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Dollar rate up at major Egyptian banks
Date: 2018-08-29 10:46:18 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:3 - ID:7552440
The exchange rate of the US dollar went up during Wednesday transactions at major banks. The dollar exchange rate settled at EGP 17.78 for buying and EGP 17.88 for selling at the National Bank of Egypt and Banque Misr. At the Commercial ....
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Pakistani PM to skip UNGA session in Sept.
Date: 2018-08-29 10:45:56 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:2 - ID:7552438
Prime Minister Imran Khan will skip next month’s United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session to focus his attention on the country’s economy, said Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Wednesday. Qureshi will lead the Pakistani delegation ....
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Finance min.: Customs exchange rate to remain unchanged at EGP 16 in Sept.
Date: 2018-08-29 10:06:25 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:1 - ID:7552344
Finance Minister Mohamed Mait has decided to keep the exchange rate of the US dollar for customs unchanged at EGP 16 until the end of September. The rate of the customs dollar hovers around 90% of its common price in banks, according to a recent ....
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Mamish meets with delegation of Coptic expat youth
Date: 2018-08-28 16:53:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:7551603
Head of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Mohab Mamish met with a delegation of the youth of the Coptic expatriates from 30 countries worldwide, under priest Rafael Tharwat, the coordinator general of the World Youth Forum and the representative of ....
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Sisi directs Social Solidarity Ministry to help most needy categories
Date: 2018-08-28 16:28:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:7551557
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Tuesday directed the Social Solidarity Ministry to focus on encouraging the most needy categories to help them work and produce, said Presidential Spokesman Ambassador Bassam Rady. The President considered work ....
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Egypt, S. Korea ink soft loan agreement
Date: 2018-08-28 16:06:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:7551521
Egypt signed on Tuesday a soft loan agreement with South Korea. Under the deal, South Korea will provide Egypt with 243 million euros to manufacture and import 32 metro trains to be used in Cairo Metro Line 3. The deal was inked by head of ....
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Small fire at warehouse of St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Cathedral doused
Date: 2018-08-28 15:12:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:7551403
CAIRO, Aug 28 (MENA) - A small fire was contained at a warehouse inside the St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo's Abbasiya district. Preliminary investigations revealed that the blaze engulfed a place used for storing some electric ....
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Sisi reappoints Atef Abdel Fattah as cabinet's secretary general
Date: 2018-08-28 14:59:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:7551371
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued a decree Tuesday, re-appointing Atef Abdel Fattah as the secretary general of the cabinet as of September 8. The decree no. 399 of 2018 was published in the official gazette. ....
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PM, Eni CEO discuss future of oil discoveries
Date: 2018-08-28 13:23:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:7551190
Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli had a meeting on Tuesday with CEO of Italy's Eni SpA Claudio Descalzi on the future of oil and gas discoveries in Egypt. During the meeting, Madbouli expressed his appreciation for the existing cooperation with ....
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Sisi reviews with solidarity minister social protection programs
Date: 2018-08-28 11:31:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:7550965
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Tuesday reviewed with Minister of Social Solidarity Ghada Wali the ministry's strategy for social development and protection programs. This took place during a meeting with Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli at ....