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  • Fahmy meets Japanese foreign ministry official

    Date: 2013-11-11 12:25:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:51 - ID:380957

    CAIRO, Nov 11 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy met on Monday with the head of the Middle East department at the Japanese foreign ministry in the presence of Japan's ambassador in Cairo. The Japanese official said his country's recent ....

  • Nile water level rises 1 cm

    Date: 2013-11-11 12:23:55 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:68 - ID:380972

    CAIRO, Nov 11 (MENA) - The Nile water level rose one centimeter on Monday, recording 176.09 meters. A report by the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation said that water released behind the Aswan Dam amounted to 130 million cubic meters and ....

  • Lebanese president leaves for Saudi Arabia on official visit

    Date: 2013-11-11 12:23:27 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:380823

    BEIRUT, Nov 11 (MENA) - Lebanese President Michel Suleiman left here for Saudi Arabia Monday on a two-day official visit. Suleiman will hold talks with Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz and senior officials on ways to strengthen bilateral ....

  • Russia says Egypt key partner in Middle East

    Date: 2013-11-11 12:21:21 GMT - Russia - Egypt - SN:66 - ID:380854

    MOSCOW, Nov 11 (MENA) - A scheduled visit by Russia's foreign and defense ministers to Cairo on Wednesday and Thursday highlights the importance of relations with Egypt, said the Russia foreign ministry in a statement quoted by Russia Today on ....

  • AOU opens branch in Khartoum

    Date: 2013-11-11 12:20:09 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:65 - ID:380815

    KHARTOUM, Nov 11 (MENA) - Sudan has approved the inauguration of a branch for the Arab Open University (AOU), to be the 8th Arab country after Kuwait (where the main premises is located), Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon to ....

  • Lebanese leader meets Egyptian consul

    Date: 2013-11-11 12:17:47 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:64 - ID:380759

    BEIRUT, Nov 11 (MENA) – Head of Lebanon’s Free Patriotic Movement Michel Aoun met Monday with Egypt’s Consul here Sherif el-Bahrawy to discuss the latest developments in the region. Bahrawy apprised him of the Egyptian government’s efforts to ....

  • 2,080 tourists arrie at Marsa Alam airport

    Date: 2013-11-11 12:16:52 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:63 - ID:380818

    HURGHADA, Egypt, Nov 11 (MENA) - Some 2,080 tourists arrived at Marsa Alam airport on Monday on board of 18 flights to visit this fabulous tourist destination, said airport director Hussein Refqi. The tourists are from Germany, Italy and Britain, ....

  • European tourism in Egypt rises 20% - minister

    Date: 2013-11-11 12:15:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:62 - ID:380902

    CAIRO, Nov 11 (MENA) – The European tourism movement to Egypt has risen recently by 20%, said Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou. The situation in Egypt is quite fluctuating as the number of tourists visiting the country reached 9.8 million in ....

  • Fire at pharmaceutical warehouse in Sharqiya under control

    Date: 2013-11-11 12:09:32 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:61 - ID:380914

    ZAGAZIG, Egypt, Nov 11 (MENA) - The Civil Protection Forces have managed to get a fire at a pharmaceutical warehouse in Sharqiya under control on Monday. No casualties were reported, but the initial losses are estimated at millions of pounds. ....

  • Mansour, Sisi open chemical plant in Fayyoum

    Date: 2013-11-11 12:05:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:60 - ID:381001

    FAYYOUM, Egypt, Nov 11 (MENA) - President Adly Mansour and Defense Minister Abdel-Fattah Sisi opened on Monday a plant for producing sulfuric acid in a compound affiliated to the army in Kom Ushaim in Fayyoum. The chemical compound is located in ....

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