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  • FEB: Armed Forces manage to fulfill 90% of infrastructure development projects

    FEB: Armed Forces manage to fulfill 90% of infrastructure development projects

    Date: 2015-05-26 14:44:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:35 - ID:2669989

    Board chairman of the Federation of Egyptian Banks (FEB) Hisham Ezz El Arab said the Armed Forces managed to fulfill about 90 percent of the works of infrastructure of development projects in 17 districts in Cairo at costs of 300 million ....

  • FEI chairman urges increasing volume of trade in Africa

    FEI chairman urges increasing volume of trade in Africa

    Date: 2015-05-26 14:39:00 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:22 - ID:2668777

    Chairman of the Federation of Egyptian Industries (FEI) Mohammad el Sweidi called on Tuesday for increasing the volume of trade in Africa through exchanging commodities with the African countries. Sweidi made the statement after a meeting with ....

  • Egypt respects all int'l conventions -- Minister

    Egypt respects all int'l conventions -- Minister

    Date: 2015-05-26 14:32:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:34 - ID:2669901

    Egypt respects all conventions it signed with other countries and works on harmonizing its legislation with such conventions, Minister of Manpower Nahed Ashry said on Tuesday. Egypt's interests are above anything else, Ashry said. Ashry made ....

  • Tunisian parliament summons defense minister over security threats

    Tunisian parliament summons defense minister over security threats

    Date: 2015-05-26 14:29:57 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:2669877

    The security and defense committee of the Tunisian House of Representatives decided on Tuesday to summon defense minister Farahat al-Harshani to brief the committee members on the threat the country is facing especially the recent attack on a ....

  • Assistant FM urges int'l community to uproot terror

    Assistant FM urges int'l community to uproot terror

    Date: 2015-05-26 14:26:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:2669837

    Assistant Foreign Minister for European Affairs Hatem Seif el Nasr urged the international community on Tuesday to uproot terrorism and dry up financial resources of terrorist groups. He made the statements during a meeting with a Dutch ....

  • Prosecution challenges court ruling acquitting SPAP defendants of charges of violating protest law

    Prosecution challenges court ruling acquitting SPAP defendants of charges of violating protest law

    Date: 2015-05-26 13:34:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:31 - ID:2669213

    The public prosecution has challenged a recent court ruling acquitting all 17 defendants of the Socialist Popular Alliance Party (SPAP) of charges of violating the protest law. Several SPAP leaders and members had staged an unauthorized rally to ....

  • Court adjourns trial of 51 persons accused of staging riot in Port Said

    Court adjourns trial of 51 persons accused of staging riot in Port Said

    Date: 2015-05-26 13:32:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:2669181

    Port Said Criminal Court on Tuesday adjourned to Sunday the trial of 51 defendants in the riots that took place in the governorate in 2013 following the issuance of death sentences against a number of defendants in the Port Said stadium massacre ....

  • Meeting of Libyan chieftains resumes in Cairo

    Meeting of Libyan chieftains resumes in Cairo

    Date: 2015-05-26 13:18:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:2669013

    Libyan chieftains resumed their meeting in Cairo on Tuesday in an effort to unite the Libyan people and solve the political crisis in the North African country. The meeting, which was inaugurated here Monday, will continue until ....

  • Saudi King receives Indonesian FM

    Saudi King receives Indonesian FM

    Date: 2015-05-26 13:17:21 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:2668981

    King Salman bin Abdel Aziz received at Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah Foreign Minister of the Republic of Indonesia Retno Lestari Priansari Marsudi, and her accompanying delegation. The Minister, according to the Saudi Press Agency, conveyed the ....

  • Cabinet approves anti-narcotic budget plan

    Cabinet approves anti-narcotic budget plan

    Date: 2015-05-26 13:15:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:27 - ID:2668949

    The Cabinet approved during a meeting on Tuesday under Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab the national budget plan for combating drug addiction and forming a committee to follow up the issue. The plan was declared during a national a recent conference ....

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