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  • Economic growth expected to increase to 4% in FY 2014/15-- Minister

    Date: 2014-11-25 12:28:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:67 - ID:1406297

    CAIRO, Nov 25 (MENA) - International Cooperation Minister Naglaa el-Ahawani has said the economic growth rate is expected to increase to 3.5-4 percent in the 2014/2015 fiscal year. The government is working on bringing down poverty levels, while ....

  • 40 ships transit Suez Canal

    Date: 2014-11-25 12:26:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:66 - ID:1406997

    ISMAILIA, Egypt, Nov 25 (MENA) – Forty vessels transited the Suez Canal on Tuesday, carrying a total cargo of around 2 million tons. The south-bound convoy included 17 ships carrying 703,000 tons, while the north-bound convoy included 23 vessels ....

  • 45 MB members in custody for more 15 days pending probe

    Date: 2014-11-25 12:24:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:65 - ID:1407201

    ZAGAZIG, Egypt, Nov 25 (MENA) - Sharqiya prosecutor ordered remanding 45 members of the blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group for more 15 days pending investigations. They are accused of joining a terrorist organization, inciting violence, ....

  • 4 UK, German destroyers transit Suez Canal

    Date: 2014-11-25 12:23:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:63 - ID:1406293

    ISMAEILIA, Egypt,Nov 25 (MENA) - Four British and German destroyers transited the Suez Canal on Tuesday, an official source said. The battleships headed north from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean after a 12-hour journey through the canal, the ....

  • Police stations, vital facilities to be tightly secured ahead of Nov. 28 protests

    Date: 2014-11-25 12:18:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:61 - ID:1406509

    ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Nov 25 (MENA) - Alexandria Security Directorate has decided to provide police and other vital facilities with heavy arms in light of calls for demonstrations on November 28. Assistant Interior Minister for Alexandria Security ....

  • 9 MB members arrested in Alexandria

    Date: 2014-11-25 12:16:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:59 - ID:1406813

    ALEXANDRIA, Nov 25 (MENA) – Nine members of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group were arrested during a security campaign in the coastal province of Alexandria over inciting violence. The Brotherhood members were arrested upon arrest warrants ....

  • Chief of Staff begins Greece visit

    Date: 2014-11-25 12:15:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:58 - ID:1406989

    CAIRO, Nov 25 (MENA) - Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Lt. General Mahmoud Hegazy started on Tuesday an official visit to Greece. Hegazy is expected to hold talks with top military officials on ways of boosting bilateral military cooperation. ....

  • Sisi meets with Italian parliament foreign relations committee chief

    Date: 2014-11-25 12:11:12 GMT - Italy - Egypt - SN:56 - ID:1406973

    ROME, Nov 25 (MENA) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi met on Tuesday with Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the House of Representatives Fabrizio Cicchitto. The meeting took up Egypt's efforts to resume its future roadmap ....

  • Sisi reviews Egypt's efforts to remove investment obstacles

    Date: 2014-11-25 12:08:59 GMT - Italy - Egypt - SN:55 - ID:1406809

    ROME, Nov 25 (MENA) – President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has briefed the Egyptian-Italian council on Egypt's efforts to remove all obstacles facing investment in order to attract further foreign investments, mainly from Italy. Egypt is working to ....

  • FAC ready to carry out giant construction projects in Egypt - official

    Date: 2014-11-25 12:02:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:54 - ID:1405585

    CAIRO, Nov 25 (MENA) - Head of the Federation of Arab Contractors (FAC) Fahd al-Hammadi voiced the federation's readiness to take part in a forum that groups all bodies carrying out giant development and construction projects in Egypt with the aim ....

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