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Egypt bourse loses EGP 10.9bn, index down by 5.26 %

Date: 2016-01-20 14:02:16 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:5 - ID:4154233

The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indices shut on Wednesday's session collectively down amid selling operations by institutions and local and foreign investment funds. The market capital lost about EGP 10.9 billion pounds to reach EGP 381.8 billion, ....

Arab parliament congratulates Egyptian people on convening of new parliament

Date: 2016-01-20 10:19:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:4151577

Arab Parliament Speaker Ahmed Jarwan on Tuesday congratulated the Egyptian people on the election of the House of Representatives. In statements to reporters, Jarwan hoped success for the Egyptian parliament, stressing that Egypt plays an ....

Culture min. presents commemorative gift to his Chinese counterpart

Date: 2016-01-20 09:35:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:4151337

Culture Minister Helmy el Namnam presented a commemorative gift to his Chinese counterpart on the occasion of opening the Egyptian-Chinese cultural year. Namnam handed Luo Shugang a copy of a document on Egypt's recognition of the Republic of ....

Shoukry meets Gabon's health minister

Date: 2016-01-20 09:33:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:4151317

Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry received Tuesday First Deputy Prime Minister of Gabon and Minister of Health Paul Biyoghe Mba. Mba arrived earlier in Cairo at an invitation from Egypt's Minister of Health Ahmed Emad Eldin Rady. The ....

4G mobile service to be available before end of yaer: minister

Date: 2016-01-20 08:42:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:4150865

Minister of Communications and Information Technology Yasser el Qadi said on Tuesday that the mobile fourth-generation (4G) services would be added to the Egyptian market before the end of 2016's fourth quarter. Addressing a conference at the ....

MENA chairman urges closer ties with Xinhua

Date: 2016-01-19 18:18:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:4148913

Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of the Middle East News Agency (MENA) Alaa Haidar on Tuesday said he was looking forward to strengthening cooperation with China's Xinhua News Agency and to start joint ventures. Haidar made the remarks during a visit ....

Defence min. receives his Iraqi counterpart

Date: 2016-01-19 17:26:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:4148629

Minister of Defense and Military Production Sedky Sobhi received on Tuesday Iraqi Defense Minister Khaled al Obeidi, who leads a high-level Iraqi delegation to Egypt. During their meeting, the ministers discussed the latest developments in the ....

Tourism min. heads for Madrid to attend FITURE

Date: 2016-01-19 16:03:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:4147977

Minister of Tourism Hisham Zazou left Cairo Tuesday for Italy on way to Madrid on a four-day visit to Spain to attend in the 36th session of the International Travel and Tourism fair (FITURE). FITURE is one of the most important international ....

Cabinet praises Chinese president visit to Egypt

Date: 2016-01-19 15:03:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:4147453

The cabinet praised on Tuesday Chinese President Xi Jinping's anticipated visit to Egypt. The visit, which the Chinese leader will start Wednesday, reflects deeply-rooted relations between the two countries, the cabinet said in a ....

Nawaz Sharif in Tehran

Date: 2016-01-19 13:54:00 GMT - Iran - International - SN:7 - ID:4146825

Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif arrived at Mehrabad Airport on Tuesday, IRNA reported. Upon arrival, the Pakistani high-ranking officials were warmly welcomed by Iranian Defense Minister ....