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Egypt bourse reverses early gains, index down by 0.8 %
Date: 2015-05-06 16:00:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:57 - ID:2533097
The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indices reversed early session's gains and shut on Wednesday's session collectively down over contradictory remarks of officials regarding the capital gains tax on profits and dividends of listed securities. The market ....
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Shoukry says Egypt keen on S. Sudan stability, peace, unity
Date: 2015-05-06 15:57:20 GMT - South Sudan - Egypt - SN:56 - ID:2533069
Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has said he is in South Sudan to discuss means of boosting bilateral relations. Emerging from a meeting with President Salva Kiir on Wednesday, Shoukry spoke to the press. He told reporters he conveyed ....
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Erekat briefs US Congress delegation on latest developments in territories
Date: 2015-05-06 15:45:01 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:2532957
PLO Executive Committee Member Saeb Erekat met with a US Congress delegation led by Senator Bill Foster and a delegation of J Street, a liberal Jewish-American lobbying group. During the meeting, Erekat briefed them on the latest developments in ....
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198 Egyptians return home from Libya during last 24 hours - official
Date: 2015-05-06 15:40:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:54 - ID:2532909
Assistant of Interior Minister and Matrouh Security Chief el Anany Hamouda said that 198 Egyptians came back home from Libya via Salloum border crossing during the last 24 hours. In statements on Wednesday, Hamouda said that 124 Egyptians ....
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Jordan, UN urge relaunching Palestinian-Israeli negotiations
Date: 2015-05-06 15:36:19 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:2532873
Jordanian Deputy Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Judeh met on Wednesday with United Nations Special Coordinator for Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov. They called for relaunching negotiations between Israel and the ....
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Committee formed to discuss EEDC projects, says minister
Date: 2015-05-06 15:14:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:52 - ID:2532741
A committee made up of 58 people convenes every Thursday to discuss projects offered during the Egypt Economic Development Conference (EEDC), Investment Minister Ashraf Salman said on Wednesday. During the inauguration ceremony of a power station ....
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Prime minister inspects Ain El Sokhna port
Date: 2015-05-06 15:04:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:51 - ID:2532673
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab, flanked by a number of ministers, inspected on Wednesday Ain El Sokhna Port to get acquainted with expansion works to enable it to receive ships loaded with liquefied gas, and measures to turn the liquefied gas into ....
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More inter-Islamic coordination needed to fight terror -- Awqaf min.
Date: 2015-05-06 14:09:38 GMT - Sudan - Egypt - SN:50 - ID:2532133
Egypt's Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa underscored the importance of boosting cooperation between religious institutions in Islamic countries to counter extremism ideology. Gomaa was speaking during a meeting here on Wednesday with ....
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67 vessels transit Suez Canal
Date: 2015-05-06 13:27:51 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:49 - ID:2531625
Sixty-seven ships transited the Suez Canal on Wednesday, carrying a total cargo of 3.413 million tons. The south-bound convoy included 29 vessels carrying 1.625 million tons, while the north-bound convoy included 38 ships carrying 1.788 million ....
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Shoukry conveys Sisi best regards to Kiir
Date: 2015-05-06 13:26:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:48 - ID:2531609
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, currently visiting here, conveyed a message from President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to Salva Kiir, the President of South Sudan. Shoukry extended Sisi's best regards to Kiir and stressed Egypt's keenness on boosting ....
