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Egypt's regional role irreplaceable: Ex-Lebanese PM
Date: 2015-05-05 16:20:39 GMT - Lebanon - Egypt - SN:43 - ID:2525313
Former Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said that Egypt's role in the region and the Arab world is irreplaceable. Speaking at the Arab Economic Forum here on Tuesday, Siniora called for inter-Arab cooperation to resolve the region's problems ....
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Renaissance dam committee to discuss amended offers this month
Date: 2015-05-05 16:09:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:42 - ID:2524249
Dr Alaa Yasin, the official spokesman for the Ethiopian renaissance dam file, said the technical committee on the dam, which is made of 12 experts from Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia, will receive in mid-May the amended technical offers from French and ....
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ADB pumps EGP 50m to promote agricultural projects in Fayyoum, Beni Suef
Date: 2015-05-05 15:42:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:40 - ID:2524969
The African Development Bank (ADB) pumped on Tuesday 50 million pounds to promote agricultural projects in Fayyoum and Beni Suef governorates. Forty percent of the funds will be channeled into supporting women-run projects. The Egyptian Social ....
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Lebanon arrests 2 for financing terror groups
Date: 2015-05-05 15:37:18 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:2524913
The Lebanese Army arrested two Lebanese nationals for financing Daesh terror group, a statement said on Tuesday. Mahmoud Hamzeh and Mohammad Mohsen are accused of transferring funds from an unidentified foreign country to Lebanon, according to ....
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Egypt, Austria probe tourism promotion efforts
Date: 2015-05-05 15:32:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:2524881
Egypt's Ambassador in Vienna Khaled Shamaa met with the head of Austria's Pension Union Karl Blecha to discuss chances of increasing the number of Austrian tourists to Egypt. A statement issued by the Foreign Ministry on Tuesday said Shamaa ....
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Armed Forces carry out 11 projects in Giza: Governor
Date: 2015-05-05 15:28:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:2524865
The Armed Forces are carrying out 11 projects within Giza governorate as part of the ongoing efforts to upgrade services provided to citizens nationwide, said Giza Governor Khaled Zakaria. The projects include hospitals, sport courts and ....
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MENA, Mansoura Univ. ink cooperation protocol
Date: 2015-05-05 15:26:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:36 - ID:2524853
MENA Board Chairman and Editor-in-Chief Alaa Haidar witnessed Tuesday an inking ceremony of a cooperation protocol between MENA and media department in the faculty of arts in Mansoura University. The protocol aims at boosting cooperation in the ....
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President Sisi congratulates Kazakh counterpart on election
Date: 2015-05-05 15:03:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:35 - ID:2524685
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Tuesday phoned his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev to congratulate him on the occasion of his election as the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Egypt's Presidential Spokesman Alaa Youssef said ....
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Trial of steel tycoon Ahmed Ezz delayed to Sept. 5
Date: 2015-05-05 14:15:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:34 - ID:2524093
The Cairo Criminal Court adjourned till September 5 the retrial of steel tycoon Ahmed Ezz and codefendant ex-chairman of the Industrial Development Authority (IDA) Amr Assal over corruption charges. The session was delayed to receive the ....
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Sisi receives European Commissioner for Migration
Date: 2015-05-05 14:10:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:33 - ID:2524021
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Tuesday received at the presidential palace European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos. The visiting European official lauded the major role undertaken by Egypt at the ....