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  • Turkey is one of worst countries in treating reporters

    Turkey is one of worst countries in treating reporters

    Date: 2017-12-27 13:23:26 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:7161937

    Head of the Tunisian Press Syndicate Nagui Baghouri said on Wednesday that Turkey is one of the worst countries in treating reporters. The International Press Federation is designating it as the biggest prison for journalists in the world, he ....

  • AL chief to visit Libya next year -- AL official

    AL chief to visit Libya next year -- AL official

    Date: 2017-12-27 13:04:08 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:7161887

    Arab League (AL) Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit will visit Libya next year, said AL Assistant Secretary General Ambassador Hossam Zaki on Wednesday. In press statements, he added that the AL lends much interest to the situation in ....

  • Awqaf min. urges national unity in face of regional challenges

    Awqaf min. urges national unity in face of regional challenges

    Date: 2017-12-27 12:31:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:7161812

    Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa has stressed the need to strengthen national unity among Egyptians in the face of grave challenges in the region. Gomaa, in statements to MENA after meeting Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of ....

  • Acting PM decides to form committee to employ victims of revolution, military operations

    Acting PM decides to form committee to employ victims of revolution, military operations

    Date: 2017-12-27 12:30:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:7161786

    Acting Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly decided Wednesday to form a committee, whose job it will be to hire persons injured in military and security operations, as well as victims of the revolution, once they are fit for employment. Two percent ....

  • Foreign Ministry report reflects Egypt's prominent role as UNSC president

    Foreign Ministry report reflects Egypt's prominent role as UNSC president

    Date: 2017-12-27 12:29:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:7161735

    The Egyptian diplomacy has been able to expound the country's steadfast foreign policy and the higher interests of the homeland independently and professionally during its presidency of the United Nations Security Council twice, in May 2016 and ....

  • CBE: Banks financed foreign trade with $70.8bn since Nov., 2016

    CBE: Banks financed foreign trade with $70.8bn since Nov., 2016

    Date: 2017-12-27 12:28:55 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:17 - ID:7161703

    The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) said on Wednesday that banks have financed foreign trade with 70.8 billion dollars since the liberalization of the exchange rate on November 3, 2016 and until December 14 of the current year. The figure was ....

  • Israel targets Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza

    Israel targets Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza

    Date: 2017-12-27 11:50:16 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:7161688

    The Israeli navy targeted Palestinian fishing boats off Gaza shores on Wednesday. Palestinian sources said that Israeli gunboats shot at them but none of the fishermen or their boats were harmed. Also, the sources said that Israeli military ....

  • Awqaf minister calls for protecting state, confronting chaos

    Awqaf minister calls for protecting state, confronting chaos

    Date: 2017-12-27 11:49:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:7161658

    Minister of Awqaf Dr Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa stressed the need to strongly and strictly confront attempts by terrorist groups to destabilize the society through explosions, destruction and intimidation of innocent people, as well as spreading rumors ....

  • Egypt, Arabia discuss electronic linkage

    Egypt, Arabia discuss electronic linkage

    Date: 2017-12-27 11:46:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:7161614

    In a meeting with a delegation of the Saudi Labor Ministry, Manpower Minister Mohamed Saafan Wednesday probed means by which to activate an electronic linkage between Cairo and Riyadh. The linkage is meant to increase job opportunities for ....

  • Investment min., EBRD sign energy project agreement worth dlrs 200m

    Investment min., EBRD sign energy project agreement worth dlrs 200m

    Date: 2017-12-27 11:26:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:7161644

    Minister of Investment and International Cooperation Dr Sahar Nasr Wednesday signed an investment agreement with Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Eric Rasmussen on promoting energy capacity at the Egyptian Natural Gas ....

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