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Sisi endorses amendments to private, non-profit univ. law
Date: 2019-08-06 07:41:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:8053949
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi enacted Tuesday Law no. 143 of 2019 on amending some provisions of private and non-profit universities Law no. 12 of 2019. The amendments stipulate the inception of a council for private and non-profit universities ....
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Sisi okays amendments to investment law
Date: 2019-08-05 18:41:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:8053584
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Monday approved law no. 141/2019 to amend some provisions of the investment law no. 172/2017. The amendments allow expansions of existing investment projects to benefit from incentives provided to new ones. The ....
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EU denounces National Cancer Institute terror attack
Date: 2019-08-05 17:30:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:8053501
The European Union (EU) has condemned a terror attack, which occurred last night outside the National Cancer Institute, leaving dozens dead and injured. "With details on tonight's explosion being revealed, I strongly condemn this deplorable ....
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Egypt’s former amb. to Iraq hails timing of Arab tripartite meeting
Date: 2019-08-05 17:16:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:8053483
Egypt’s former ambassador to Iraq Ahmed Darwish on Monday praised the timing of the Arab tripartite meeting hosted by Baghdad in light of big challenges that face the region. Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry held a meeting Sunday with his ....
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Interior ministry says NCI terrorist attack caused by booby-trapped car
Date: 2019-08-05 16:33:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:8053424
Investigations carried out by the Interior Ministry found that a booby-trapped car was behind a terrorist attack outside the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in Cairo last night, leaving scores dead and wounded. In a press statement, the ministry ....
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Dollar prices stable at major banks, demand for riyal increases
Date: 2019-08-05 16:09:25 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:7 - ID:8053391
The exchange rate of the US dollar was relatively stable during transactions on Monday at major banks, after a wave of declines witnessed over the past period that has caused the price of the dollar to drop by more than 130 piasters since the ....
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Sisi hold talks with Brunei sultan
Date: 2019-08-05 15:50:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:8053367
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi held on Monday talks with Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei at Itihadiya presidential palace after playing the national anthems of the two countries, Presidential Spokesman Bassam Rady said. Welcoming Bolkiah and ....
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Sisi condoles with victims’ families of Cancer Institute terrorist bombing
Date: 2019-08-05 15:15:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:8053292
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Monday sent his condolences to the families of victims killed in a terrorist explosion targeting the National Cancer Institute. “I offer my sincere condolence to the Egyptian people and families of the victims ....
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PM in talks over paying exporters' arrears, export promotion efforts
Date: 2019-08-05 14:42:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:8053217
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli instructed on Monday forming a working group to pay overdue payments to exporters as agreed in July. He said 1.5 billion pounds will be paid to exporters every three months to reach 6 billion pounds in one ....
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Trump: 'Perhaps more has to be done' on gun violence
Date: 2019-08-05 13:13:37 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:8052972
President Donald Trump weighed in on two mass shootings that occurred 13 hours apart in Texas and Ohio, acknowledging "perhaps more has to be done" to address gun violence, CNN reported. "We've done actually a lot," Trump told reporters of his ....