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South Sinai governor probes tourism cooperation with New Zealand amb
Date: 2019-05-08 15:26:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:7933980
South Sinai Governor Khaled Fouda received on Wednesday Ambassador of New Zealand in Cairo Greg Lewis in Sharm El Sheikh. The two sides discussed bilateral ties and means to promote them at various levels, especially in the tourism ....
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President Sisi receives secretary general of Francophonie
Date: 2019-05-08 15:15:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:7933968
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi received on Wednesday Secretary General of the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF) Louise Mushikiwabo. Sisi expressed Egypt's keenness on enhancing cooperation with the organization to help in ....
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Mamish attends experimental operation of Ismailia tunnels
Date: 2019-05-06 18:48:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:7931290
Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Mohab Mamish on Monday attended the experimental operation of Ismailia tunnels "Tahia Misr", in the presence of his deputy alongside SCA board members. The new tunnels will cut down the time consumed in ....
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Egypt's leadership keen on upgrading education system: Minister
Date: 2019-05-06 18:35:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:7931280
Minister of Education and Technical Education Tarek Shawki stressed Monday the Egyptian political leadership's commitment to upgrading the national education system. The minister made his remark during a meeting of the parliament's Budget and ....
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FM stresses importance of dialogue to spread culture of peace
Date: 2019-05-06 18:20:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:7931270
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry stressed the importance of dialogue to prevent conflicts and spread the culture of peace. The minister's remark came during his meeting on Monday with the High Representative for the United Nations Alliance of ....
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Sisi directs to improve water resources, quality
Date: 2019-05-06 18:04:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:7931252
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has urged for continued efforts to improve water quality and develop and optimize the use of available water resources. Sisi on Monday met with Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli, Electricity Minister Mohamed Shaker ....
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Transport min. inspects Taba land port
Date: 2019-05-06 17:49:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:7931240
Transport Minister Kamel el Wazir visited on Monday Taba land port to check on the regularity of work and inspect its departure and arrival halls and fire and security systems. Wazir directed the port's officials to rapidly repair some broken ....
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Sports min. reviews preparations for AFCON 2019
Date: 2019-05-06 17:36:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:7931228
Minister of Sports and Youth Ashraf Sobhi on Monday met with President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Ahmad Ahmad to review the latest preparations for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). Sobhi also met with president of the ....
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Bourse loses EGP 14.8 bn
Date: 2019-05-06 16:20:50 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:1 - ID:7931183
Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indexes posted collective losses at the close of trading on Monday prompted by sales operations by Egyptian and Arab individual investors. The market capital lost EGP 14.8 billion, after transactions that totaled EGP 358 ....
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13 dead, 6 injured in plane fire at Moscow airport
Date: 2019-05-05 21:40:59 GMT - Russia - International - SN:8 - ID:7930087
At least 13 people, who were on board a burnt-out Aeroflot plane that crash-landed in the Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport, have been confirmed dead, Russia Today reported Sunday. Seven more passengers were injured, three of them seriously, the ....