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  • Army destroys more smuggling tunnels in Rafah

    Army destroys more smuggling tunnels in Rafah

    Date: 2014-02-17 13:04:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:56 - ID:560401

    Border guard troops have destroyed 21 smuggling tunnels in Rafah city of North Sinai, said the army on Monday. As many as 1,275 tunnels have been destroyed until now, according the military spokesman. Quantities of commodities prepared to be ....

  • Tourism minister visits injured in Taba bus blast

    Tourism minister visits injured in Taba bus blast

    Date: 2014-02-17 13:02:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:55 - ID:560396

    Tourism Minister Hesham Zaazou visited on Monday the injured of the Taba bus blast at Sharm el-Sheikh International Hospital. South Sinai Governor Khaled Fouda along with South Korea's Consul to Egypt Lim Wan Shun accompanied the minister during ....

  • Largest call center in ME opened in Maadi Technology Zone

    Largest call center in ME opened in Maadi Technology Zone

    Date: 2014-02-17 12:52:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:54 - ID:560369

    Minister of Communications and Information Technology Atef Helmy inaugurated Monday the new premises of Raya Corporation in the technological investment zone in Maadi, the largest in the Middle East, that accommodates about 4,000 seats with a ....

  • Finance minister confers with Kuwaiti counterpart on fringe of AL meetings

    Finance minister confers with Kuwaiti counterpart on fringe of AL meetings

    Date: 2014-02-17 12:51:02 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:53 - ID:560365

    Finance Minister Ahmad Galal conferred on Monday with his Kuwaiti counterpart Anas Al-Saleh on the fringe of Kuwait's participation in the Arab League meetings. In a statement released on Monday, Galal said the meeting took up means of expanding ....

  • No explosions at National Circus - official

    No explosions at National Circus - official

    Date: 2014-02-17 12:48:46 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:52 - ID:560357

    Head of the Art House for Folk and Performing Arts Emad Saeed denied reports that an explosion hit the National Circus in Cairo. The reports surfaced after a loud sound, similar to that of a blast, was heard from inside the circus, located next ....

  • Genena calls for people's support of army, police

    Genena calls for people's support of army, police

    Date: 2014-02-17 12:34:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:51 - ID:560316

    Head of the Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority Hisham Genena said Monday the people should support the army and the police in order to surpass the transitional period and to lead the country to safe haven. Addressing a press conference held ....

  • CAPMAS: Unemployment rate in 4th quarter of 2013 remained stable at 13.4 percent

    CAPMAS: Unemployment rate in 4th quarter of 2013 remained stable at 13.4 percent

    Date: 2014-02-17 12:25:49 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:50 - ID:560284

    Unemployment rate during the fourth quarter of 2013 remained stable at 13,4 percent with the number of jobless people reaching 3.6 million of the total workforce, compared with the previous quarter of the same year, Central Agency for Public ....

  • Referendum on withdrawing from EU will harm economy - England Bank governor

    Referendum on withdrawing from EU will harm economy - England Bank governor

    Date: 2014-02-17 12:24:26 GMT - United Kingdom - Economy - SN:49 - ID:560281

    Bank of England governor Mark Carney warned that the plans of British Prime Minister David Cameron to hold a referendum on withdrawing from the European Union (EU) will harm the economy. Businessmen may halt their investments due to the ....

  • France condemns Taba attack

    France condemns Taba attack

    Date: 2014-02-17 12:07:38 GMT - France - Egypt - SN:48 - ID:560233

    France has strongly condemned the tourist bus blast in Taba that killed four persons, including the Egyptian driver and three South Korean tourists, and injured several others yesterday. Speaking at a press conference on Monday, French Foreign ....

  • Taba terrorist attack has limited effect on bourse performance - financial expert

    Taba terrorist attack has limited effect on bourse performance - financial expert

    Date: 2014-02-17 12:05:33 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:47 - ID:560226

    The bombing of a tourist bus in Taba, that killed three South Koreans tourists and the Egyptian driver yesterday, had a limited effect on the performance of the Egyptian Exchange (EGX), said financial expert Ahmed Abdel-Hamid. The market's ....

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