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  • Flutist Abdel Dayem named Egypt's culture minister

    Flutist Abdel Dayem named Egypt's culture minister

    Date: 2018-01-14 13:22:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:7190369

    Egypt named a new culture minister Sunday -- a woman has assumed the post for the first time ever. Inas Abdel Dayem, now the Culture Minister, has served as the chairperson of the Cairo Opera House for seven years. She is an internationally ....

  • NEA: primary courtrooms to register electoral headquarters

    NEA: primary courtrooms to register electoral headquarters

    Date: 2018-01-14 13:13:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:7190245

    The National Elections Authority (NEA), chaired by Counselor Lasheen Ibrahim, Sunday urged citizens who are not staying in their hometowns to register their new electoral constituencies in their governorate of residence in order to cast their votes ....

  • OIC chief to visit Cairo Monday

    OIC chief to visit Cairo Monday

    Date: 2018-01-14 13:13:04 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:7190255

    Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Youssef al Othaimeen will pay an official visit to Cairo starting Monday for talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to probe joint ties. During his three-day visit, al ....

  • Acting PM reviews conditions of sugar companies in Egypt

    Acting PM reviews conditions of sugar companies in Egypt

    Date: 2018-01-14 13:11:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:7190277

    Acting Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly chaired a meeting Sunday to review conditions of sugar companies operating in Egypt. The meeting also tackled challenges facing sugar companies and ways to upgrade this vital industry. The economies of ....

  • Syrian army continues military operations in southern Aleppo

    Syrian army continues military operations in southern Aleppo

    Date: 2018-01-14 13:11:57 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:7190321

    The Syrian army continued military operations against Nusra Front in the southern countryside of Aleppo on Sunday. Over the past few hours, the Syrian army units controlled several areas in the southern countryside. The army units combed ....

  • Biography of Egypt's newly appointed local development minister

    Biography of Egypt's newly appointed local development minister

    Date: 2018-01-14 13:11:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:7190296

    The House of Representatives approved on Sunday the appointment of Major General Abu Bakr al Gendy, the head of the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS), as the new Local Development Minister in succession of Hisham el ....

  • Russian, US ambassadors outline joint steps to improve relations between countries

    Russian, US ambassadors outline joint steps to improve relations between countries

    Date: 2018-01-14 10:58:58 GMT - Russia - International - SN:19 - ID:7189965

    - Russia’s Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov and the US Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman outlined joint steps to improve the relations between Moscow and Washington, the Russian news agency Tass reported on Sunday. On Saturday, the Russian ....

  • Makram: State keen on catering for Egyptian expats needs

    Makram: State keen on catering for Egyptian expats needs

    Date: 2018-01-14 10:55:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:7189935

    Minister of Immigration and Egyptian Expatriate Affairs Nabila Makram stressed the state's keenness on catering for the needs of Egyptian expats. In a press release on Sunday, she said whatever the period an Egyptian stays away from his ....

  • Dollar exchange rate stable at major Egyptian banks

    Dollar exchange rate stable at major Egyptian banks

    Date: 2018-01-14 10:48:28 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:17 - ID:7189934

    The US dollar exchange rate was stable during morning transactions at major banks on Sunday. The dollar exchange rate was stable at EGP 17.65 for buying and 17.75 for selling at the National Bank of Egypt, the Arab African Bank, CIB and Banque Du ....

  • Israeli forces arrest 15 Palestinians in West Bank

    Israeli forces arrest 15 Palestinians in West Bank

    Date: 2018-01-14 09:29:21 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:7189708

    Israeli forces arrested 15 Palestinians in different parts of the West Bank during a wide-scale operation at dawn of Sunday, local sources said. The arrests took place in Hebron, Nablus and Jenin. Israeli forces carry out almost daily raids ....

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