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  • 48 vessels transit Suez Canal

    48 vessels transit Suez Canal

    Date: 2015-04-28 12:17:19 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:18 - ID:2474581

    Forty-eighty ships transited the Suez Canal on Tuesday, carrying a total cargo of 2.896 million tons. The south-bound convoy included 28 vessels carrying 1.399 tons, while the north-bound convoy included 20 ships carrying 1.497 tons. ....

  • Yemeni vice president visits Qatar

    Yemeni vice president visits Qatar

    Date: 2015-04-28 12:08:37 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:2474477

    Yemeni Vice President Khaled Bahah on Tuesday embarked on a visit to Qatar, the second of its kind since he assumed office. He will be received by Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. In a post on his Facebook account, Bahah said the ....

  • Araby: AL supports stability of Sudan

    Araby: AL supports stability of Sudan

    Date: 2015-04-28 12:04:15 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:2474433

    Arab League (AL) Secretary General Nabil el Araby on Tuesday asserted the pan-Arab body's support for the development and stability of Sudan. In a press release, he explained that his meeting with leader of the Sudanese Ummah Party al Sadeq al ....

  • Sisi's visit to Madrid highly important, says ambassador

    Sisi's visit to Madrid highly important, says ambassador

    Date: 2015-04-28 11:39:53 GMT - Spain - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:2474121

    Egypt's Ambassador to Spain Ahmed Ismail Abdel Moeti highlighted the importance of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi's visit to Spain set for Thursday. Sisi is scheduled to hold talks with Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and delegations from ....

  • Investment minister opens conference on accelerating growth, development of emerging capital markets

    Investment minister opens conference on accelerating growth, development of emerging capital markets

    Date: 2015-04-28 11:32:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:2474057

    Minister of Investment Ashraf Salman will open on Wednesday the Public Conference on Accelerating Growth and Development of Emerging Capital Markets. The two-day conference is held on the fringe of the annual meetings of the Growth and Emerging ....

  • Minister: New regulations on the use of coal to be published in official Gazette

    Minister: New regulations on the use of coal to be published in official Gazette

    Date: 2015-04-28 11:28:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:2474013

    Minister of Environment Khaked Fahmy said the new regulations of the use of coal approved by the cabinet reiterated that importation of coal consignments should firstly be permitted by the Ministry of Environment and the permits should be renewed ....

  • Egypt diplomat: Specialized committees to be activated ahead of Tunisia-Egypt higher committee meetings

    Egypt diplomat: Specialized committees to be activated ahead of Tunisia-Egypt higher committee meetings

    Date: 2015-04-28 11:22:12 GMT - Tunisia - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:2473925

    Egyptian Ambassador to Tunisia Ayman Moshrafa said an agreement has been reached with the Tunisian trade and agriculture ministers to activate the specialized committees ahead of the convening of the Egyptian-Tunisian higher committee meetings in ....

  • Head of Administrative Prosecution Authority passes away

    Head of Administrative Prosecution Authority passes away

    Date: 2015-04-28 10:52:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:2473573

    Head of the Administrative Prosecution Authority Counselor Abdel Aziz Anani passed away on Tuesday. He was 70. Annani has been suffering from health problems and was admitted to hospital recently. ....

  • Azhar imam calls for 'faithful review' to Islamic heritage

    Azhar imam calls for 'faithful review' to Islamic heritage

    Date: 2015-04-28 10:42:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:2473449

    Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed Tayeb on Tuesday said there is "an urgent need for a faithful and serious review" to some concepts of the Islamic heritage. "Muslim Youths should be educated in a way to immunize them from extremist groups," he said, ....

  • Ministry: Shoukry held three-way meeting with US, Jordanian counterparts

    Ministry: Shoukry held three-way meeting with US, Jordanian counterparts

    Date: 2015-04-28 10:17:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:2473149

    Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry held a three-way meeting with his American and Jordanian counterparts John Kerry and Nasser Judeh on the fringe of his participation in The Review Conference of Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) held at the UN ....

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