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  • Petroleum min., Australian amb. review boosting cooperation

    Petroleum min., Australian amb. review boosting cooperation

    Date: 2018-06-12 10:45:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:7441022

    Petroleum Minister Tareq el Mulla had talks with Australian Ambassador Neil Hawkins on means of promoting cooperation in the fields of petroleum and natural gas. The talks tackled ways of encouraging Australian companies to invest in Egypt in ....

  • Tayyeb: Egyptians' unity enabled them to encounter challenges

    Tayyeb: Egyptians' unity enabled them to encounter challenges

    Date: 2018-06-11 19:36:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:7440456

    Al Azhar Grand Imam Sheikh Ahmed el Tayyeb said the visit paid by Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese on Monday embodies the spirit of love binding Muslims and Christians. The unity between Muslims and Christians ....

  • Sisi pardons some convicts on Eidul Fitr

    Sisi pardons some convicts on Eidul Fitr

    Date: 2018-06-11 18:14:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:7440405

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued a decree No. 260/2018 to pardon some convicts on the occasion of Eidul Fitr. The decision was published in the Gazette out Monday. ....

  • National press institutions not to be privatized - parliament

    National press institutions not to be privatized - parliament

    Date: 2018-06-11 16:48:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:7440344

    House of Representatives Speaker Ali Abdel Aal stressed on Monday that national press institutions will not be privatized because they play a national role. There is no plan to privatize national press institution and the general assembly of ....

  • Cabinet: Work to be resumed at gov't, public institutions Tuesday

    Cabinet: Work to be resumed at gov't, public institutions Tuesday

    Date: 2018-06-11 16:32:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:7440326

    An official source at the cabinet said on Monday work will be resumed in government and public institutions on Tuesday, June 19, after the end of the vacation of Eidul Fitr. The source told MENA that the decision includes all ministries, public ....

  • Sisi signs decree on Ras Fanar area development

    Sisi signs decree on Ras Fanar area development

    Date: 2018-06-11 16:26:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:7440319

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Monday signed Law No 31/2018 authorizing the Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources to contract with the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) to explore oil and develop Ras Fanar area. The decree ....

  • Electricity min. to announce new tariff categories Tuesday

    Electricity min. to announce new tariff categories Tuesday

    Date: 2018-06-11 16:18:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:7440311

    Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mohamed Shaker will hold a press conference at the ministry's premises in Cairo on Tuesday to announce new electricity tariff categories, ministry spokesman Ayman Hamza said on Monday. The new tariffs ....

  • Egypt's parliament rebuffs suggestion to extend mandatory retirement age of journalists to 65

    Egypt's parliament rebuffs suggestion to extend mandatory retirement age of journalists to 65

    Date: 2018-06-11 15:48:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:7440274

    The House of Representatives turned down on Monday a suggestion by MP Moustafa el Bakri to extend the mandatory retirement age of journalists to 65. In a plenary session by the parliament to debate Article 5 of the National Press Authority (NPA) ....

  • Exceptional visit authorized for prisoners on occasion of Eidul Fitr

    Exceptional visit authorized for prisoners on occasion of Eidul Fitr

    Date: 2018-06-11 15:30:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:7440243

    Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar has authorized an exceptional visit for all prisoners on the occasion of Eidul Fitr. The visit, not to be counted among designated visits for prisoners, is meant to give the inmates a chance to celebrate the ....

  • Sisi: We appreciate role of Azhar, Awqaf in confronting extremism

    Sisi: We appreciate role of Azhar, Awqaf in confronting extremism

    Date: 2018-06-11 13:43:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:7439994

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi Monday voiced appreciation of the role played by Al Azhar scholars and the Ministry of Awqaf in correcting misconceptions and confronting bigotry and extremism. Addressing a celebration marking Lailat al-Qadr here ....

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