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  • New database to be prepared for unifying legislation: minister

    New database to be prepared for unifying legislation: minister

    Date: 2014-08-14 14:22:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:874207

    Minister of Transitional Justice and rapporteur of legislative reform committee Ibrahim el-Henedy unveiled on Thursday that the committee prepared new database on the current Egyptian legislation with the aim of unifying the legislation. The ....

  • Qastal crossing to be opened on August 25 - minister

    Qastal crossing to be opened on August 25 - minister

    Date: 2014-08-14 14:21:31 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:17 - ID:874205

    The Qastal crossing on the borders between Egypt and Sudan will be opened on August 25, said Industry and Trade Minister Mounir Fakhry Abdel-Nour. The crossing would greatly contribute to activating the trade movement between the two countries, ....

  • 182-day T-bills auctioned

    182-day T-bills auctioned

    Date: 2014-08-14 14:20:50 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:16 - ID:874203

    The Finance Ministry auctioned on Thursday treasury bills at a total value of EGP 6 billion. In an online statement, the ministry said it sold EGP 2.5 billion of 182-day T-bills with an average yield of 11.783%, adding it accepted bids at rates ....

  • Work going normally at Alex. ports

    Work going normally at Alex. ports

    Date: 2014-08-14 14:19:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:874201

    Work has been flowing normally at Alexandria and Dekheila seaports despite calls by the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group to stage protests on the first anniversary of dispersing its two encampments. Tight security measures were adopted at the ....

  • PM: Investment law tops legislative reform committee's agenda

    PM: Investment law tops legislative reform committee's agenda

    Date: 2014-08-14 14:16:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:874196

    Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab said on Thursday that the investment law tops the agenda of the higher committee tasked with mulling needed legislative reforms. In statements to reporters, Mahlab said the committee, meeting at the House of ....

  • Sudan, Ethiopia agree on establishing joint border force

    Sudan, Ethiopia agree on establishing joint border force

    Date: 2014-08-14 10:04:19 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:873583

    Ethiopia and Sudan have agreed to form a joint force along the borders between the two countries at the conclusion of the military technical committee meetings in the presence of both sides’ defense ministers, Sudan Tribune reported. Sudanese ....

  • Egypt PM chairs first meeting over legislative reforms

    Egypt PM chairs first meeting over legislative reforms

    Date: 2014-08-14 09:55:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:873559

    Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab presided on Thursday over the first meeting of the higher committee tasked with mulling needed legislative reforms. The committee, meeting at the House of Representatives headquarters, is chaired by the ....

  • Sisi tour mirrors Egyptian strategy within coming period - official

    Sisi tour mirrors Egyptian strategy within coming period - official

    Date: 2014-08-14 09:51:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:873548

    A leading member of Al Sarh El Masry party stressed on Thursday that President Abdel Fattah El Sisi's latest tour, that included Saudi Arabia and Russia, reflected the Egyptian strategy within the coming period. Ehab Wahbi, in statements, said ....

  • Putin, Abbas discuss peace efforts in Gaza as ceasefire deadline nears end

    Putin, Abbas discuss peace efforts in Gaza as ceasefire deadline nears end

    Date: 2014-08-14 09:24:56 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:873468

    Russian President Vladimir Putin and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas discussed in a phone call Wednesday the situation in the Gaza Strip and international efforts to end armed hostilities in the violence-torn enclave, the Kremlin said in a ....

  • Sawiris' Nile Sugar Co now registered in Egypt bourse

    Sawiris' Nile Sugar Co now registered in Egypt bourse

    Date: 2014-08-14 09:23:42 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:9 - ID:873465

    Egypt's bourse agreed on Thursday to register the Nile Sugar Company, a private beet-based sugar mill owned by the Sawiris family, with a capital of 750 million pounds. Head of the Egyptian Exchange Mohamed Umran told MENA that registering new ....

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