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Court to examine lawsuit calling for extending presidential terms
Date: 2018-12-06 18:40:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:7703074
The Cairo Court for Urgent Matters on Thursday set December 23 for considering a lawsuit demanding the amendment of a Constitution article regulating the number of president's terms. The lawsuit, filed by several people, calls on the House of ....
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Foreign Ministry condemns UN special rapporteur's statement on Egypt housing policy
Date: 2018-12-06 18:28:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:7703059
The Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the press release issued by Special Rapporteur on the right to housing Leilani Farha on the policies adopted by Egypt in the housing domain. In a statement, the ministry said Egypt invited the UN official ....
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Sisi: Egypt ready to cooperate with Mercedes-Benz in automobile manufacturing domain
Date: 2018-12-06 18:02:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:7703015
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi reiterated on Thursday Egypt's readiness to cooperate with Mercedes Benz company in the automobile manufacturing domain. Given the wide expertise of the German company, Egypt is interested in exploring cooperation ....
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Cabinet approves several important decisions
Date: 2018-12-06 17:31:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:7702968
The cabinet under Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli approved during its weekly meeting on Thursday a number of important decisions, including a 4.01-million-euro grant deal to develop the Egyptian entrepreneurship project. The project is financed ....
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UN: Yemen's warring parties agree to prisoner swap
Date: 2018-12-06 17:18:31 GMT - Sweden - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:7702948
Yemen's warring parties have agreed to a prisoner swap that will allow thousands of families to be reunited, United Nations special envoy Martin Griffiths said in Sweden on Thursday. Peace talks between Yemeni government representatives and a ....
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Govt denies selling 49 percent of Suez Canal economic zone
Date: 2018-12-06 17:12:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:7702936
The General Authority For Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) denied on Thursday media reports that the Egyptian government has sold 49 percent of the economic zone to an Arab country. The media center of the cabinet dismissed as groundless these ....
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Macron abandons fuel-tax hike amid concerns of new ‘yellow vest’ protests
Date: 2018-12-05 22:15:50 GMT - France - International - SN:12 - ID:7701645
French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday announced that he was abandoning a proposed fuel-tax hike amid fears of more unrest after weeks of nationwide protests that have already cost several lives and millions of euros in damages. The Elysee ....
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FM: Egypt detects no change in Qatari policies
Date: 2018-12-05 20:43:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:7701589
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry asserted that Egypt detects no change in Qatari policies in a way that helps ease the crisis with it. Yet, there are adverse movements from Qatar that are away from Arab cooperation, Shoukry said in response to a ....
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Chief of Staff holds talks with foreign military officials on EDEX sidelines
Date: 2018-12-05 20:19:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:7701575
Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Mohamed Farid held talks with Cameroonian defense minister besides Malian and Rwandan chiefs of staff and their accompanying delegations, currently visiting Egypt to participate in Egypt Defence Expo (EDEX ....
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Bashir receives message from Kenyan president
Date: 2018-12-05 20:17:54 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:7701573
Sudanese President Omar al Bashir received on Wednesday a message from his Kenyan counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta handed over to him by the Kenyan Envoy Steven Kalonzo in the presence of Foreign Minister Al-Dirdiri Mohamed Ahmed the Kenyan ambassador to ....
