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  • Sisi's visit to Algeria well-timed: Algeria FM

    Sisi's visit to Algeria well-timed: Algeria FM

    Date: 2014-06-25 06:24:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:796423

    Algeria's Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra said Tuesday Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El Sisi's visit to Algeria on Wednesday was well-timed and reflected the deeply-rooted ties. Lamamra said that Algeria welcomed President El Sisi and looked ....

  • US keen on Egypt win in war on terror: Chargé d'Affaires

    US keen on Egypt win in war on terror: Chargé d'Affaires

    Date: 2014-06-25 06:22:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:796418

    U.S. Chargé d'Affaires to Egypt Marc J. Sievers has voiced his country's keenness on Egypt's win in its war on terror. In his speech to the 238th celebration of the Independence Day held at the US embassy in Cairo, Sievers said: "We appreciate ....

  • Court rules provision of free online edition of Egypt’s official gazette

    Court rules provision of free online edition of Egypt’s official gazette

    Date: 2014-06-25 06:20:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:796411

    A ruling from an Egyptian administrative court on Tuesday has obligated the state to provide a free of charge online edition of Egypt’s official gazette. According to the new order, the General Organization for Government Printing Offices will ....

  • Awqaf Ministry warns of attempts to use mosques in politics

    Awqaf Ministry warns of attempts to use mosques in politics

    Date: 2014-06-25 06:18:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:796408

    The Awqaf Ministry has waned against any attempt to use mosques to achieve political or partisan gains. In a statement on Tuesday, the ministry stressed that only mosques that met the requirements of holding Friday prayers would be open for the ....

  • Draft budget to be reviewed with president after changes – minister

    Draft budget to be reviewed with president after changes – minister

    Date: 2014-06-25 06:12:47 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:3 - ID:796394

    Finance Minister Hani Qadri said Tuesday the cabinet would review another draft for 2014/2015 budget upon order of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi. The draft budget was amended after the president refused to approve the previous one for the big ....

  • Presidential decree to appoint heads of appeal courts

    Presidential decree to appoint heads of appeal courts

    Date: 2014-06-25 06:10:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:796390

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued Tuesday a decree appointing heads of the courts of appeal. The appointments include Mahmoud Kamel Abbas and Magdy Monier Demian to chair the courts of appeal of Cairo and Alexandria respectively, ....

  • Sisi issues decree to amend provisions of university law

    Sisi issues decree to amend provisions of university law

    Date: 2014-06-25 06:07:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:796384

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued Tuesday a decree amending some provisions of the law no. 49 of 1972 regulating universities. A presidential statement said that that the law stipulated the amendments of the articles no. 25 and 43. The ....

  • France calls for dialogue to form national unity gov't in Iraq

    France calls for dialogue to form national unity gov't in Iraq

    Date: 2014-06-24 17:33:51 GMT - France - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:795969

    France reiterated on Tuesday the necessity to launch an inclusive dialogue in Iraq to form a national unity government as soon as possible. French foreign ministry spokesman Romain Nadal said in a press release that the security solution was not ....

  • Manpower minister urges Arab gov'ts to unite labor measures

    Manpower minister urges Arab gov'ts to unite labor measures

    Date: 2014-06-24 17:32:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:55 - ID:795966

    Minister of Manpower and Immigration Nahed el-Ashri has called on Arab countries to unify measures of labor relations and apply Arab Labor agreements. This could contribute to facilitating the measures of hiring Arabs in various Arab countries ....

  • Aljazeera correspondent gets 3 years in prison

    Aljazeera correspondent gets 3 years in prison

    Date: 2014-06-24 17:31:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:54 - ID:795962

    The Suez Misdemeanor Court has sentenced leading terrorist Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group figure and correspondent of Aljazeera satellite channel Abdel-Rahman Shahin to three years in jail and fined him 10,000 pounds. Shahin was charged with nine ....

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