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EU's Ashton wraps up Egypt visit
Date: 2014-04-11 10:46:33 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:5 - ID:662188
European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton left Egypt on Friday, wrapping up her two-day visit to Egypt. During her stay, she held talks with Egyptian officials on the next month's presidential elections. Ashton met with interim ....
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Planning minister explains Egypt's future economic plan in Washington
Date: 2014-04-11 08:47:36 GMT - USA - Economy - SN:4 - ID:661961
Visiting Egyptian Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Ashraf el-Arabi explained the challenges facing the Egyptian economy and the government steps about that. Restoring political stability is still the biggest challenge, said ....
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Intensified security in case of MB protests
Date: 2014-04-11 08:28:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:661915
Police and army were deployed on Friday at the entrances of Cairo and Giza in anticipation of terrorist Muslim Brotherhood protests. Several checkpoints were set up along highways to and from the two governorates, according to MENA. ....
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20 million Zamalek fans supporting me: Lawyer Mortada Mansour
Date: 2014-04-11 08:26:23 GMT - Kuwait - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:661913
Outspoken and controversial lawyer Mortada Mansour said he would win the presidential elections due to his great popularity and he is being supported by 20 million fans of Zamalek club, which he chairs. "There are 20 million Zamalek fans who are ....
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Egyptian Exchange up during last week trading
Date: 2014-04-11 08:24:02 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:1 - ID:661911
All indexes of the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) were up during the last week trading. During the course of the week, the benchmark EGX 30 index rose by 2.58 percent reaching 7,899 points, said a weekly report issued by the Egyptian Exchange, of which ....
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Egypt's premier appoints new cabinet spokesperson
Date: 2014-04-10 19:21:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:33 - ID:661511
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab has appointed Ambassador Hossam el-Qaweish as an official spokesperson for the cabinet on Thursday. Qaweish has replaced Ambassador Hani Salah who returned to the Foreign Ministry pending his nomination to work in ....
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Cabinet discusses security situation, fuel problems
Date: 2014-04-10 19:20:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:661507
The Cabinet, under Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab, held a meeting Thursday to discuss a host of topics, including the security situation in the Egyptian universities. The meeting also tackled means of providing necessary fuel for running power ....
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Ministers, governors urged to be impartial toward all presidential runners
Date: 2014-04-10 19:19:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:31 - ID:661505
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab issued directives to all ministers, governors and executive officials at the government to be impartial toward all the presidential runners and not to take any stances which include bias toward any party. During a ....
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Cabinet probes 2016 national census preparations
Date: 2014-04-10 19:18:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:661502
The Cabinet reviewed Thursday a report on preparations to carry out a national census for 2016. The report was submitted by President of the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) Abu-Bakr el-Gendi. CAPMAS is currently ....
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Ashton asserts to Mansour EU support for Egypt's fight against terrorism
Date: 2014-04-10 19:16:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:661500
Interim President Adly Mansour met at Heliopolis presidential palace on Thursday European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and her accompanying delegation. At the meeting, attended by Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy and the head ....