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  • Manpower minister, ILO director confer on project to hone competitiveness of Egyptian exports

    Manpower minister, ILO director confer on project to hone competitiveness of Egyptian exports

    Date: 2018-02-27 12:51:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:7268429

    Manpower Minister Mohamed Saafan met Tuesday with Peter Van Rooij, Director of the International Labor Organization (ILO) Cairo Office to assess the outcome of a project to hone the competitive edge of Egyptian exports. Saafan said his Ministry ....

  • Environment minister: Low-income brackets not to be harmed by new solid waste law

    Environment minister: Low-income brackets not to be harmed by new solid waste law

    Date: 2018-02-27 12:46:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:7268407

    Minister of Environment Khaled Fahmi said the low-income brackets will not be harmed when the new law on managing solid waste comes into force. Addressing a meeting of the local administrative committee of the House of Representatives under ....

  • Abul Gheit supports Abbas' proposal on fostering peace process

    Abul Gheit supports Abbas' proposal on fostering peace process

    Date: 2018-02-27 10:53:18 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:7268032

    Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit said Tuesday the league supports calls by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on the international community to consider an international multilateral mechanism to foster the Middle East peace process, ....

  • Farag, Mo'men, Shorbagy, Welily qualify for 2nd stage of Windy City Open

    Farag, Mo'men, Shorbagy, Welily qualify for 2nd stage of Windy City Open

    Date: 2018-02-27 10:33:42 GMT - USA - Sport - SN:12 - ID:7267983

    Egyptian squash champions Ali Farag, Tareq Mo'men, Mohamed el Shorbagy, and Raneem el Welily have qualified for the second stage of Windy City Open Squash hosted by Chicago, the United States. Farag, the world's No. 2, defeated Australia’s ....

  • SIS calls for boycotting BBC

    SIS calls for boycotting BBC

    Date: 2018-02-27 10:33:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:7267981

    Head of the State Information Service Diaa Rashwan Tuesday called on all Egyptian officials, public figures and intellectuals to boycott the BBC and refrain from giving an interviews to its correspondents and editors until it officially apologizes ....

  • FM: Egypt undertakes its duties towards refugees

    FM: Egypt undertakes its duties towards refugees

    Date: 2018-02-27 10:24:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:7267966

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Tuesday said that Egypt is one of the first countries that is undertaking its duties towards the file of refugees. The remark was made at a meeting with Filippo Grandi, the United Nations High Commissioner for ....

  • Dollar exchange rate slightly down at major Egyptian banks

    Dollar exchange rate slightly down at major Egyptian banks

    Date: 2018-02-27 10:06:51 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:9 - ID:7267905

    The US dollar exchange rate went down during morning transactions at major banks on Tuesday. The dollar price was down by one piaster recording EGP 17.56 for buying and EGP 17.66 for selling at the National Bank of Egypt. At Banque Misr, the ....

  • Bahraini official stresses non-stop support for Egypt in fight against terrorism

    Bahraini official stresses non-stop support for Egypt in fight against terrorism

    Date: 2018-02-27 10:04:09 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:7267898

    Bahraini Royal Diwan special envoy Samira Rajab stressed her country's continued support for Egypt in its fight against terrorism. She made the remarks in statements to MENA on Tuesday on the sidelines of the 28th international conference of the ....

  • Arab coalition shells Houthi groups in Al Jawf

    Arab coalition shells Houthi groups in Al Jawf

    Date: 2018-02-27 09:53:33 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:7267870

    Arab coalition jets shelled at dawn Tuesday groups of Houthi militias in Al Maton district in Al Jawf governorate. The jets raided militias' hotbeds and destroyed a number of vehicles in the district, Al Arabiya news channel quoted field sources ....

  • Kuwait to take part in Arab health ministers meeting in Cairo

    Kuwait to take part in Arab health ministers meeting in Cairo

    Date: 2018-02-27 09:34:34 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:7267811

    Kuwait announced on Tuesday its participation in the 49th session of the Arab Health Ministers Council, due to kick off in the Cairo-based Arab League HQ on Wednesday. Kuwaiti Health Minister Bassel al Sabah will lead his country's delegation to ....

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