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Sisi voices Egypt's support for UNRWA

Date: 2022-03-12 12:08:46 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:25 - ID:9464605

CAIRO, March 12 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has voiced Egypt's support for the role played by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in offering basic services for Palestinian ....

President Sisi stresses Egypt's appreciation of fruitful cooperation with UN on climate change issue

Date: 2022-03-12 12:01:58 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:24 - ID:9464654

CAIRO, March 12 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi stressed Egypt's appreciation of the growing and fruitful cooperation with the United Nations with regard to the climate change issue as Egypt gears up for hosting the Climate Change Conference ....

FM, environment min. meet UNFCCC secretary

Date: 2022-03-12 11:32:55 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:23 - ID:9464447

CAIRO, March 12 (MENA) - Foreign Minister and President-designate of the COP27 conference Sameh Shoukry and Environment Minister Yasmine Fouad met on Saturday with Executive-Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) ....

Gov't denies news on changing goods list of ration cards over shortage

Date: 2022-03-12 11:30:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:9464398

CAIRO, March 12 (MENA) - The Cabinet's media center denied news reports about changing basic commodities listed in ration cards due to a shortage of goods. The center said in a statement on Saturday that it communicated with the Ministry of ....

Senate to resume its general sessions Sunday to probe unified insurance bill

Date: 2022-03-12 10:47:10 GMT - Egypt - Parliament - SN:21 - ID:9464396

CAIRO, March 12 (MENA) - The Senate, led by Speaker Abdel Wahab Abdel Razaq, will resume its general sessions on Sunday and for two days to discuss the unified insurance bill. The draft law, submitted by the government, aims at laying down fixed ....

Burullus fishing port closed for 3rd day over bad weather

Date: 2022-03-12 10:43:20 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:20 - ID:9464402

KAFR EL SHEIKH, Egypt, March 12 (MENA) - The Burullus fishing port was closed on Saturday for the third day in a row due to a spell of bad weather in Kafr El Sheikh governorate, said the Burullus Port authority. Fishing was suspended over high ....

NCW holds meeting with AU ambassadors

Date: 2022-03-12 10:38:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:9464308

CAIRO, March 12 (MENA) – Chairperson of the National Council for Women (NCW) Maya Morsi on Saturday held a virtual meeting with a number of ambassadors of the African Union (AU). The council said in a statement that the meeting was held on the ....

Health ministry: Covid-19 infection cases, deaths, recovery to be reported weekly

Date: 2022-03-12 10:20:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:9464270

CAIRO, March 12 (MENA) – Minister of Higher Education and acting Health Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar has directed to issue weekly, instead of daily, reports on the number of Covid-19 infection cases and deaths. Spokesman for the Health Ministry ....

Irrigation minister, his S. Sudanese counterpart open spring flowers fair

Date: 2022-03-12 10:00:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:9464204

CAIRO, March 12 (MENA) - Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Abdel Ati and his South Sudanese counterpart Manawa Peter, who is currently visiting Egypt, inaugurated the spring flowers fair in Al Qanatir Al Khayriyyah. The ministry ....

Germany reports over 262,000 new coronavirus cases, 259 deaths

Date: 2022-03-12 09:41:54 GMT - Germany - World - SN:16 - ID:9464167

BERLIN, March 12 (MENA) - Germany on Saturday reported 262,752 new cases of the emerging coronavirus (Covid-19), and 259 deaths from it during the past 24 hours, German newspaper Welt reported. The Robert Koch Institute for Infectious Diseases in ....