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  • Sisi orders optimizing Egypt petroleum resources

    Sisi orders optimizing Egypt petroleum resources

    Date: 2019-01-02 17:29:05 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:3 - ID:7740637

    President Abdel Fattah el Sisi ordered the government on Wednesday to continue oil exploration as part of the state's efforts to make the utmost use of Egypt's petroleum resources. This came during the president's meeting with Prime Minister ....

  • Trade min. issues decision restructuring export councils

    Trade min. issues decision restructuring export councils

    Date: 2019-01-02 17:23:52 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:2 - ID:7740622

    Trade and Industry Minister Amr Nasar issued a decision on Wednesday restructuring the export councils and reducing their numbers from 16 to 12. In a statement, the Trade and Industry Ministry said that the decision stipulates merging the three ....

  • Sisi directs officials to maintain efforts of improving higher education

    Sisi directs officials to maintain efforts of improving higher education

    Date: 2019-01-02 17:13:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:7740621

    President Abdel Fattah el Sisi directed on Wednesday officials to maintain the efforts necessary for improving higher education and pushing forward the academic level at Egyptian universities and institutes. The president gave his directive ....

  • PM reviews FY 2019-2020 draft budget

    PM reviews FY 2019-2020 draft budget

    Date: 2019-01-01 17:10:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:7739285

    Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli on Tuesday presided over a meeting to review the draft budget for the 2019-2020 fiscal year. The meeting was attended by the planning and finance ministers and their deputies. During the meeting, the finance ....

  • Colombia Farc: 85 ex-rebels killed since peace deal

    Colombia Farc: 85 ex-rebels killed since peace deal

    Date: 2019-01-01 17:10:23 GMT - United Nations - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:7739273

    The United Nations says 85 former Farc rebels have been killed in Colombia since the group signed a peace accord with the government two years ago, the BBC reported. Most of the murders were by illegal armed groups and drug gangs fighting over ....

  • PM directs to quickly finish renovation of Djoser Pyramid

    PM directs to quickly finish renovation of Djoser Pyramid

    Date: 2019-01-01 16:38:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:7739265

    Prime Minister and Housing Minister Moustafa Madbouli gave directives to quickly get done with the renovation of the Pyramid of Djoser by the end of June. This came during Madbouli's visit on Tuesday to Saqqara archaeological area to stand on the ....

  • Israel arrests 6 Palestinians from West Bank, Gaza

    Israel arrests 6 Palestinians from West Bank, Gaza

    Date: 2019-01-01 16:37:47 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:7739248

    Israeli occupation forces arrested on Tuesday six Palestinians including four from the West Bank. According to reports, the occupation forces nabbed three Palestinians in Hebron and one in Tubas. The forces also scooped up agricultural lands ....

  • Russia: Military to be equipped with Iskander-M tactical missiles in 2019

    Russia: Military to be equipped with Iskander-M tactical missiles in 2019

    Date: 2019-01-01 16:36:55 GMT - Russia - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:7739233

    Iskander-M tactical missiles are expected to completely replace throughout the year the older systems still operated by Russia’s ground forces, the Russian Defense Ministry has revealed. The rearmament of tactical missile units is expected to be ....

  • Hermes expects no big change in pound exchange rate

    Hermes expects no big change in pound exchange rate

    Date: 2019-01-01 14:30:00 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:1 - ID:7739120

    Hermes Financial Group on Tuesday said it does not expect any big change to take place in the Egyptian pound exchange rate compared to the dollar in 2019. Ahmed Shams, an official with the group, said that the stability of the pound exchange rate ....

  • Russia to provide tit-for-tat response to placement of US missiles in Europe - Lavrov

    Russia to provide tit-for-tat response to placement of US missiles in Europe - Lavrov

    Date: 2018-12-30 22:29:48 GMT - Russia - International - SN:14 - ID:7737024

    Russia will provide a tit-for-tat response in case of placement of US missiles banned by the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty) in Europe, TASS cited Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov as saying. "Unfortunately, our ....

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