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  • More than 18,000 prisoners benefited from Sisi's initiative to release

    More than 18,000 prisoners benefited from Sisi's initiative to release "gharemeen" - official

    Date: 2018-12-19 16:45:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:7722432

    Assistant Interior Minister for the Prisons Sector Zakaria el Ghamri expressed thanks to President Abdel Fattah El Sisi for adopting an initiative to release the "gharemeen" (people who were imprisoned due to debt) from prisons, from which 18,200 ....

  • Pope Tawadros receives families of Minya attack victims

    Pope Tawadros receives families of Minya attack victims

    Date: 2018-12-19 07:30:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:7721299

    Pope Tawadros of Alexandria met on Wednesday with families of the victims of Minya terrorist attack that left seven Copts dead. On November 2, gunmen attacked a bus carrying Christians returning from baptizing a child at the Monastery of Saint ....

  • Sisi, participants in Africa-Europe Forum pose for photo op

    Sisi, participants in Africa-Europe Forum pose for photo op

    Date: 2018-12-18 09:42:50 GMT - Austria - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:7719927

    Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, leaders and senior officials participating in the High-Level Africa-Europe Forum on Tuesday posed for a photo opportunity. President Sisi will take part in the forum's sessions that will tackle means of ....

  • CBE mulls re-opening door for licensing int'l banks' branches

    CBE mulls re-opening door for licensing int'l banks' branches

    Date: 2018-12-18 09:34:12 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:6 - ID:7719902

    The Central Bank of Egypt board is mulling re-opening the door for licensing international banks' branches to join the Egyptian market in the coming period. In statements to MENA on Tuesday, a CBE reliable source said the step will promote ....

  • Cameroon looks forward to Egypt's presidency of AU in 2019, says diplomat

    Cameroon looks forward to Egypt's presidency of AU in 2019, says diplomat

    Date: 2018-12-18 09:10:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:7719853

    Cameroonian Ambassador in Cairo Mohamadou Labarang said that President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has a strong will, leadership and profound vision, adding his country is looking forward to his chairmanship of the African Union as of February 2019. He ....

  • Aviation minister inaugurates new lounge at Cairo Airport

    Aviation minister inaugurates new lounge at Cairo Airport

    Date: 2018-12-18 07:58:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:7719728

    Minister of Civil Aviation Younes Al Masry on Monday inaugurated new EgyptAir lounge at Terminal 3 of Cairo International airport. The lounge was set up in line with the highest international standards. The lounge accommodates approximately ....

  • Sisi visits Austrian National Council

    Sisi visits Austrian National Council

    Date: 2018-12-18 06:16:46 GMT - Austria - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:7719605

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Monday paid a visit to the Austrian National Council; the lower house of the country's parliament. Sisi was welcomed by the council's President Wolfgang Sobotka, who hailed the distinguished relations binding the ....

  • Azhar Imam greets Pope Francis on Christmas, birthday

    Azhar Imam greets Pope Francis on Christmas, birthday

    Date: 2018-12-18 06:14:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:7719600

    Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb has greeted Vatican Pope Francis and Christians worldwide on Christmas. In a phone call, the Grand Imam also greeted Pope Francis on his 82nd birthday, Al Azhar said in a statement Monday. The Pope thanked ....

  • Sisi attends banquet in honor of Africa-Europe forum leaders

    Sisi attends banquet in honor of Africa-Europe forum leaders

    Date: 2018-12-18 06:10:34 GMT - Austria - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:7719597

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi attended on Monday a banquet hosted by Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz in honor of the leaders of the Africa-Europe High-Level Forum. The forum, to be held on Tuesday, will mull means of promoting cooperation ....

  • Finance Ministry not to change its tax policy- Maait

    Finance Ministry not to change its tax policy- Maait

    Date: 2018-12-16 20:53:44 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:12 - ID:7717914

    Finance Minister Mohamed Maait on Sunday said that the ministry will not change its tax policy, but it will work on developing its tax administration, warning that taking such a move could badly affect the country's economy with regard to attracting ....

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