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  • Memish: Navigation at Suez Canal normal

    Memish: Navigation at Suez Canal normal

    Date: 2015-04-18 16:40:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:2405881

    Head of the Suez Canal Authority Mohab Memish said navigation at the Suez Canal is normal after a drifted Danish container ship has been successfully re-floated at Kilo 94 of the Suez Canal course. In a statement released on Saturday, The Suez ....

  • FM receives phone call from Kerry

    FM receives phone call from Kerry

    Date: 2015-04-18 16:35:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:2405869

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry receives on Saturday a phone call from his US counterpart John Kerry on means of bolstering bilateral relations in all domains with the aim of achieving common interests. In statements on Saturday, Foreign Ministry ....

  • New Suez Canal project expands Egypt's growth - Official

    New Suez Canal project expands Egypt's growth - Official

    Date: 2015-04-18 16:34:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:2405853

    The new Suez Canal project will expand the economic growth in Egypt, said Ismailia Governor's Media Adviser Ahmed el Yamani. In statements to MENA Saturday, the three cities adjoining the project; Suez, Ismailia and Port Said will be the biggest ....

  • Greek president in Cairo Friday, to hold talks with Sisi -- embassy

    Greek president in Cairo Friday, to hold talks with Sisi -- embassy

    Date: 2015-04-18 16:33:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:2405837

    Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos will start a two-day visit to Egypt on Friday. During his stay, he will hold talks with President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, according to a statement by Greece's embassy in Cairo on Saturday. He was invited to ....

  • Mahlab chairs ministerial meeting to save Manzala Lake

    Mahlab chairs ministerial meeting to save Manzala Lake

    Date: 2015-04-18 16:31:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:2405829

    Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab will chair on Sunday a ministerial meeting to follow up and accelerate the implementation of a governmental program to save Manzala Lake. The meeting will be held at the premises of the Ministry of Water Resources ....

  • Ex-oil minister Fahmy to be retried -- prosecutors

    Ex-oil minister Fahmy to be retried -- prosecutors

    Date: 2015-04-18 16:30:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:2405825

    Former oil minister Sameh Fahmy and five leaders of his ministry will be retried under a decision announced on Saturday by the general prosecutor. The defendants are accused of harming the interests of the country and wasting public funds by ....

  • Sisi chairs BA board's annual meeting

    Sisi chairs BA board's annual meeting

    Date: 2015-04-18 16:29:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:2405821

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi chaired on Saturday the 16th annual meeting of the board of trustees of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. The board comprises international figures including the former presidents of Romania, Colombia, Latvia and Serbia ....

  • Foreign ministry follows up conditions of Egyptian fishermen held in Sudan

    Foreign ministry follows up conditions of Egyptian fishermen held in Sudan

    Date: 2015-04-18 16:28:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:2405813

    The Egyptian Embassy in Khartoum and the General Egyptian Consulate in Port Sudan have been following up the issue of arresting Egyptian fishermen by the Sudanese authorities and referring them to court. They face charges of crossing the Sudanese ....

  • Mufti to start European tour Sunday

    Mufti to start European tour Sunday

    Date: 2015-04-18 12:28:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:2404017

    Grand Mufti Shawqi Allam will start a European tour on Sunday to clarify the true values of Islam and build bridges of cooperation with the West. The tour will start with the Netherlands and then France, Dar al Iftaa said in a press ....

  • Decisive Storm jets bomb military sites of former president

    Decisive Storm jets bomb military sites of former president

    Date: 2015-04-18 12:09:09 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:2403857

    Air jets of “Operation Decisive Storm” bombed several military positions loyal to former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh in Aden’s neighboring city of Abyan. The bombed targets were located in the mountainous area in the governorate ....

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