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  • Second flotilla sets sail from Gaza to Cyprus

    Date: 2018-07-10 12:33:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:7481981

    GAZA CITY, July 10 (MENA) - The second flotilla carrying injured people and students set sail on Tuesday from the Gaza Strip to Cyprus in a show of protest against the Israeli sea blockade of the Palestinian coastal enclave. Salah Abdel Aati, the ....

  • IDSC denies news of selling carcinogenic rice

    Date: 2018-07-10 12:30:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:44 - ID:7481818

    CAIRO, July 10 (MENA) - The Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) of the government has denied news circulated on social networking sites pertaining to the selling of carcinogenic Chinese rice made of plastic on the Egyptian market. ....

  • CBE: Annual inflation rate down to 10.9 percent in June

    Date: 2018-07-10 11:59:05 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:43 - ID:7481983

    CAIRO, July 10 (MENA) - Egypt's inflation rate plunged on a year-over-year basis to 10.9 percent in June against 11.1 percent in May, the Central Bank of Egypt said in a press release on Tuesday. On a month-over-month basis, the consumer price ....

  • Property sales tax meant to counter evasion, says minister

    Date: 2018-07-10 11:57:45 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:42 - ID:7481708

    CAIRO, July 10 (MENA) - A bill on real estate taxes that has recently been approved in principle by parliament is meant to counter tax evasion, says Finance Minister Mohamed Maait. Taxes on real estate sales won't in any way affect the limited ....

  • Egypt assumes presidency of AACB in August

    Date: 2018-07-10 11:49:42 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:41 - ID:7481941

    CAIRO, July 10 (MENA) - Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) Governor Tarek Amer will assume the presidency of the Association of African Central Banks (AACB) for a one year term in August. In statements to MENA on Tuesday, CBE Governor's Assistant ....

  • Deputy agriculture min. follows up efforts to combat Lumpy skin disease in Beni Suef

    Date: 2018-07-10 11:44:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:40 - ID:7481549

    CAIRO, July 10 (MENA) - Deputy Agriculture Minister Mona Mehraz visited on Tuesday Beni Suef governorate to the south of Greater Cairo in the Nile Valley to follow up efforts exerted to fight the contagious Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD). In press ....

  • AL chief: AL seeks boosting ties with China

    Date: 2018-07-10 11:40:35 GMT - China - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:7481921

    BEIJING, July 10 (MENA) - Arab League (AL) Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit on Tuesday said that the pan-Arab body is keen on enhancing Sino-Arab cooperation in all domains. At a joint press conference with Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al Jubair ....

  • Egypt, European Bank discuss development projects

    Date: 2018-07-10 11:35:48 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:38 - ID:7481901

    CAIRO, July 10 (MENA) - Minister of Local Development Mahmoud Sharawy on Tuesday held a meeting with a delegation of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. The meeting took up means of enhancing joint cooperation in clearing ....

  • Chinese FM stresses importance of strategic partnership with Arab states

    Date: 2018-07-10 11:28:02 GMT - China - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:7481701

    BEIJING, July 10 (MENA) - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi Tuesday stressed the importance of enhancing strategic partnerships with the Arab states and respect for the sovereignty of world nations and non-interference in the domestic affairs of any ....

  • CAPMAS: Egypt’s annual inflation falls to 13.8% in June

    Date: 2018-07-10 11:12:31 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:36 - ID:7481556

    CAIRO, July 10 (MENA) - Egypt’s annual consumer price inflation fell to 13.8 percent in June 2018, compared to 30.9 percent in the same month of 2017 that rose due to the flotation of the Egyptian currency, a state-statistics body said Tuesday. ....

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