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  • Pope Tawadros receives German Bundestag leader

    Date: 2018-05-24 18:23:58 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:59 - ID:7415431

    CAIRO, May 24 (MENA) – Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese received on Thursday Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Bundestag leader Volker Kauder at St Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Abbasiya. The visit of the ....

  • Egypt, Uruguay discuss boosting cooperation

    Date: 2018-05-24 17:37:08 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:58 - ID:7415294

    CAIRO, May 24 (MENA) – House of Representatives’ Speaker Ali Abdel Aal discussed Thursday with Uruguay’s ambassador to Egypt boosting bilateral ties, especially in the parliamentarian domain. The ambassador cited the remarkable and noticeable ....

  • US sanctions 9 Iranian individuals, entities as ‘facilitators’

    Date: 2018-05-24 17:30:23 GMT - USA - World - SN:57 - ID:7415292

    WASHINGTON, May 24 (MENA) - The US Treasury has imposed sanctions on nine Iranian individuals and entities for helping to supply export-controlled parts and services to sanctioned Iranian airlines, according to Radio Farda. The Treasury said on ....

  • Greek official: Turkey ‘unable or unwilling’ to understand Greek justice

    Date: 2018-05-24 16:37:52 GMT - Greece - World - SN:56 - ID:7415158

    ATHENS, May 24 (MENA) - Turkey seems “unable or unwilling” to understand that Greece’s judicial system is independent, New Democracy's shadow foreign minister Giorgos Koumoutsakos said on Thursday, responding to Turkey’s foreign ministry which ....

  • Attempt to smuggle 16 pieces of gold bullion into Egypt foiled

    Date: 2018-05-24 16:24:32 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:55 - ID:7415219

    CAIRO, May 24 (MENA) - Customs authorities at Cairo international airport foiled on Thursday an attempt to smuggle 16 pieces of gold bullion into Egypt. The gold was seized in possession of a passenger coming from Aden, Yemen. All legal ....

  • Finance ministry auctions T-bills worth EGP 15.5bn

    Date: 2018-05-24 16:22:11 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:54 - ID:7415206

    CAIRO, May 24 (MENA) - The Finance Ministry auctioned on Thursday treasury bills at a total value of EGP 15.5 billion. In an online statement, the ministry said it auctioned 182-day T-bills worth EGP 7.5 billion with an average interest rate ....

  • Sisi: Egypt eager to attract more German investments

    Date: 2018-05-24 15:58:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:53 - ID:7415205

    CAIRO, May 24 (MENA) – President Abdel Fattah El Sisi said Egypt is keen on attracting more German investments to Egypt to benefit from the considerable investment potentials in the country. This came during his reception on Thursday to visiting ....

  • Lebanese president assigns Hariri to form new gov't

    Date: 2018-05-24 15:51:39 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:52 - ID:7415254

    BEIRUT, May 24 (MENA) - Lebanese President Michel Aoun has assigned leader of the Future Movement Saad al Hariri to form the new government. In a statement following his meeting with the Lebanese president, Hariri said he will work on forming a ....

  • Berri: Consultations to form cabinet to start Monday

    Date: 2018-05-24 15:40:30 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:51 - ID:7415256

    BEIRUT, May 24 (MENA) - Speaker of the Lebanese House of Parliament, Nabih Berri, said after meeting with Lebanese President Michel Aoun, that caretaker prime minister had received in the previous round of premiership designation discussions 108 ....

  • Sisi orders to swiftly finalize electricity linkage projects with neighboring countries

    Date: 2018-05-24 15:23:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:50 - ID:7415178

    CAIRO, May 24 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi gave directives to swiftly update electricity grids as scheduled to guarantee improving services offered to citizens nationwide especially in the Upper Egyptian governorates and remote ....

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