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  • Sisi arrives at Presidential Palace in Nicosia to participate in trilateral summit

    Sisi arrives at Presidential Palace in Nicosia to participate in trilateral summit

    Date: 2017-11-21 09:05:56 GMT - Cyprus - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:7101063

    NICO Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi arrived on Tuesday at the Presidential Palace in Nicosia to participate in the tripartite summit with Greece and Cyprus. Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras ....

  • Alexandria, Dekheila ports closed due to bad weather

    Alexandria, Dekheila ports closed due to bad weather

    Date: 2017-11-21 08:39:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:7100997

    Alexandria Port Authority decided to close the ports of Alexandria and Dekheila due to bad weather in Alexandria. The rain is pouring in Alexandria for the second day in a row, the wind velocity is 25 knots and the waves are three-meter ....

  • Sisi says Egypt seeks to build strategic partnership with Cyprus

    Sisi says Egypt seeks to build strategic partnership with Cyprus

    Date: 2017-11-21 08:36:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:7100992

    Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi said the distinguished political relations between Egypt and Cyprus constitute a model to follow in the Mediterranean countries. In his speech at the Egyptian-Cypriot business forum on Monday, the president ....

  • Sisi to meet Lebanon's Hariri Tuesday

    Sisi to meet Lebanon's Hariri Tuesday

    Date: 2017-11-21 07:19:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:7100881

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi will receive Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri Tuesday evening in Cairo, presidential spokesman Bassam Rady said Monday. The meeting will touch on the latest regional developments, as well as the situation in ....

  • Israel moves to deport 40,000 African migrants

    Israel moves to deport 40,000 African migrants

    Date: 2017-11-21 06:33:49 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:7100846

    The Israeli Cabinet has voted unanimously to close the isolated Holot detention facility in the Negev Desert. Holot houses 40,000 African migrants who illegally entered Israel. The center is due to shut down in three months, and residents will ....

  • UN chief 'horrified' at buying and selling of African migrants in Libya

    UN chief 'horrified' at buying and selling of African migrants in Libya

    Date: 2017-11-21 06:23:25 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:7100830

    Expressing horror at news reports and videos showing African migrants in Libya allegedly being sold as slaves, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called on the authorities to urgently investigate the situation and bring the ....

  • UNRWA says 440,000 Palestinian refugees live in Syria

    UNRWA says 440,000 Palestinian refugees live in Syria

    Date: 2017-11-21 06:15:25 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:7100819

    Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) Pierre Krahenbuhl on Monday estimated the number of Palestinian refugees currently living in Syria to less than 440,000, including 47,000 ....

  • Nasr confers with Sokhna Petrochemicals Company on increasing investments in Egypt

    Nasr confers with Sokhna Petrochemicals Company on increasing investments in Egypt

    Date: 2017-11-20 13:21:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:7099675

    Minister of Investment and International Cooperation Sahar Nasr conferred on Monday with Chairman of Cairo-based Sokhna Refinery and Petrochemicals Co (SRPC) Essam Saqr on the company's plans to increase its investments in Ain al Sokhan region as ....

  • House speaker denies moves to privatize public sector companies

    House speaker denies moves to privatize public sector companies

    Date: 2017-11-20 12:03:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:7099725

    Speaker of the House of Representatives Aly Abdel Aal said Monday that public sector companies will not be privatized. "There won't be any privatization of public sector companies," Abdel Aal assured, noting that that file was shelved for good. ....

  • Nasr: Emerging markets need $2.5tr to achieve sustainable development

    Nasr: Emerging markets need $2.5tr to achieve sustainable development

    Date: 2017-11-20 12:01:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:7099757

    Investment Minister Sahar Nasr said that emerging markets worldwide need some 2.5 trillion dollars to achieve sustainable development. Addressing the inaugural session of the 21st conference of the African Securities Exchanges Association (ASEA) ....

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