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Making a change in region is much needed - Egypt FM
Date: 2018-03-22 14:57:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:7309479
Egypt believes there is a need to make a change in the region to materialize its peoples' aspirations, said Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Thursday. We should try to develop any national state instead of trying to destroy it because such an ....
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Interior min.: We will firmly face any attempt to disturb electoral process
Date: 2018-03-22 14:26:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:7309393
Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar said that all security bodies will firmly face any attempt to disturb the electoral process or attack important and vital facilities in the country. This came at a meeting via video conference with several of ....
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FM takes part in Egyptian-Indian business forum
Date: 2018-03-22 13:39:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:7309257
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry took part on Thursday in the Egyptian-Indian business forum organized by the Federation of the Indian Chambers of Commerce in cooperation with the Egyptian Trade Office in New Delhi. A big number of businessmen and ....
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Dollar exchange rate ups at Egypt's major banks
Date: 2018-03-22 13:30:49 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:6 - ID:7309229
The US dollar exchange rate went up during morning transactions at major banks on Thursday. The dollar price was stable recording EGP 17.55 for buying and EGP 17.65 for selling at the National Bank of Egypt. At Banque Misr, the dollar exchange ....
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Abu Zeid: AL to remain home of all Arabs
Date: 2018-03-22 10:22:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:7308770
Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid said the Arab League will remain the home of all Arabs who are facing common challenges from the Gulf to the ocean. In a tweet he posted on his Twitter page on Thursday marking the 73rd anniversary of the ....
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Egypt offers condolences over death of 39 Indians in Iraq
Date: 2018-03-22 10:04:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:7308732
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry expressed deep condolences over the death of 39 Indian citizens whose remains were found in southwestern Mosul, Iraq, recently. They were killed by the terrorist Daesh group in 2014. A statement released by the ....
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Tourism min. approves higher Hajj committee recommendations for this year's Hajj season
Date: 2018-03-22 07:48:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:7308447
Tourism Minister Rania el Mashat approved on Thursday recommendations submitted by the Higher Committee for Hajj and Umrah to regulate the Hajj offered by tour operators for the 1439 AH pilgrimage season. The tourism minister has assigned head of ....
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Kremlin: Russia had no reason to make attempt on Skripal’s life
Date: 2018-03-22 07:30:53 GMT - Russia - International - SN:2 - ID:7308413
Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russia had no reason to make an attempt on Skripal’s life after handing him over in a spy swap in 2010, Sputnik news reported Thursday. The double agent was sentenced in Russia in 2006 for ....
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TV presenter Riham Saeed acquitted of child abduction charge
Date: 2018-03-22 07:17:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:7308397
A Cairo criminal court on Wednesday cleared TV presenter Riham Saeed and three others of charges of inciting child abduction and human trafficking. A member of Saeed's program crew was handed down a suspended one-year sentence. Also, the court ....
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Pope Tawadros urges Egyptians to cast ballots in presidential election
Date: 2018-03-21 20:20:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:7308195
Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese urged eligible Egyptian voters to cast their ballots in the coming presidential elections, especially after the higher turnout seen from nationals living abroad. The pontiff’s ....