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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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, ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....