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Cabinet amend social insurance law, provides EGP 700 mln to solve electricity outage problem
Date: 2014-04-03 20:21:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:648261
Egypt's Cabinet under Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab approved on Thursday a bill to amend some articles of the social insurance law. The proposal was submitted earlier by Ministry of Social Solidarity in an attempt to solve the problem of early ....
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119 fugitives arrested in Qalubia
Date: 2014-04-03 20:19:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:648260
Qalubia security forces arrested 119 fugitives Thursday during a security crackdown against outlaws in the province. Security chief Maj.-Gen. Mahmoud Yosri said the campaign resulted also in the seizure of 5 guns and 8 kg of drugs. Also, 234 ....
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Fahmy meets Latvia's premier
Date: 2014-04-03 20:16:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:36 - ID:648258
Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy met Thursday with Latvia's Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma on the sidelines of the 4th EU-Africa Summit held in Brussels on April 2-3. The meeting took up boosting bilateral relations along with Egyptian-EU ....
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Cabinet agrees to toughen penalties against terror crimes
Date: 2014-04-03 20:15:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:35 - ID:648256
The Cabinet approved two bills to stiffen penalties against terrorism-related crimes on Thursday. The bills are amendments to the penal code and criminal procedures law. The increasing terror operations aim to foil the transitional roadmap but ....
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Egypt stresses importance of EU-African summit's success
Date: 2014-04-03 20:13:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:34 - ID:648253
Egypt stressed that the success of the 4th EU-Africa Summit will represent a considerable push forward to the partnership between Africa and the EU. This was expressed in Egypt's speech during a session on peace and security in the EU-African ....
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Sadat's family supports Sisi in presidential race
Date: 2014-04-03 20:12:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:33 - ID:648252
The family of late President Anwar Sadat announced their support for ex-defense minister Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi in the upcoming presidential polls. Sadat's son, Gamal, handed over pro-Sisi endorsements the family had signed to ....
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Russia condemns Cairo University blasts
Date: 2014-04-03 20:09:44 GMT - Russia - International - SN:32 - ID:648249
The Russian Foreign Ministry denounced the series of explosions which took place outside Cairo University on Wednesday and left a police brigadier killed and several policemen injured. In a statement Thursday, the Russian Foreign Ministry ....
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Finance ministry committed to paying public treasury debt to social insurance authority
Date: 2014-04-03 20:08:56 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:31 - ID:648248
The Finance Ministry is committed to paying the debt of the public treasury to the social insurance authority, said Finance Minister Hani Qadri Demian. This came during a meeting held with Social Security Ministry Ghada Wali on Thursday to ....
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Giza governor urges adoption of swift, deterrent measures to uproot terrorism
Date: 2014-04-03 19:45:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:648225
Giza Governor Aly Abdel-Rahman called Thursday for the adoption of swift and deterrent measures to put an end to terrorism. His remarks were made during a visit to Aqouza Police Hospital to check on the condition of those injured in yesterday's ....
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Cairo governor witnesses demolishing of building in Hadaiq el-Qoba
Date: 2014-04-03 19:44:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:648223
Cairo Governor Galal Moustafa Saed witnessed the demolishing of a building built illegally in Hadaiq el-Qoba. The owner of the building demolished one of the old khedivial-era villas and built a residential tower in its place. This act is ....