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  • Attempt to smuggle amount of gold, diamond jewelry into Egypt foiled

    Attempt to smuggle amount of gold, diamond jewelry into Egypt foiled

    Date: 2018-05-07 17:13:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:7388580

    Cairo airport customs department thwarted on Monday an attempt to smuggle an amount of gold and diamond jewelry into Egypt. An Egyptian passenger, coming from Dubai, was suspected by security officers who ordered his luggage to be ....

  • Sisi leads funeral of 23 June revolution member

    Sisi leads funeral of 23 June revolution member

    Date: 2018-05-07 17:03:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:7388569

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Monday led a military funeral for Khaled Mohieddin, a member of the July 23 Revolution Command Council. The funeral was attended by top officials including Minister of Defense Sedki Sobhi, who along with the ....

  • Aviation minister probes cooperation with Uganda

    Aviation minister probes cooperation with Uganda

    Date: 2018-05-07 16:26:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:7388510

    Minister of Civil Aviation Sherif Fathi received on Monday Transport Minister of Uganda Monica Azuba Ntege and her accompanying delegation. They discussed means to bolster cooperation relations between the two sides in the civil aviation field ....

  • PM approves showcasing 293 artifacts in US museums

    PM approves showcasing 293 artifacts in US museums

    Date: 2018-05-07 16:19:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:7388504

    Prime Minister Sherif Ismail has approved displaying 293 Egyptian antiquities at "Osiris, Egypt's Sunken Mysteries" exhibition at two US museums until April 2019, according to the official gazette on Monday. The artifacts belong to a number of ....

  • Oil minister: Zohr gas field production increased to 1bln cubic meters daily before Ramadan

    Oil minister: Zohr gas field production increased to 1bln cubic meters daily before Ramadan

    Date: 2018-05-07 15:44:42 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:15 - ID:7388440

    Minister of Petroleum Tarek el Mollah said Monday Zohr gas field production will rise to 900,000 million cubic meters per day before the fasting month of Ramadan. At a joint press conference with Cypriot Minister of Energy Yiorgos Lakkotrypis, he ....

  • Nasr: Parliament approval of public transport bill propels competitiveness

    Nasr: Parliament approval of public transport bill propels competitiveness

    Date: 2018-05-07 12:59:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:7388003

    Minister of Investment and International Cooperation Sahar Nasr asserted that the parliament approval of the bill regulating the use of smart buses in public transport will propel competitiveness among Egyptian companies and support the ....

  • Daesh claims responsibility for assassinating Iraqi MP candidate

    Daesh claims responsibility for assassinating Iraqi MP candidate

    Date: 2018-05-07 12:46:51 GMT - Iraq - International - SN:13 - ID:7387975

    Daesh terrorist group has claimed responsibility, for the first time ever, for assassinating an Iraqi MP candidate. Al Arabiya news channel said in a breaking news on Monday, without mentioning further details. Earlier in the day, an MP ....

  • Parliament approves draft law on use of smart buses in public transport

    Parliament approves draft law on use of smart buses in public transport

    Date: 2018-05-07 12:40:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:7387954

    The House of Representatives on Monday finally approved a draft law on the use of smart buses in public transport. The new law will allow companies operating smart buses, which provides internet service on the go, to get licenses for a five-year ....

  • Transport minister meets Indian diplomat

    Transport minister meets Indian diplomat

    Date: 2018-05-07 12:25:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:7387914

    Transport Minister Hisham Arafat discussed on Monday with Indian Ambassador in Cairo Sanjay Bhattacharyya ways of boosting bilateral cooperation in the transport field and the implementation of ongoing joint projects. Arafat said the ministry ....

  • Immigration minister asserts

    Immigration minister asserts "Return to Roots" successful initiative

    Date: 2018-05-07 12:05:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:7387847

    Minister of Immigration and Expatriate Affairs Nabila Makram asserted that the"Return to Roots" initiative has been successful, noting that its positive reactions abroad were not expected. In press statements on Monday, Makram said the program, ....

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