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Interior Ministry continues sanitizing police stations, prisoners' belongings
Date: 2020-04-16 14:55:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:8398176
The Interior Ministry continued operations for sanitizing police stations and correctional facilities in addition to the belongings of prisoners. This comes according to a schedule set to protect the workers in the police stations and the ....
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CBE makes some clarifications on loan installment postponement
Date: 2020-04-16 14:50:29 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:9 - ID:8398180
Under the loan installment postponement initiative, the Central Bank of Egypt made clear on Thursday that accrued interest rate will be applied on the remaining amounts of loan and not on the total loan value. The CBE has earlier decided to ....
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Cabinet starts its weekly meeting via video conference
Date: 2020-04-16 14:47:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:8398173
The cabinet started its weekly meeting on Thursday under Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli via video conference. The meeting is to address a number of economic, social and political files in addition to the containment measures against the ....
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Sisi greets Egyptian Copts abroad on Easter
Date: 2020-04-16 14:46:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:8398169
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi extended greetings to the Egyptian Copts abroad on the occasion of Easter. In his greeting cables that were conveyed through Egypt’s embassies and consulates in all corners of the world, Sisi sent them his best ....
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Chief of Staff attends main stage of external command centers project "Tarek 40"
Date: 2020-04-16 14:45:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:8398167
Lt. Gen. Muhammad Farid, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, witnessed the main stage of the two-level external command centers project codenamed, "Tarek 40". The project is being conducted by one of the formations of the northern military region ....
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Free Zones companies can now manufacture respirator masks, protective gear
Date: 2020-04-16 14:44:53 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:4 - ID:8398165
The industrial companies operating under the free zones system are now authorized to manufacture respirator masks and protective gear just by notice. The decision was taken by Executive President of the General Authority of Free Zones and ....
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AOI, SCZone sign framework agreement for partnership
Date: 2020-04-16 14:43:20 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:3 - ID:8398163
The Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI) and the General Authority For Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) signed on Thursday a framework agreement for partnership to secure local market needs and increase exports to Arab and African ....
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IMF official says Egypt's anti-COVID-19 measures decisive
Date: 2020-04-16 14:42:24 GMT - USA - Economy - SN:2 - ID:8398162
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) official said on Thursday the measures taken by Egypt to curb the outbreak of novel coronavirus are decisive and have been backed by a comprehensive stimulus package to ease the repercussions of the ....
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Remittances of Egyptian expats hit $5.3 bln in January, February of 2020 - CBE
Date: 2020-04-16 14:41:35 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:1 - ID:8398159
The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) on Thursday said that remittances of Egyptian expatriates increased by 33.6 % in January and February 2020 to reach about $5.3 billion, compared to $3.9 billion recorded in the corresponding period of 2019. In a ....
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Armed forces distribute face masks to citizens for free
Date: 2020-04-12 14:54:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:8392649
The Armed Forces started Sunday disbursing face masks to citizens for free at squares, subway stations and public transport stops. The move comes in implementation of directives by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to take all precautionary measures ....