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Bourse loses EGP 2.5 bn
Date: 2015-05-25 15:09:25 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:39 - ID:2662469
The Egyptian Exchange closed Monday with losses amounting to EGP 2.5 billion and its indexes were all down. The capital market hit EGP 506.08 billion after transactions reached EGP 1.2 billion. The benchmark index EGX 30 dropped 0.78 percent ....
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Abadi slams statements by US defense sec. over failure to fight Daesh
Date: 2015-05-25 15:08:06 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:2662453
Iraqi Prime Minister Hayder Abadi criticized statements made Sunday by US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter in which he said the rout of Iraqi forces at the city of Ramadi showed they lacked the will to fight against Islamic State. Abadi said that ....
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Minister: No leniency to those who seek to block exams
Date: 2015-05-25 15:01:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:2662381
Interior Minister Magdy Abdel-Ghaffar met on Monday with Minister of Education Moheb el Rafie to discuss means of securing the Thanawaiya Amma (General secondary school) exams. Abdel Ghaffar said during the meeting that directives were issued to ....
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Egypt auctions T-bonds
Date: 2015-05-25 14:58:46 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:36 - ID:2662337
The Finance Ministry auctioned on Monday treasury bonds at a total value of EGP 4.75 billion. In an online statement, the ministry said it sold EGP 3 billion of 5-year and EGP 1.75 billion of 10-year treasury bonds. A coupon of 12.916% was ....
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Egypt FM meets German reporters ahead Sisi visit to Berlin
Date: 2015-05-25 14:57:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:35 - ID:2662321
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Monday met with German journalists covering Egypt ahead of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi's visit to Germany, the ministry spokesman said. He said Shoukry updated the journalists on the latest developments in ....
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MB lawmaker dies in custody – security source
Date: 2015-05-25 14:40:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:34 - ID:2662153
Muslim Brotherhood MP Mohamed el Falahgy, who has been in custody pending trial, died of a hepatic coma, a high-level security source at the Interior Ministry said. Speaking to MENA, the source said that Falahgy felt ill on May 20 due to a spleen ....
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Army chief meets Russian industry minister
Date: 2015-05-25 14:20:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:33 - ID:2661909
Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief and Defense Minister General Sedqi Sobhi held talks with visiting Russian Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov and his accompanying delegation on Monday. The meeting took up several issues related to ....
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Chief of Staff meets with multinational force director
Date: 2015-05-25 14:19:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:2661889
Chief of Staff Mahmoud Hegazi met on Monday with the director of the Multinational Force in Sinai. Talks tackled the role played by the Egyptian Armed Forces to facilitate the mission of the force in Sinai given the current challenges. The ....
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Renewing religious discourse responsibility of all state bodies - minister
Date: 2015-05-25 14:16:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:31 - ID:2661841
Minister of Culture Abdel Wahid el Nabawy said Monday that renewing the religious discourse is a shared responsibility that requires consolidation of efforts among all state bodies. The minister's remarks were made during his participation in the ....
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Mahlab meets with Italian economy minister
Date: 2015-05-25 12:41:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:2660925
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab conferred on Monday with Italian Minister of Economic Development Federica Guidi on means of bolstering mutual cooperation in the economic, trade and investment sectors in the presence of ministers of trade, industry, ....
