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Sisi orders launching global marketing campaign for Suez Canal projects
Date: 2015-04-01 17:34:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:2293961
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has ordered launch of an international marketing campaign for the new Suez Canal project. During a meeting on Wednesday with Head of the Suez Canal Authority Mohab Mamish, the president underscored the importance of ....
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Mahlab meets with Memish, briefed on progress of Canal project
Date: 2015-04-01 17:32:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:2293949
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab on Wednesday met with Head of the Suez Canal Authority Mohab Memish. During the meeting, Memish briefed the premiere on the work progress at the new canal project, assuring Mahlab that great efforts are exerted to ....
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Cabinet approves loan deal with AFFSD
Date: 2015-04-01 16:35:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:2293633
The Cabinet, under Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab, approved on Wednesday a loan agreement between the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFFSD) and the Social Fund for Development (SFD). The 50-million-dollar deal will be used to fund ....
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Industry min. re-forms Egypt-Spain business council
Date: 2015-04-01 16:34:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:2293625
Minister of Trade and Industry Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour issued a decision on Wednesday to re-form the Egyptian-Spanish business council. The decision stipulates that the council term is three years, The minister said that the new formation of the ....
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Mahlab to visit NRC soon, says minister
Date: 2015-04-01 16:33:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:2293613
Minister of Scientific Research Sherif Hammad said on Wednesday that Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab will visit the National Research Center (NRC) soon. Mahlab's visit aims at getting acquainted with the activities carried out by the center in the ....
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Jordan closes border crossing with Syria temporarily - minister
Date: 2015-04-01 14:31:55 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:2292677
The northern border crossing with Syria has been closed temporarily for passengers and transport of goods, according to Petra News Agency. Interior Minister Hussein Majali decided to close border crossing of Jaber with Syria as a precaution to ....
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Azhar Imam: US double standard-policies destabilize whole region
Date: 2015-04-01 14:29:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:2292649
Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb criticized the US policies towards the Middle East. Washington's double standard policies contribute to destabilizing the whole region, the Grand Imam told a US Congress delegation on Wednesday. While the US ....
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Tourism Ministry hosts ceremony at pyramids plateau
Date: 2015-04-01 11:43:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:2291165
The Ministry of Tourism hosted a ceremony to promote for tourism at the Giza pyramids plateau in the presence of Bollywood star Amitab Bachchan as part of activities of the "India by the Nile 2015" Festival in its third round. Minister of Tourism ....
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SCA: Current events in Bab el-Mandeb strait did not affect navigation in Suez Canal
Date: 2015-04-01 11:39:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:2291133
The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) on Wednesday asserted that the current events taking place in Bab el Mandeb strait did not affect navigation in the Suez Canal. In statements during a visit by sports reporters to the canal, board member of the SCA ....
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Palestinians officially join ICC
Date: 2015-04-01 11:35:33 GMT - Netherlands - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:2291077
Palestine formally joined the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday, opening the door to the prosecution of Israelis for war crimes amid a stalled peace process, according to France 24. The accession was marked at a behind-closed doors ....
