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Social demands of Tunisians legitimate but untimely - Essebsi
Date: 2015-06-12 12:18:26 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:2782837
Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi has underlined that social demands of his people are legitimate but not timely. Those demands are emerging in such a critical time of Tunisia's history, Essebsi said. The president was delivering a speech ....
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Foreign direct investments in Tunisia up by 83% in April - PM
Date: 2015-06-12 11:39:49 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:2782549
The foreign direct investments in Tunisia went up by 83% to reach 771 million dinars in late April, if compared to the same period last year, said Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid. In his speech during the fifth session of Tunisian investment ....
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Egypt bourse loses EGP 8.7bn last week
Date: 2015-06-12 11:02:22 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:10 - ID:2782249
The Egyptian Exchange closed last week with losses amounting to EGP 8.7 billion and its indexes were all down. The capital market declined to EGP 489.3 billion, 1.7 percent less than the week before. During the course of the week, the ....
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New Fund to start with EGP 5bn capital – min.
Date: 2015-06-12 11:01:19 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:9 - ID:2782237
The new sovereign wealth fund “Amlak” will start with a capital of EGP 5 billion as of the new financial year 2015-2016, Planning Minister Ashraf el Araby said. Speaking to MENA, Araby said the fund will be entirely owned by the State represented ....
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US Congress agrees on military aid supplies to Egypt
Date: 2015-06-12 10:56:15 GMT - USA - International - SN:8 - ID:2782213
The US Congress agreed on a draft law of 2016 including 1.3-billion-dollar military aid supplies to Egypt. Kay Granger, the Representative from Texas, said that the US needs Egypt as a stable ally, adding that the amount of money reflects US ....
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Egypt urges responding to legitimate government in Libya
Date: 2015-06-12 10:23:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:2782065
Egypt has called on the international community to respond to the demands of the legitimate government in Libya, said Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, who led Egypt's delegation to the fourth meeting of the International Contact Group on ....
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Yemen's president, UN official discuss humanitarian situation
Date: 2015-06-12 10:20:37 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:2782049
Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi discussed with UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O'Brien the humanitarian situation in Yemen. During the gathering, held in Riyadh, they touched on ....
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Yemeni VP to attend opening session of Geneva talks
Date: 2015-06-12 09:56:37 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:2781909
Yemeni Vice President Khaled Bahah will participate in the opening session of the Geneva peace talks on Sunday chaired by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Yemen’s UN delegate Khaled al Yamany said. The Yemeni government has submitted ....
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Libyan FM meets army commander, chief of staff
Date: 2015-06-12 09:22:54 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:2781669
Libyan Foreign Minister Mohamed al Dairi has held a meeting with Army Commander Khalifa Haftar and Chief of Staff Abdel Razek al Nazuri in Marj city, the Media office of the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Al Dairi discussed with Haftar and ....
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Russian envoy: Ties with Egypt source of pride
Date: 2015-06-12 07:53:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:2781117
Cordial Russian-Egyptian relations have reached a new level that became a source of pride for Moscow, Russian Ambassador in Cairo Sergey Kirpichenko said. Speaking to MENA, Kirpichenko said the two countries’ leaders have held a summit meeting on ....