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  • Cabinet reviews TDA plan as part of Egypt Vision 2030

    Cabinet reviews TDA plan as part of Egypt Vision 2030

    Date: 2019-11-15 16:32:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:8189231

    Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli gave directives to tourism officials to speed up sending the Tourism Development Authority (TDA) plan to the Supreme Council for Planning and Urban Development (SCPUD) during its upcoming meeting. The decision was ....

  • Sisi: UAE visit mirrors sincere desire for reinforcing ties

    Sisi: UAE visit mirrors sincere desire for reinforcing ties

    Date: 2019-11-15 00:13:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:8188403

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi said Thursday that his visit to UAE proves the strong relations between Cairo and Abu Dhabi and reflected a sincere desire in cementing the close ties between the two countries. Writing on the record of the UAE ....

  • FM warns against impact of Turkish aggression on northeast Syria

    FM warns against impact of Turkish aggression on northeast Syria

    Date: 2019-11-15 00:10:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:8188402

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has stressed that Egypt is committed to settling the Syrian crisis peacefully, warning against the negative impact of Turkish incursion into northeast Syrian territories on efforts to fight Daesh in the Arab country ....

  • Guterres commends predecessor Boutros‑Ghali’s significant imprint on the United Nations

    Guterres commends predecessor Boutros‑Ghali’s significant imprint on the United Nations

    Date: 2019-11-15 00:07:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:8188401

    United Nations Secretary‑General António Guterres said that his predecessor Boutros Boutros‑Ghali, who was the first Arab and first African to hold the leading UN post, left a significant imprint on the United Nations. In a message addressed to ....

  • CBE cuts deposit, lending rates by 100 basis points

    CBE cuts deposit, lending rates by 100 basis points

    Date: 2019-11-15 00:04:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:8188400

    The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to cut the Central Bank of Egypt’s (CBE) overnight deposit rate, overnight lending rate, and the rate of the main operation by 100 basis points to 12.25 percent, 13.25 percent, and 12.75 percent, ....

  • Egypt achieved economic progress that is lauded by int'l organizations -- Minister

    Egypt achieved economic progress that is lauded by int'l organizations -- Minister

    Date: 2019-11-13 23:19:53 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:7 - ID:8186784

    Finance Minister Mohamed Maait said on Wednesday that Egypt has achieved economic progress that is lauded by international organizations. In a statement, he added that such progress opens the door for pumping more investments into Egypt. He ....

  • Leader of Ennahda party elected speaker of Tunisian parl't

    Leader of Ennahda party elected speaker of Tunisian parl't

    Date: 2019-11-13 23:16:33 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:8186782

    The Tunisian parliament elected on Wednesday leader of the moderate Islamist Ennahda party Rached Ghannouchi as its speaker. Ghannouchi won 123 votes followed by leader of the Democratic Current party Ghazi Chaouachi, 45 votes, and leader of the ....

  • UN council praises Egypt’s anti-terrorism war, respect of human rights

    UN council praises Egypt’s anti-terrorism war, respect of human rights

    Date: 2019-11-13 23:14:39 GMT - Switzerland - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:8186781

    The United Nations Human Rights Council’s member states have lauded Egypt’s report in respect of human rights, praising Cairo’s efforts to combat terrorism. The remarks of these countries’ representatives were made on Wednesday when Minister of ....

  • Health ministry denies import of AIDS-tainted blood

    Health ministry denies import of AIDS-tainted blood

    Date: 2019-11-13 23:11:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:8186779

    The Ministry of Health and Population denied information reported in a video that has been circulated by some social media users about Egypt’s import of AIDS-tainted blood from a foreign country. The entry of blood and its products is strictly ....

  • Italian tourist injured from Israeli teargas canister in Bethlehem

    Italian tourist injured from Israeli teargas canister in Bethlehem

    Date: 2019-11-13 23:10:09 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:8186778

    An Italian tourist was injured in the shoulder after being hit by a teargas canister fired by Israeli soldiers during clashes with Palestinians in the occupied southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, WAFA reported Wednesday. Bethlehem Red Crescent ....

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