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  • Solidarity Minister: 104,000 drug addicts received treatment in 2017

    Solidarity Minister: 104,000 drug addicts received treatment in 2017

    Date: 2018-01-03 12:16:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:7172472

    Minister of Social Solidarity and Chairman of the Drug Control and Treatment Fund Directorate Ghada Wali said that in 2017 some 104,000 drug addicts received treatment after calling the drug control and treatment hotline in 12 governorates, up by 20 ....

  • Trade exchange between Egypt, Russia hit 4.6 bn dollars in 10 months

    Trade exchange between Egypt, Russia hit 4.6 bn dollars in 10 months

    Date: 2018-01-03 12:13:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:7172435

    Trade exchange between Egypt and Russia reached 4.6 billion dollars from January to October 2017, with a 59 percent increase compared to the same period in 2016 . In statements to MENA on Wednesday, acting Russian trade representative in Cairo ....

  • CBE: Foreign currency reserves hit $37bn for first time

    CBE: Foreign currency reserves hit $37bn for first time

    Date: 2018-01-03 11:12:45 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:9 - ID:7172282

    The Central Bank of Egypt on Wednesday announced that foreign currency reserves hit 37.019 billion dollars by the end of December 2017 for the first time in Egypt's history. The figure in November stood at 36.732 billion dollars, said a CBE ....

  • Jan 7 paid holiday marking Christmas

    Jan 7 paid holiday marking Christmas

    Date: 2018-01-03 11:10:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:7172307

    The cabinet has announced January 7 a paid holiday marking the Christmas. The holiday will be taken by employees in ministries, government bodies and authorities, local administration units, the public sector, the private sector and the public ....

  • Egypt, India sign cooperation agreement on cotton ginning

    Egypt, India sign cooperation agreement on cotton ginning

    Date: 2018-01-03 11:03:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:7172190

    Minister of Public Business Sector Ashraf al Sharkawy on Wednesday attended the signing ceremony of a cooperation agreement between the Holding Company for Cotton, Weaving , Spinning and Clothes and the Indian Bajaj company. The Indian company, ....

  • US after arson, violence in Iran: UN mission

    US after arson, violence in Iran: UN mission

    Date: 2018-01-03 10:29:40 GMT - Iran - International - SN:6 - ID:7171960

    The United States is supporting violence and arson in Iran in order to conceal the defeat of Washington's and its allies' policies in the region, Iran's Permanent Mission to the UN announced in a statement on Tuesday night. Iran strongly condemns ....

  • SOHR: Eight civilians killed in Syrian troops shelling on Eastern Ghouta

    SOHR: Eight civilians killed in Syrian troops shelling on Eastern Ghouta

    Date: 2018-01-03 08:18:46 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:7171833

    At least eight civilians were killed in a shelling carried out by the Syrian regime troops on Eastern Ghouta, near the Syrian capital Damascus, reported the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). Al-Arabiya News TV, quoting SOHR, said ....

  • Egypt, Belarus meet on Sharm El Sheikh promotion initiative

    Egypt, Belarus meet on Sharm El Sheikh promotion initiative

    Date: 2018-01-03 08:18:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:7171817

    South Sinai Governor Khalid Fouda and Belarusian Ambassador in Cairo Sergei Rachkov met Tuesday on a promotion initiative for Sharm El Sheikh. The meeting aims at coordinating a football match to gather Minsk team and South Sinai's. The match ....

  • Cyprus president arrives in Riyadh

    Cyprus president arrives in Riyadh

    Date: 2018-01-03 08:16:42 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - International - SN:3 - ID:7171794

    Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades arrived here on Tuesday evening on an official visit, during which he will meet with a number of Saudi officials, the Saudi Press Agency reported. At King Khalid International Airport, Anastasiades was ....

  • Poland refuses Middle Eastern migrants

    Poland refuses Middle Eastern migrants

    Date: 2018-01-03 07:54:39 GMT - Poland - International - SN:2 - ID:7171782

    Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said Tuesday his government will not meet the EU's mandatory refugee quotas set to help take the burden off Italy and Greece, Euronews reported. "We are invariably of the opinion, formulated by Law and ....

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