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  • Education ministry denies paying EGP 50 million to policemen securing Thanaweya Amma exams

    Education ministry denies paying EGP 50 million to policemen securing Thanaweya Amma exams

    Date: 2016-06-12 07:01:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:5081841

    The Education Ministry denied reports that it paid 50 million pounds for security men in 27 governorates to secure Thanaweya Amman exams. These are groundless reports, the ministry said in a statement Saturday evening. Under Article 31 of ....

  • Deadline for receiving local wheat from farmers on Wednesday - Ministry

    Deadline for receiving local wheat from farmers on Wednesday - Ministry

    Date: 2016-06-11 10:57:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:5078269

    The Ministry of Supply said Wednesday will be the deadline for receiving local wheat from farmers. In a statements on Saturday, the ministry said it has so far received about 5 million tons of local wheat against 5.300 million tons last ....

  • Egypt delivers humanitarian aid to Syria's besieged city of Duma

    Egypt delivers humanitarian aid to Syria's besieged city of Duma

    Date: 2016-06-11 10:50:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:5078225

    Egypt has delivered the first part of a humanitarian aid convoy donated by Syrian figures in Cairo to the Syrian besieged city of Duma, the chargé d'affaires of the Egyptian Embassy in Damascus said Friday. The aid had been handed over to the ....

  • Transport minister inspects development works along Cairo-Suez road

    Transport minister inspects development works along Cairo-Suez road

    Date: 2016-06-11 10:11:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:5077989

    Transport Minister Galal el Saeid inspected Saturday ongoing development works along the Cairo-Suez road. The minister followed up progress achieved in building bridges, which are expected to be finalized by the end of June. The minister ....

  • Croatian PM refuses to resign despite coalition party pressure

    Croatian PM refuses to resign despite coalition party pressure

    Date: 2016-06-11 10:06:27 GMT - Croatia - International - SN:1 - ID:5077949

    Croatia’s Prime Minister Tihomir Oreskovic said he had no plans to resign under pressure from the conservative HDZ party, the biggest in the ruling coalition, according to Euronews. The HDZ filed a no-confidence motion against Oreskovic on ....

  • Armed Forces to set up 131 free-iftar tents across Egypt in Ramadan

    Armed Forces to set up 131 free-iftar tents across Egypt in Ramadan

    Date: 2016-06-09 10:13:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:5068661

    Defense Minister Sedky Sobhy approved setting up 131 free-iftar tents and tables in the most needy areas across Egypt during the holy fasting month of Ramadan. The Armed Forces will offer about 798,000 meals for the poor during Ramadan. ....

  • Source: Palestinian factions visit to Egypt to focus on reconciliation file

    Source: Palestinian factions visit to Egypt to focus on reconciliation file

    Date: 2016-06-09 07:36:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:5067613

    A high-profile source said the current visit to Egypt by delegations from the Popular Front for Liberation of Palestine, the Democratic Front for Liberation of Palestine and the Palestinian popular resistance movement deals with the Palestinian ....

  • Bomb threat on EgyptAir flight to Beijing proved to be hoax -- EgyptAir

    Bomb threat on EgyptAir flight to Beijing proved to be hoax -- EgyptAir

    Date: 2016-06-08 10:04:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:5062514

    An official source with EgyptAir said Wednesday that a false bomb threat had been received before Flight MS955 bound for Beijing had to make an emergency landing in Uzbekistan earlier Wednesday. The bomb threat proved to be a hoax, said the ....

  • Transport, supply ministers review cargo transportation via railways, river

    Transport, supply ministers review cargo transportation via railways, river

    Date: 2016-06-08 09:31:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:5062250

    Ministers Galal Said of Transport and Khaled Hanafy of Supply had talks on Wednesday on activating cargo transportation via railways and river. In statements on Wednesday, Said said the action would curb traffic congestion and reduce high road ....

  • Car bomb targets police station in southern Turkey

    Car bomb targets police station in southern Turkey

    Date: 2016-06-08 09:13:19 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:4 - ID:5062090

    Turkey's state-run news agency says a police station at a town near the border with Syria has been hit by a car bomb. There was no immediate word of any casualties, abc news reported. The Anadolu Agency said Wednesday that several ambulances have ....

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