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  • Cabinet hands parl't semi-annual performance report

    Cabinet hands parl't semi-annual performance report

    Date: 2019-03-10 18:33:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:7841838

    The cabinet handed the parliament its semi-annual report on the performance of Moustafa Madbouli's government during the first six months of its mandate. The 140-page report was divided in line with the strategic goals of the government's ....

  • Algeria's Bouteflika back home after medical checks

    Algeria's Bouteflika back home after medical checks

    Date: 2019-03-10 18:30:37 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:7841834

    Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika returned home Sunday afternoon after a private visit to Switzerland, where he underwent "periodic medical checks," the Algerian Presidency announced. Bouteflika's plane landed at Boufarik Airport in the ....

  • House approves Wazir's nomination for transport portfolio

    House approves Wazir's nomination for transport portfolio

    Date: 2019-03-10 17:30:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:7841772

    The House of Representatives has approved the nomination of Lieutenant General Kamel Abdel Hadi Farag el Wazir for the post of Minister of Transportation. The approval was made during a plenary session held here on Sunday chaired by House Speaker ....

  • Sisi posthumously honors police, military martyrs

    Sisi posthumously honors police, military martyrs

    Date: 2019-03-10 16:58:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:7841736

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi posthumously honored a number of police and army martyrs Sunday. Some ideal mothers and fathers were also honored during an educational symposium organized by the Armed Forces to mark Martyr's Day. ....

  • Bourse gains EGP 3.3 bn, indexes show mixed performance

    Bourse gains EGP 3.3 bn, indexes show mixed performance

    Date: 2019-03-10 16:49:38 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:4 - ID:7841722

    The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indexes showed mixed performance at the close of Sunday's trading amid purchases by Arab institutions and investment funds. The market capital gained about EGP 3.3 billion, registering EGP 828.5 billion, after ....

  • Irrigation Ministry starts offering consultative services for new Dairout barrages - official

    Irrigation Ministry starts offering consultative services for new Dairout barrages - official

    Date: 2019-03-10 16:47:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:7841720

    The Head of Reservoirs and Grand Barrages Sector at the Water Resources and Irrigation Ministry Ashraf Hobeishi said that the ministry started on Sunday offering consultative services for new Dairout barrages. The services will run for 73 months, ....

  • Egypt, India discuss investment chances

    Egypt, India discuss investment chances

    Date: 2019-03-10 16:43:47 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:2 - ID:7841714

    Chairman of the Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI) Abdel Moneim el Tarras discussed on Sunday with Indian Ambassador in Cairo Rahul Kulshreshth and a delegation from India's investment agency bilateral cooperation in the fields of ....

  • Sisi witnesses 30th cultural symposium of Armed Forces on Martyr's Day

    Sisi witnesses 30th cultural symposium of Armed Forces on Martyr's Day

    Date: 2019-03-10 09:10:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:7840702

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Sunday witnessed the 30th cultural symposium of the Armed Forces on the occasion of the Martyr's Day at Al Manara International Conference Center in the 5th Settlement district in New Cairo neighborhood. Prime ....

  • Russia: US diplomat tried to carry mortar shell in luggage at Moscow airport

    Russia: US diplomat tried to carry mortar shell in luggage at Moscow airport

    Date: 2019-03-09 23:26:46 GMT - Russia - International - SN:10 - ID:7840462

    The Russian Foreign Ministry has announced that it expects the US Department of State to explain the actions of one of its employees after a mortar shell was found in the luggage of a US embassy worker in Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International ....

  • Colombia to allow Venezuelans to enter on expired passports

    Colombia to allow Venezuelans to enter on expired passports

    Date: 2019-03-09 23:25:49 GMT - Colombia - International - SN:9 - ID:7840461

    Colombia will allow Venezuelans to cross the border using expired passports in view of the difficulty of renewing travel documents in the neighboring country in the midst of its economic crisis, the migration agency said. More than 1.2 million ....

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