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  • Education ministry denies Thanaweya Amma economics exam leak

    Education ministry denies Thanaweya Amma economics exam leak

    Date: 2018-06-05 09:10:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:7431039

    Education Ministry Spokesman Ahmed Khairy refuted on Tuesday reports circulated by media outlets on the leak of parts of Thanaweya Amma's economics exam. In press statements, Head of the Public Education Sector and President of the General ....

  • Agriculture ministry denies plans to relocate Giza Zoo

    Agriculture ministry denies plans to relocate Giza Zoo

    Date: 2018-06-05 08:21:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:7430971

    The Agriculture Ministry denied rumors on the ministry's plans to re-locate the Giza Zoo. The ministry said it is working on developing the zoo in tandem with the civil community. Deputy Agriculture Minister Mona Mehrez said the zoo is one of ....

  • Hariri says meeting with Aoun, Berri mulled southern border issue

    Hariri says meeting with Aoun, Berri mulled southern border issue

    Date: 2018-06-05 07:34:38 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:7430917

    Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri said that the meeting with President Michel Aoun and House Speaker Nabih Berri at Baabda palace on Monday did not dwell on the government formation but on the southern disputed borders with ....

  • SCM officially protests MBC 'insult' against late leader Nasser

    SCM officially protests MBC 'insult' against late leader Nasser

    Date: 2018-06-05 07:20:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:7430889

    Head of the Supreme Council of Media Regulation (SCM) Makram Mohamed Ahmed on Monday sent an official letter to the Saudi Minister of Information protesting a Middle East Broadcasting Center (MBC) offensive against late president Gamal Abdel ....

  • Abe to urge Trump to snub Pyongyang’s position on abductions of Japanese when he meets Kim: sources

    Abe to urge Trump to snub Pyongyang’s position on abductions of Japanese when he meets Kim: sources

    Date: 2018-06-05 07:17:31 GMT - Japan - International - SN:2 - ID:7430888

    Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will urge US President Donald Trump to dismiss Pyongyang’s assertion that the issue of Japanese nationals abducted decades ago has been resolved when he meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Abe will meet ....

  • Arab coalition spokesman: Yemeni army 9 km from Hodeida

    Arab coalition spokesman: Yemeni army 9 km from Hodeida

    Date: 2018-06-05 07:14:51 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:7430883

    The Saudi-led military coalition said Monday that the Yemeni National Army Forces are only nine kilometers away from Hodeida city. Coalition spokesman Turki al Maliki told Al Arabiyah news channel that "the Yemeni army backed by coalition forces ....

  • Annual, additional bonus, pension raise to cost State EGP 60 billion - PM

    Annual, additional bonus, pension raise to cost State EGP 60 billion - PM

    Date: 2018-06-04 19:06:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:7430615

    Egypt's premier stressed on Monday that granting public servants annual and additional raise and increasing the pensions by 15 percent will cost the State 60 billion pounds. The additional raise and the pension increase come upon the directives ....

  • Governors to retain their posts upon presidential decree

    Governors to retain their posts upon presidential decree

    Date: 2018-06-04 18:49:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:7430607

    Upon a decree by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, all governors and their deputies will retain their posts till the appointment of new ones. The decree was published in the Gazette out Monday. ....

  • Transport min., EBRD delegation probe cooperation in transport

    Transport min., EBRD delegation probe cooperation in transport

    Date: 2018-06-04 18:41:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:7430602

    Minister of Transport Dr Hisham Arafat Monday conferred with a delegation of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), led by Janet Heckman, the Managing Director for the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean (SEMED) region, on ways ....

  • Bourse loses EGP 11.7bn

    Bourse loses EGP 11.7bn

    Date: 2018-06-04 18:28:33 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:18 - ID:7430591

    Egypt's Exchange indices went down collectively at the close of Monday's trading session amid selling operations by domestic and Arab institutions. The market capital lost about EGP 11.7 billion to hit EGP 927.6 billion amid transactions that hit ....

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