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  • Antiquities min., head of engineering authority check on 3rd stage of NMEC

    Antiquities min., head of engineering authority check on 3rd stage of NMEC

    Date: 2018-04-19 13:04:07 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:14 - ID:7358980

    Minister of Antiquities Khaled el Anani and Chairman of the Armed Forces Engineering Authority Kamel el Wazir checked on the work done in the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) which is due to be partially inaugurated in ....

  • Dollar rate stable at major banks

    Dollar rate stable at major banks

    Date: 2018-04-19 12:42:54 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:13 - ID:7358920

    The US dollar exchange rate was stable at major banks on Thursday. The dollar rate stood at EGP 17.57 for buying and EGP 17.67 for selling at the National Bank of Egypt and Banque Misr. At Banque du Caire and Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, the rate ....

  • PM stresses gov't keenness on continuing plans to develop slums

    PM stresses gov't keenness on continuing plans to develop slums

    Date: 2018-04-19 12:14:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:7358858

    Prime Minister Sherif Ismail followed up during a meeting held Thursday work progress of the State's plan on developing shanty towns as well as efforts of restoring the beautiful appearance of the cities. The get-together was attended by the ....

  • Health Ministry tightens supervision on hospitals conducting organ transplant operations

    Health Ministry tightens supervision on hospitals conducting organ transplant operations

    Date: 2018-04-19 12:08:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:7358842

    Head of the Central Administration for Free Treatment and Licenses Ali Mahrous said that the Health Ministry imposed strict supervision over private and public hospitals carrying out organ transplant surgeries. In statements to MENA on Thursday, ....

  • Oil Minister confers with top officials of Shell, Edison companies

    Oil Minister confers with top officials of Shell, Edison companies

    Date: 2018-04-19 11:30:03 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:10 - ID:7358733

    Minister of Petroleum Tarek el Mullah on Thursday conferred with Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Shell International Petroleum Company Sami Iskander and Chairman of Shell Egypt Company Gasser Hantar on the work schedule of a Mediterranean ....

  • Cameron: No regrets on Brexit referendum

    Cameron: No regrets on Brexit referendum

    Date: 2018-04-19 11:02:23 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:9 - ID:7358671

    Former British Prime Minister David Cameron said he doesn't regret calling a referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union, but he wished the result had gone the other way. "I made a promise to the British people -- I kept that ....

  • Minor quake jolts Kuwait following Iran's 5.6-magnitude tremor

    Minor quake jolts Kuwait following Iran's 5.6-magnitude tremor

    Date: 2018-04-19 10:49:28 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:7358641

    Residents of several areas in Kuwait on Thursday morning felt a minor tremor lasting for 25 seconds. This minor earthquake came as an aftershock of an earthquake measuring 5.6 degrees on the Richter scale that hit southern Iran earlier in the ....

  • Garhy: New budget targets 5.8% economic growth,  9.7% unemployment rate

    Garhy: New budget targets 5.8% economic growth, 9.7% unemployment rate

    Date: 2018-04-19 10:31:31 GMT - USA - Economy - SN:7 - ID:7358577

    Finance Minister Amr el Garhy said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasts for Egypt's economic growth rate hit 5.2 percent in the current fiscal year, expecting the rate to reach 5.8 percent in the coming budget of the Egyptian ....

  • Presidential decree approving deal on scientific cooperation with EU

    Presidential decree approving deal on scientific cooperation with EU

    Date: 2018-04-19 09:10:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:7358335

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued decree number no. 83/2018, approving an agreement on scientific and technical cooperation between Egypt and the European Union (EU). The deal sets out the terms and condition of Egypt's participation in the ....

  • Transport minister inspects second, third metro lines

    Transport minister inspects second, third metro lines

    Date: 2018-04-19 09:01:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:7358316

    Minister of Transport Hisham Arafat has made a tour of the second and third Metro lines as well as Giza Railway Station. The tour started with Ataba Metro station, an interchange station between the second and third metro lines, as it witnesses a ....

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