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  • Premier holds meeting on proposed comprehensive health insurance bill

    Date: 2017-02-23 18:21:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:75 - ID:6577493

    CAIRO, Feb 23 (MENA) – Prime Minister Sherif Ismail held Thursday a meeting to discuss a proposed bill on the inclusive health insurance system. Ministers of health, justice, finance, and planning along with the head of the General Authority for ....

  • Alternatives to two-state solution to be "strongly" rejected by Arabs: AL chief

    Date: 2017-02-23 18:21:19 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:74 - ID:6576973

    CAIRO, Feb 23 (MENA) - Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit on Thursday warned against thinking of alternatives to a two-state solution to solve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. In a statement by the Arab League, Abul Gheit asserted, ....

  • Egypt to celebrate 50th anniversary of opening Nubian temples inauguration

    Date: 2017-02-23 18:16:53 GMT - France - Tourism and Archeology - SN:73 - ID:6577457

    PARIS, Feb 23 (MENA) - Egypt's Ambassador and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO Ehab Badawy said on Thursday that the country will hold a celebration commemorating the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Nubia temples. The diplomat made the ....

  • 10 mln ration cards to be scrutinized, connected to national IDs- Premier

    Date: 2017-02-23 18:14:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:72 - ID:6576921

    CAIRO, Feb 23 (MENA) – Up to 10 million ration cards will be scrutinized and connected to the national IDs as part of the government’s efforts to build an integrated database, Prime Minister Sheif Ismail said Thursday. Ismail asserted his ....

  • Governors' council meeting to be held on Tuesday - PM

    Date: 2017-02-23 17:58:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:71 - ID:6576897

    CAIRO, Feb 23 (MENA) - Prime Minister Sherif Ismail said the meeting of the governors' council will be held on Tuesday with important issues, including the next population strategy, to be discussed. In statements on Thursday at the cabinet's ....

  • 680 German tourists arrive in Luxor

    Date: 2017-02-23 17:34:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:70 - ID:6577629

    LUXOR, Egypt, Feb 23 (MENA) - Four charter flights carrying 680 German tourists arrived at Luxor International Airport on Thursday. The visitors are scheduled to tour a number of tourist attractions in the ancient city. The four flights came ....

  • Lawmaker: FM says Egyptian-Italian relations shall return back to normal

    Date: 2017-02-23 17:29:20 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:67 - ID:6576941

    CAIRO, Feb 23 (MENA) - Head of the Foreign Affairs Committee at the House of Representatives Ahmed Saeed said Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry affirmed that Egyptian-Italian relations should return back to normal. Shoukry said Cairo is cooperating ....

  • Egypt's nominee to UNESCO hails international cooperation on renovating antiquities

    Date: 2017-02-23 17:16:35 GMT - France - Egypt - SN:69 - ID:6576877

    PARIS, Feb 23 (MENA) – Egypt's nominee for the post of the director-general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Ambassador Moshira Khattab, on Thursday pointed out at the significant cooperation between ....

  • Erekat hails Egypt's stances toward Palestinian cause

    Date: 2017-02-23 17:07:25 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:68 - ID:6576593

    CAIRO, Feb 23 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) Executive Committee Saeb Erekat hailed Egypt's historic commitment to the Palestinian cause. Egypt abides by the two-state solution and the establishment of a ....

  • Sharm el Sheikh to host ministerial conference on terrorism

    Date: 2017-02-23 16:35:40 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:66 - ID:6576569

    CAIRO, Feb 23 (MENA) – The Arab League said an Arab ministerial conference on terrorism and social development would be held in the Red Sea resort city of Sharm el Sheikh on February 27-28. The conference, dubbed “Terrorism and social ....

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