Egypt

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  • Egypt: Significant progress achieved by Sudan in human rights

    Date: 2016-09-28 22:12:19 GMT - Switzerland - Egypt - SN:103 - ID:5679161

    GENEVA, Sept 28 (MENA) - Egypt's permanent representative to the UN Amr Ramadan asserted on Wednesday that the Egyptian mission shares the same view of an independent expert on Sudan, who believes significant progress in human rights was achieved in ....

  • Awqaf min. forms team to follow up case of abducted cleric in Arish

    Date: 2016-09-28 20:52:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:99 - ID:5678897

    CAIRO, Sept 28 (MENA) – Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa formed Wednesday a team to follow up updates in the case of a kidnapped cleric in Arish. The team should contact the family of the cleric and agencies concerned to follow up the ....

  • Electricity min. returns home after partaking in IAEA general assembly in Austria

    Date: 2016-09-28 18:58:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:92 - ID:5678381

    CAIRO, Sept 28 (MENA) – Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mohamed Shaker returned home on Wednesday after taking part in the general assembly of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Austria. “We are seeking to boost our ....

  • Sisi issues law amendments on foreigners' entry, exit, stay

    Date: 2016-09-28 18:36:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:91 - ID:5678401

    CAIRO, Sept 28 (MENA) – President Abdel Fattah El Sisi Wednesday issued law No. 77 of 2016, amending some provisions of law No. 89 of 1960 on foreigners' entrance to, exit from and stay in Egypt. Also, he issued law No. 78 of 2016 amending, ....

  • Sisi issues decree on work of Egyptians abroad

    Date: 2016-09-28 17:30:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:86 - ID:5678005

    CAIRO, Sept 28 (MENA) – President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued a decree on Wednesday to amend some provisions of law No. 231 of 1996 regulating the work of Egyptians for foreign parties. Under the decree, holders of university degrees will have to ....

  • Sisi issues decree to set up two churches

    Date: 2016-09-28 17:22:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:84 - ID:5678133

    CAIRO, Sept 28 (MENA) - President Abdel-Fattah El Sisi issued presidential decree 433/2016, giving permit to build two Coptic Orthodox churches in Madinati in New Cairo. Another presidential decree, 434/2016, was released to re-allocate 3.45 ....

  • Sisi issues law on establishement, renovation of churches

    Date: 2016-09-28 17:19:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:83 - ID:5678137

    CAIRO, Sept 28 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued a law Wednesday on regulating the establishment and renovation of churches after the approval of the House of Representatives. Law 80/2016 was published in the Official Gazette on ....

  • Parl't speaker lauds Burundi's stance on Nile Basin CFA

    Date: 2016-09-28 17:05:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:81 - ID:5677829

    CAIRO, Sept 28 (MENA) - Speaker of the House of Representatives Ali Abdel Aal lauded on Wednesday the positive stance adopted by Burundi's government with regard to withdrawing a bill to approve the Nile Basin Cooperative Framework Agreement ....

  • Sisi meets US delegation of Brookings Institution

    Date: 2016-09-28 16:39:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:80 - ID:5677605

    CAIRO, Sept 28 (MENA) – President Abdel Fattah El Sisi met on Wednesday with a US delegation of Brookings Institution, one of the US think tanks specialized in the fields of foreign policy, economy and social studies. The US delegation includes ....

  • Administrative prosecution considers allowing entry of prohibited products via Safaga terminal

    Date: 2016-09-28 15:58:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:77 - ID:5677217

    CAIRO, Sept 28 (MENA) - President of the Administrative Prosecution Authority Ali Rizk ordered to open an urgent investigation into reports indicating that officials at Safaga terminal have allowed the entry of hazardous industrial waste which is ....

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