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Anti-monopoly body probes legality of Telecom Egypt’s bid for acquisition of Vodafone
Date: 2020-02-13 00:13:10 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:5 - ID:8309774
The Egyptian Competition Authority said Wednesday it was probing the legality of using of the right of preemption by Telecom Egypt to fully acquire its peer and competitor Vodafone Egypt. The anti-monopoly body said it had received a formal ....
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UN Security Council passes resolution calling for ceasefire in Libya
Date: 2020-02-13 00:11:34 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:8309773
Members of the UN Security Council have passed and adopted a resolution calling for a “lasting ceasefire” in Libya during a vote on Wednesday. The text, drafted by Britain, was approved by 14 votes out of 15, with Russia abstaining, according to ....
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Putin, Italian prime minister exchange views on Libya - Kremlin
Date: 2020-02-13 00:10:02 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:8309772
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte held a phone conversation to exchange views on the situation in Libya, the Kremlin press service said on Wednesday. "A substantive exchange of views was held on the ....
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Moscow: 695 Syrian refugees back home over past 24 hours
Date: 2020-02-13 00:08:12 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:8309771
Some 695 Syrian refugees have returned back home from neighboring Jordan and Lebanon over the past 24 hours, the Russian Center for Refugee Reception, Distribution and Settlement said in a statement Wednesday. About 307 people left Lebanon for ....
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83 tombs excavated in Dakahlia's Kom el-Khaljan area
Date: 2020-02-13 00:06:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:8309770
An Egyptian archaeological mission, affiliated to the Supreme Council of Antiquities, has unearthed 83 tombs in Kom el-Khaljan area in Dakahlia governorate. In a statement on Wednesday, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities ....
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Sisi directs officials to continue efforts of improving economic conditions
Date: 2020-02-12 17:15:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:8309492
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi directed state officials Wednesday to continue efforts of improving the economic fundamentals and maintaining the monetary and banking stability. Sisi’s directives came during a meeting with Central Bank of Egypt ....
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Madbouli: Gov't keen on supporting growing German investments in Egypt
Date: 2020-02-11 10:39:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:8307195
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli on Tuesday asserted that the government is keen on supporting the growing German investments in Egypt, reflecting a progress in the Egyptian-German relations and distinguished relations between the two countries and ....
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Sisi opens EGYPS 2020
Date: 2020-02-11 08:53:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:8306913
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi opened on Tuesday the Egypt Petroleum Show (EGYPS 2020) under the theme of "North Africa And the Mediterranean: Delivering The Needs of Tomorrow." More than 270 local and international industrial experts take part ....
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FM heads for Washington tonight for fresh GERD talks
Date: 2020-02-11 08:31:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:8306698
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry headed for Washington late Monday to attend a US-hosted meeting of the foreign and water resources ministers of Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). The Foreign Ministry said in a ....
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Death toll of coronavirus reached 1,017
Date: 2020-02-11 08:22:48 GMT - China - International - SN:6 - ID:8306860
China's National Health Commission said on Tuesday death toll of the novel coronavirus rose to 1,017 and the number of confirmed infection cases reached 42,708. Provincial-level regions on the Chinese mainland as well as the Xinjiang Production ....