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Coptic Catholic Patriarch receives Panama's amb. in Cairo

Date: 2018-06-20 15:39:48 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:40 - ID:7451887

CAIRO, June 20 (MENA) - Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria Ibrahim Isaac received on Wednesday Panama's Ambassador to Egypt Tomas Guardia. In statements, the spokesman for the Catholic Patriarch said the meeting comes within the framework of ....

Portugal pip Morocco 1-0 in Russia World Cup

Date: 2018-06-20 14:44:17 GMT - Russia - Sports - SN:39 - ID:7451951

MOSCOW, June 20 (MENA) - Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal scored his fourth goal of the 2018 World Cup but his team were deeply fortunate to secure three points against Group B opponents Morocco in Moscow. The Real Madrid striker headed home a ....

UNRWA commissioner-general never decided to curtail services offered to refugees

Date: 2018-06-20 14:38:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:7451861

GAZA CITY, June 20 (MENA) - Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) Pierre Krähenbühl have not decided until the moment to curtail services offered for more than 5 million Palestinian refugees, Media ....

Russia concerned over Israel’s strikes against Gaza Strip - diplomat

Date: 2018-06-20 13:57:11 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:7451867

MOSCOW, June 20 (MENA) - Moscow is concerned over the Israeli strikes against the Gaza Strip and calls on all parties to hold a large-scale dialogue, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters. "Moscow is concerned over ....

Jewish settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2018-06-20 13:41:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:7451695

RAMALLAH, June 20 (MENA) - Jewish settlers stormed on Wednesday Al Aqsa Mosque under the protection of Israeli police. They entered from Al Magharba Gate and provocatively toured Islam's third holiest site. The Israeli occupation forces are ....

5 million employees get salary hikes in new state budget: official

Date: 2018-06-20 13:39:30 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:35 - ID:7451657

CAIRO, June 20 (MENA) – Deputy Finance Minister Ahmed Kojak said on Wednesday that the cabinet discussed during its meeting the financial allocations for the 2018/2019 state budget, which were previously approved by the House of ....

EGX shows mixed performance

Date: 2018-06-20 13:22:58 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:34 - ID:7451814

CAIRO, June 20 (MENA) - The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indexes showed mixed performance at the close of Wednesday's trading, amid purchase operations by Arab and local institutions and investment funds, while sales prevailed in transactions of foreign ....

Global (2) : itel Debuts Three Smartphones on Android(TM) Oreo(TM) System (Go edition) in Africa

Date: 2018-06-20 13:19:16 GMT - Nigeria - Economy - SN:33 - ID:7451830

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Wali: Over EGP 20 bln in subsidy for Takaful and Karama program

Date: 2018-06-20 13:19:00 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:32 - ID:7451673

CAIRO, June 20 (MENA) - Minister of Social Solidarity Ghada Wali said Wednesday her ministry started a plan in 2014, in parallel with the country's economic program, with the aim of protecting pensioners and raising the minimum pension to EGP 750 in ....

Cabinet okays $200m loan deal to improve power usage efficiency

Date: 2018-06-20 13:05:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:31 - ID:7451653

CAIRO, June 20 (MENA) – The Cabinet under Prime Minister Mosatafa Madbouli approved on Wednesday a presidential bill regarding a $200 million loan deal between Egypt’s government and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on a program ....