in Sinai

    Army mourns death of 5 persons in Sinai

    Date: 2017-01-23 07:36:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:6385837

    The Armed Forces have mourned the death of five persons who were killed by Takfiri elements in Sinai. The army, in a statement Monday, condoled with families of the victims. ....

  • البرلمان الليبي يدين التفجير الإرهابي الذي استهدف وزير الداخلي الأسيق عاشور شوايل

    البرلمان الليبي يدين التفجير الإرهابي الذي استهدف وزير الداخلي الأسيق عاشور شوايل

    Date: 2017-01-21 09:30:30 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:6374837

    أدان مجلس النواب الليبي التفجير الإرهابي الذي استهدف الجمعة وزير الداخلية الأسبق عاشور شوايل، عقب صلاة الجمعة في محيط مسجد أبو هريرة في منطقة الماجوري بمدينة بنغازي ، وأسفر عن مقتل مواطن وإصابة 10 آخرين بينهم الوزير الأسبق ونجله سليمان. واستنكر ....

  • US asks South Korea to arrest former UN chief Ban Ki-moon's brother

    US asks South Korea to arrest former UN chief Ban Ki-moon's brother

    Date: 2017-01-21 09:18:30 GMT - USA - International - SN:4 - ID:6374745

    The United States has asked South Korea to arrest former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's brother on charges of bribery, according to Sky News. South Korea's Ministry of Justice is in talks with the US government after it requested ....

  • Lebanese Army: Rocket fired by gunmen fell in Nabi Othman town

    Lebanese Army: Rocket fired by gunmen fell in Nabi Othman town

    Date: 2017-01-21 08:54:13 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:6374573

    A rocket fell in the outskirts of Nabi Othman town Friday night, the Lebanese army said. The rocket was fired from gunmen sites in the Anti-Lebanon region, the army said in a statement. Army units deployed in the area and took necessary field ....

  • Investment minister back home from Davos forum

    Investment minister back home from Davos forum

    Date: 2017-01-21 07:33:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:6374073

    Investment Minister Dalia Khorshed returned home from Switzerland on Saturday, wrapping up an official visit to the European country during which she attended the World Economic Forum in Davos. While in Davos, Khorshed held 15 meetings with ....

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