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  • Bourse gains EGP 11.8 bln

    Bourse gains EGP 11.8 bln

    Date: 2018-11-18 22:53:09 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:5 - ID:7676155

    The Egyptian Exchange indexes posted collective gains at the close of Sunday's trading, backed by purchases by Egyptian institutions and investment funds, while the Arab and foreign investors tended to sell. The market capital gained EGP 11.8 ....

  • CBE says remittances of expats hit $5.9bn during Q1 of 2018-2019

    CBE says remittances of expats hit $5.9bn during Q1 of 2018-2019

    Date: 2018-11-18 22:24:45 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:4 - ID:7676151

    The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) said Sunday that remittances of Egyptians abroad upped during the first quarter of the current fiscal year 2018-2019 by 1.5 percent, reaching 5.9 billion dollars. In a statement, the CBE said that the remittances ....

  • UN lauds Egypt's role in peacekeeping operations

    UN lauds Egypt's role in peacekeeping operations

    Date: 2018-11-18 22:22:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:7676150

    UN Under Secretary for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix lauded the role played by Egypt in the UN peacekeeping operations as considered one of the largest contributing countries. In press statements on the sidelines of the high-level ....

  • Ethiopian PM stresses keenness on maintaining Egypt Nile rights

    Ethiopian PM stresses keenness on maintaining Egypt Nile rights

    Date: 2018-11-18 22:12:47 GMT - Ethiopia - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:7676142

    Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has said that he is personally keen on maintaining Nile rights of Egypt and all African countries along the river. In a meeting with Moustafa Madbouli of Egypt Tuesday, the premiers agreed to start bilateral ....

  • Defense min. inspects regional Sahel-Saharan anti-terrorism center in Cairo

    Defense min. inspects regional Sahel-Saharan anti-terrorism center in Cairo

    Date: 2018-11-18 22:05:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:7676139

    Defense Minister Mohamed Zaki inspected the counter-terrorism center for the Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) established in Egypt upon recommendations of the conference of the defense ministers of the CEN-SAD nations. The conference ....

  • Egyptian-Russian ties based on mutual friendship, respect - minister

    Egyptian-Russian ties based on mutual friendship, respect - minister

    Date: 2018-11-17 18:44:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:7674538

    Higher Education and Scientific Research Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar highlighted Saturday the depth of cooperation ties and historical partnership between Egypt and Russia. These relations are based on mutual friendship and respect, he ....

  • EDEX-2018 to kick off next month in Cairo

    EDEX-2018 to kick off next month in Cairo

    Date: 2018-11-17 18:18:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:7674513

    Military spokesperson Colonel Tamer al-Refaai posted Saturday on his official Twitter page the promo for the first international exhibition of defense and military industries (EDEX- 2018). The promo was offered in nine languages. The ....

  • Sisi leads funeral of Satea Nomani

    Sisi leads funeral of Satea Nomani

    Date: 2018-11-17 17:33:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:7674477

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Saturday led a military funeral for late police officer Satea el-Nomani. The funeral was attended by top officials including Minister of Defense Mohamed Zaki and Minister of Interior Magdy Abdel Ghaffar. The ....

  • Chief of Staff departs for China on official visit

    Chief of Staff departs for China on official visit

    Date: 2018-11-17 17:24:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:7674464

    Lieutenant General Mohamed Farid, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, embarked Saturday on a several days' official trip to Beijing, leading a high-level military delegation. The delegation will attend the 4th meeting of the Egyptian-Chinese ....

  • Protester killed in car accident at road blockade in France

    Protester killed in car accident at road blockade in France

    Date: 2018-11-17 17:16:17 GMT - France - International - SN:5 - ID:7674454

    A protester taking part in a road blockade has been killed by accident after a car crashed into her, France's Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said on Saturday. Castaner noted that the driver panicked when protesters surrounded her car and ....

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