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  • Egypt, Lithuania FMs discuss bilateral relations, regional issues

    Egypt, Lithuania FMs discuss bilateral relations, regional issues

    Date: 2019-10-16 16:17:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:8148146

    Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met on Wednesday with his Lithuanian counterpart Linas Linkevičius to discuss means of promoting bilateral relations in various fields as well as issues of mutual concern at the regional and international ....

  • Heavy rains hit North Sinai

    Heavy rains hit North Sinai

    Date: 2019-10-15 08:16:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:8145444

    Heavy rains accompanied by strong thunder and lighting hit North Sinai on Tuesday morning. Main Operations Room of Sinai is contacting the municipal councils and service directorates to follow up the situation hour by hour. On Monday night, ....

  • US imposes sanctions on Turkey over Syria offensive

    US imposes sanctions on Turkey over Syria offensive

    Date: 2019-10-15 07:01:02 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:8145344

    The US has imposed new sanctions against Turkish officials and institutions over the country's incursion into northern Syria, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and Vice President Mike Pence announced outside the White House on ....

  • Parliamentary committee: women's issues top Sisi's priorities

    Parliamentary committee: women's issues top Sisi's priorities

    Date: 2019-10-14 16:29:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:8144932

    Head of the Parliamentary Human Rights Committee Lawmaker Alaa Abed Monday affirmed that President Abdel Fattah El Sisi prioritizes empowering Egyptian women. When asked about introducing a ministry for women, President Sisi said that ....

  • Shoukry: Int'l community responsible for reaching fair agreement on GERD

    Shoukry: Int'l community responsible for reaching fair agreement on GERD

    Date: 2019-10-14 16:15:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:8144913

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said the international community shoulders the responsibility of the success of the ongoing negotiations on reaching a just agreement on the reservoir's filling process of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and ....

  • Tahya Misr Fund finances 18,000 projects of breadwinner women with EGP 306 million

    Tahya Misr Fund finances 18,000 projects of breadwinner women with EGP 306 million

    Date: 2019-10-14 15:51:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:8144884

    Tahya Misr Fund has financed more than 18,000 projects established by breadwinner women with EGP 306 million as part of Mastoura program, which helps support women breadwinners. This comes as an activation of a protocol between the fund and ....

  • 2 Americans, French win 2019 Nobel Economic Sciences Prize

    2 Americans, French win 2019 Nobel Economic Sciences Prize

    Date: 2019-10-14 14:57:19 GMT - Sweden - International - SN:2 - ID:8144799

    The 2019 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel was awarded on Monday by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer for their work to alleviate global ....

  • Air marshal: We are keen on upgrading abilities of forces

    Air marshal: We are keen on upgrading abilities of forces

    Date: 2019-10-14 14:24:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:8144707

    The air forces is keen on maintaining the continued upgrade of the capabilities and abilities of its members to be ready for carrying out tasks assigned to them around the clock, said Air Marshal Mohamed Abbas Helmi, the commander of the Egyptian ....

  • Dollar exchange rate down at Egypt's major banks

    Dollar exchange rate down at Egypt's major banks

    Date: 2019-10-13 22:03:58 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:6 - ID:8143716

    The US dollar exchange rate slightly fell back during transactions at major banks on Sunday. At the National Bank of Egypt and Banque Misr, the dollar rate declined by one piaster, recording EGP 16.22 for buying and EGP 16.32 for selling. At ....

  • Troops moved to confront Turkish aggression in northern Syria - SANA

    Troops moved to confront Turkish aggression in northern Syria - SANA

    Date: 2019-10-13 22:01:21 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:8143713

    The Syrian army has deployed its troops to northern Syria to confront the Turkish aggression, SANA reported Sunday. Turkey launched a military operation in northeastern Syria on Wednesday. (MENA) ....

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