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  • Mahlab inspects construction work at new Assiut barrages

    Mahlab inspects construction work at new Assiut barrages

    Date: 2015-06-01 17:28:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:45 - ID:2710069

    Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab inspected Monday construction work at the New Assiut Barrages in Egypt (the hydroelectric station). The irrigation minister, who accompanied Mahlab during the inspection, pointed out that 64.20 % of the construction ....

  • Shoukry probes with New Zealand FM bilateral ties, regional issues

    Shoukry probes with New Zealand FM bilateral ties, regional issues

    Date: 2015-06-01 16:00:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:44 - ID:2709501

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met on Monday with New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully who arrived in Cairo Monday on a visit to Egypt. The two sides held an official session of talks on bilateral relations especially in the field of trade ....

  • Attar appointed as ICT Infrastructure Director

    Attar appointed as ICT Infrastructure Director

    Date: 2015-06-01 15:24:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:43 - ID:2709285

    Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb issued a decree no. 1346 for 2015 to appoint Khaled Lotfi Hassan El Attar as an ICT Infrastructure Director at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology for one year, the ministry said in a ....

  • Sisi’s German visit to yield important economic results - envoy

    Sisi’s German visit to yield important economic results - envoy

    Date: 2015-06-01 15:21:32 GMT - Germany - Egypt - SN:42 - ID:2709253

    Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s upcoming Germany visit is expected to yield important economic results as a number of contracts and agreements will be signed in the energy, housing, infrastructure, education and training fields, Egypt’s ....

  • Israeli forces open fire on Lebanese shepherds

    Israeli forces open fire on Lebanese shepherds

    Date: 2015-06-01 15:10:07 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:2709189

    Israeli forces opened fire on shepherds in Kfarshouba town in South Lebanon on Monday. No casualties were reported among the shepherds, the Lebanese National News Agency said. ....

  • Abe says Japan could give US forces logistical support in Mideast

    Abe says Japan could give US forces logistical support in Mideast

    Date: 2015-06-01 14:45:31 GMT - Japan - International - SN:40 - ID:2708993

    Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday the Japanese Self-Defense Forces could provide US or other foreign troops logistical support in the Middle East and the Indian Ocean under new security bills, Kyodo reported. Abe for the first time ....

  • Hyundai mulls setting up container factory in Suez

    Hyundai mulls setting up container factory in Suez

    Date: 2015-06-01 14:35:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:2708901

    South Korean Hyundai company is considering the establishment of container factories near ports in the Suez Canal region, Military Production Minister Ibrahim Younis said. During the “Egypt-South Korea Strategic Partnership” conference on Monday, ....

  • Finance ministry to sell T-bills at EGP 95.250 billion

    Finance ministry to sell T-bills at EGP 95.250 billion

    Date: 2015-06-01 14:28:43 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:38 - ID:2708793

    The Ministry of Finance plans to auction treasury bills at a total value of EGP 95,250 billion in June. In a statement, the ministry said it will sell EGP 12.5 billion of 91-day T-bills. The ministry also said it will sell EGP 15.5 billion of ....

  • E-passports center issues 3.000 passports during one day

    E-passports center issues 3.000 passports during one day

    Date: 2015-06-01 14:27:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:2708777

    Foreign Ministry Spokesman Badr Abdel Aatti said that the biometric passports center, affiliated to the ministry, issued 3,000 passports in one day which is considered four times more than the normal issuance rates. In a statement issued on ....

  • Culture minister opens forum on African culture

    Culture minister opens forum on African culture

    Date: 2015-06-01 14:26:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:36 - ID:2708773

    Culture Minister Abdel-Wahed El-Nabawi opened on Monday a symposium on African culture in Cairo. The minister called for establishing a body for boosting cultural ties and cooperation between African nations. He said the ministry floated a ....

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