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Trade minister calls for establishing free trade zone between Egypt, Eurasian Union
Date: 2015-05-26 14:55:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:2670041
Trade and Industry Minister Munir Fakhry Abdel Nour on Tuesday called for expediting negotiations towards establishing a free trade zone between Egypt and the Eurasian Union. During a press conference on the sidelines of Egyptian - Russian ....
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UAE provides 200 buses for Cairo transport fleet
Date: 2015-05-26 14:51:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:2670017
During a ceremony held on Tuesday, the United Arab Emirates delivered the second batch of buses to the Cairo Transport Authority. This 200-bus batch is the second of total 600 buses to be provided by the UAE as a grant for the development of ....
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Health Ministry warns citizens against exposure to sun
Date: 2015-05-26 14:49:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:2670009
The Health Ministry has advised citizens, particularly children and the elderly, to avoid exposure to the sun for long periods so as not to feel exhausted due to the high temperature. Citizens should walk in the shade, wear hats and drink water ....
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75.3% of dredging at New Suez Canal finalized
Date: 2015-05-26 14:46:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:36 - ID:2670001
Up to 194.207 million cubic meters of water-saturated sand have been dredged so far as part of the Suez Canal Development Project. This represents 75.3 percent of a total 250 million cubic meters that should be dredged as part of the ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....