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  • Egypt, US inaugurate community hub for women, girls in Imbaba

    Date: 2018-05-20 12:45:56 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:32 - ID:7409022

    CAIRO, May 20 (MENA) - Giza Governor Mohamed Kamal el Dally and Dorothy Shea, Deputy Chief of Mission at the US embassy in Cairo, inaugurated the first community hub for women and girls in Imbaba Sunday. “The United States is committed to ....

  • Syrian army continues to advance, tightening noose on terrorists in al Hajar al Aswad

    Date: 2018-05-20 12:42:46 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:7409027

    DAMASCUS, May 20 (MENA) - Syrian army units continued to advance in their counter-terrorism operations in southern Damascus and tightened the noose on the last pockets of terrorists in some areas north al Hajar al Aswad neighborhood. Information ....

  • 56 ships transit Suez Canal

    Date: 2018-05-20 12:37:19 GMT - Egypt - Suez Canal - SN:30 - ID:7409026

    ISMAILIA, Egypt, May 20 (MENA) - Fifty-six ships transited the Suez Canal on Sunday, with a total cargo of 3.7 million tons. The south-bound convoy included 29 vessels carrying two million tons, while the north-bound convoy included 27 ships ....

  • Egypt's bourse loses EGP 1.9 billion

    Date: 2018-05-20 12:33:52 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:29 - ID:7409016

    CAIRO, May 20 (MENA) - Egypt's Exchange indices showed mixed performance at the end of trading on Sunday amid selling operations by foreign institutions and investment funds and purchases by Arab investors. The market capital lost EGP 1.9 billion ....

  • Trade min. attends signing of agreement on Egyptian cotton brand

    Date: 2018-05-20 12:31:48 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:28 - ID:7408958

    CAIRO, May 20 (MENA) - Trade and Industry Minister Tareq Qabil attended on Sunday the signing ceremony of an agreement to manage rights of the "Egyptian Cotton" brand. The three-year deal was inked by the ministry, the Egyptian cotton exporters ....

  • Offers by 3 consortiums to establish Hamrawein power plant -- PM

    Date: 2018-05-20 12:24:46 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:27 - ID:7408942

    CAIRO, May 20 (MENA) - Prime Minister Sherif Ismail reviewed Sunday offers by three international consortiums to establish a power generation plant using clean coal technology. The plant should be built in el Hamrawein district of the Red Sea ....

  • Size of foreign funding of NGOs in Egypt EGP1 billion annually -- min.

    Date: 2018-05-20 12:19:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:7408940

    CAIRO, May 20 (MENA) - Minister of Social Solidarity Ghada Wali said the volume of foreign funding of non-governmental organisations in Egypt amounts to EGP1 billion. This money is received by around 400 NGOs, she said. On the sidelines of ....

  • FRA launches 1st electronic platform for exchange of insurance sector data

    Date: 2018-05-20 11:51:16 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:25 - ID:7408841

    CAIRO, May 20 (MENA) - Chairman of the Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) Mohamed Omran said the FRA has launched an electronic platform in cooperation with Insurance Federation of Egypt (IFE) for the exchange of data and information of insurance ....

  • MP praises Sisi decision to open Rafah crossing in Ramadan

    Date: 2018-05-20 11:47:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:7408843

    CAIRO, May 20 (MENA) - Head of the parliament's human rights committee Alaa Abed hailed on Sunday President Abdel Fattah El Sisi's decision to keep the Rafah border crossing open throughout the holy fasting month of Ramadan. "The decision taken ....

  • Prosecution challenges acquittal of TV presenter Reham Saeid

    Date: 2018-05-20 11:43:12 GMT - Egypt - Justice - SN:23 - ID:7408840

    CAIRO, May 20 (MENA) - The Public Prosecution has challenged a ruling by Cairo Criminal Court acquitting TV presenter Reham Saied of charges of inciting child abduction and human trafficking through her TV show. Three other co-defendants were ....

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