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Sisi reiterates importance of making digital services affordable to citizens
Date: 2019-05-09 16:38:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:7935369
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi reiterated on Thursday the importance of making the digital services easily available at a suitable cost for the institutions and citizens. This came on Thursday during Sisi's meeting with Prime Minister Moustafa ....
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Former interior min. fined EGP 500 in public funds embezzlement case
Date: 2019-05-09 15:30:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:7935283
The Giza Criminal Court on Thursday fined former interior minister Habib el Adly along with eight former leading Ministry of Interior officials EGP 500 for siphoning off public funds. Another defendant was obligated to return EGP 62.120 million ....
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Saudi Arabia releases 1,400 Ethiopian prisoners
Date: 2019-05-09 15:24:10 GMT - Ethiopia - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:7935271
The Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has disclosed that it has secured the release of 1,400 Ethiopian nationals who were imprisoned in Saudi Arabia, according to media reports. In a press statement released on Wednesday, MoFA said the ....
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Moody's: Egypt's economy showed high shock-absorption capacity in 2018
Date: 2019-05-09 15:12:37 GMT - United Kingdom - Economy - SN:1 - ID:7935258
Moody's Investors Service has said Egypt's economy demonstrated a high shock-absorption capacity during the second half of 2018. In its report released on Thursday, the credit rating agency ascribed improvement in the country's economy to the ....
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Cabinet uses tablet instead of paper files during meetings
Date: 2019-05-08 19:58:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:7934237
The Cabinet held its weekly meeting here on Wednesday with each minister using a tablet that includes the meeting's agenda instead of paper files in a step that aims to run government meetings and discussions between the premier and the ....
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Cabinet approves final draft of bill on disabled people fund
Date: 2019-05-08 19:57:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:7934235
The cabinet approved at a meeting on Wednesday, under Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli, a final draft of a bill to set up a fund for backing people with disabilities. The bill stipulates that the cabinet-affiliated fund aims to provide social ....
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PM reviews new plan for disposing of municipal solid waste
Date: 2019-05-08 19:56:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:7934233
Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli on Wednesday followed up the executive plan of the municipal solid waste system. This came during a meeting with Minister of State for Military Production Mohamed El Assar, Minister of Finance Mohamed Maait, ....
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Egypt's economic growth rate up to 5.6% in 3rd quarter of 2018-2019 FY - minister
Date: 2019-05-08 19:54:46 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:8 - ID:7934228
Egypt’s economic growth rate increased to 5.6% during the third quarter of 2018-2019 fiscal year, against 5.4% in the same period of 2017-2018 fiscal year, Minister of Planning Hala el Saeed said. The government targets a further rise in the ....
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Indian amb. visits blessed spots of Holy Family sojourn in Assiut
Date: 2019-05-08 19:53:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:7934227
The Regional Authority for Tourism Promotion in Assiut organized a tour on Wednesday for Indian Ambassador in Cairo Rahul Kulshreshth and his accompanying delegation. The tour began with a visit to the Virgin Mary Monastery in Dronka village on ....
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WB official praises Takaful and Karama program
Date: 2019-05-08 19:51:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:7934226
Senior Director of the World Bank's Social Protection and Jobs Michal Rutkowski said Takaful and Karama has become the largest cash support program in the Arab world and the Middle East region with nine million beneficiaries. Rutkowski made the ....
