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  • Egypt's bourse indexes down

    Date: 2014-08-03 13:44:54 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:70 - ID:856048

    CAIRO, Aug 3 (MENA) - Egypt's bourse indexes went down at the close of trading Sunday, due to profit-taking operations by Egyptian institutions and investment funds. The market capital lost about EGP 2.6 billion to reach EGP 498.4 billion after ....

  • Egypt, China reject Israeli offensive in Gaza

    Date: 2014-08-03 13:43:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:69 - ID:856041

    CAIRO, Aug 3 (MENA) – The Egyptian ceasefire initiative on Gaza still represents a real chance to contain the crisis in the Palestinian enclave, Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri said. Speaking at a joint press conference held with his visiting ....

  • Mubarak retrial delayed to Monday

    Date: 2014-08-03 13:36:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:68 - ID:856094

    CAIRO, Aug 3 (MENA) - The Cairo Criminal Court adjourned to Monday the retrial of former president Hosni Mubarak, his two sons Alaa and Gamal, runaway businessman Hussein Salem and former interior minister Habib el-Adly and six of his aides. The ....

  • Germany foreign minister sees no Ukrainian crisis solution without Russia

    Date: 2014-08-03 13:35:32 GMT - Russia - World - SN:67 - ID:855924

    BERLIN, Aug 3 (MENA) - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier insisted on continued talks with Russia over a Ukrainian crisis resolution, ITAR-TASS reported on Sunday. Trust between the West and Russia “is doubtlessly undermined ....

  • Egypt to allow visa holders Monday to travel from the Gaza Strip - ambassador

    Date: 2014-08-03 13:28:54 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:856035

    CAIRO, Aug 3 (MENA) - Egyptian authorities will allow visa holders Monday to travel from the Gaza Strip, announced Egypt's Ambassador to Palestine Gamal el-Shobaki. He further said that holders of Egyptian and foreign nationalities and injured and ....

  • Nour party not decided on electoral alliance

    Date: 2014-08-03 13:27:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:65 - ID:855857

    CAIRO, Aug 3 (MENA) - El Sayed Khalifa, the deputy chairman of the ultra-conservative Nour Party, said on Sunday that the party's presidential council discussed Saturday a number of issues related to parliamentary elections. "The party discussed ....

  • Lebanese politician stresses army support

    Date: 2014-08-03 13:21:30 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:64 - ID:855872

    BEIRUT, Aug 3 (MENA) - Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt said Sunday that supporting the Lebanese Army gains primacy over internal conflict and hollow considerations, stressing that the “sole mission should be [expressing] solidarity ....

  • Mufti adviser urges religious leaderships to correct the wrong image of Islam

    Date: 2014-08-03 13:12:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:63 - ID:855844

    CAIRO, Aug 3 (MENA) - The Egyptian Mufti's adviser Dr. Ibrahim Negm has called on moderate religious leaderships in the Islamic and Western worlds to play an active role to correct misconceptions about Islam. In a meeting with a number of editors ....

  • Deal signed to re-upgrade Rashid archaeological sites

    Date: 2014-08-03 13:05:43 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:62 - ID:855846

    CAIRO, Aug 3 (MENA) - Minister of Antiquities Mamdouh El Damaty and Governor of Behira Mostafa Hadhoud signed on Sunday a memorandum of understanding on a number of developmental projects in the province. The deal targets re-upgrading 18 ....

  • Total number of Egyptian returnees from Tunisian Djerba airport reached 1,796 until now - aviation minister

    Date: 2014-08-03 13:04:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:61 - ID:855865

    CAIRO, August 3 (MENA) - The total number of Egyptians who were transferred until now from Tunisia's Djerba Airport reached 1,796, said Civil Aviation Minister Hossam Kamal. In statements Sunday, Kamal said that an EgyptAir flight no 3209 took ....

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