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  • Reducing unemployment in Egypt by 2020 hinges on reaching 6% growth rate - World Bank

    Reducing unemployment in Egypt by 2020 hinges on reaching 6% growth rate - World Bank

    Date: 2014-02-12 15:41:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:551912

    The World Bank has linked reducing rate of unemployment in Egypt by 2020 with reaching an annual economic growth rate of 6%. Egypt's unemployment rates hit 13.4% during the third quarter of 2013, registering an increase by 0.1% than the previous ....

  • Reporters without borders says Morsi, MB tried to Ikhwanize media

    Reporters without borders says Morsi, MB tried to Ikhwanize media

    Date: 2014-02-12 15:04:51 GMT - France - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:551858

    Reporters without Borders stressed that Egypt's ousted president Mohamed Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood group tried to ikhwanize media outlets, especially government-run ones, once they assumed power. In its 2014 World Press Freedom Index, the ....

  • Meslemani warns of regional, int'l schemes to divide Arab, Islamic states

    Meslemani warns of regional, int'l schemes to divide Arab, Islamic states

    Date: 2014-02-12 14:59:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:551856

    Presidential media advisor Ahmed el-Meslemani said Egypt will proceed with the implementation of the roadmap plan declared after the June 30 revolution, adding that the presidential elections will be held soon and then the parliamentary vote will ....

  • Alexandria governor opens renovation work of El-Olympi Club

    Alexandria governor opens renovation work of El-Olympi Club

    Date: 2014-02-12 14:51:45 GMT - Egypt - Sport - SN:19 - ID:551831

    Alexandria Governor Tarek Mahdy has inaugurated the renovation and development work of El-Olympi Club in Alexandria. In a press release on Wednesday, Mahdy asserted the importance of improving the performance of sports facilities in order to ....

  • Independence Current supports Sisi for president

    Independence Current supports Sisi for president

    Date: 2014-02-12 14:39:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:551799

    The Independence Current has promised to throw its weight behind any bid by army commander Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi to run in Egypt's upcoming presidential elections. This was announced by the Current's general coordinator Reda Ramzi ....

  • Sisi's Moscow visit aims at revving up cooperation – spokesman

    Sisi's Moscow visit aims at revving up cooperation – spokesman

    Date: 2014-02-12 13:40:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:551661

    Army chief Abdel Fattah el-Sisi headed for Russia early Wednesday accompanied by Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy on a visit that would last two days to rev up bilateral cooperation, the Voice of Russia quoted Egypt's foreign ministry spokesman Badr ....

  • Education min., Azerbaijan amb. discuss fostering cooperation

    Education min., Azerbaijan amb. discuss fostering cooperation

    Date: 2014-02-12 13:32:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:551642

    Egypt's Education Minister Mahmoud Abul Nasr met on Wednesday with Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Egypt Shahin Abdullayev to discuss means of boosting bilateral relations in the education field. During the meeting, Abul Nasr approved Abdullayev's ....

  • Sisi, Fahmy arrive in Moscow

    Sisi, Fahmy arrive in Moscow

    Date: 2014-02-12 13:20:53 GMT - Russia - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:551609

    Egyptian Defense Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Field Marshal Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy arrived here on Wednesday on an official visit to Russia. Several top-ranking officials from the Russian Ministries of Defense ....

  • Luxor security chief denies arresting 4 people carrying hand grenade, machineguns and rifles

    Luxor security chief denies arresting 4 people carrying hand grenade, machineguns and rifles

    Date: 2014-02-12 12:05:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:551413

    Luxor security director Major General Mostafa Bakr denied on Wednesday reports about the arrest of four people having in their possession a hand grenade, two machineguns and three rifles in northern Luxor. In press statements, he explained that ....

  • Shalateen residents call for better health services, enough classrooms

    Shalateen residents call for better health services, enough classrooms

    Date: 2014-02-12 10:43:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:551188

    Presidential media adviser Ahmed el-Meslemani held a meeting Wednesday with residents of Shalateen to get acquainted with their problems. The locals mainly complained about over-crowded classrooms and lack of retail outlets for basic commodities ....

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