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  • Opera House chairman to MENA: Cairo Opera plays key role in fighting extremist ideology

    Opera House chairman to MENA: Cairo Opera plays key role in fighting extremist ideology

    Date: 2018-10-10 23:01:16 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:12 - ID:7616173

    Cairo Opera House plays a key role in fighting extremism and terrorism via performing national songs to promote the values of belonging and loyalty to the homeland, said the chairman of the great cultural edifice. In an interview with MENA on ....

  • PM meets head of ACWA Power

    PM meets head of ACWA Power

    Date: 2018-10-10 21:05:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:7616142

    Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli met on Wednesday with CEO of ACWA Power Paddy Padmanathan. During the meeting, Padmanathan briefed the premier on the developments of the signing of an agreement to establish a power plant with a total capacity of ....

  • African affairs committee holds intensive meetings

    African affairs committee holds intensive meetings

    Date: 2018-10-10 20:53:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:7616139

    CAIRO, Oct 10 (MENA) - The permanent committee for following up the Egyptian-African relations is currently exerting strenuous efforts to promote the ties, particularly as Egypt will hold the rotating chairmanship of the African Union early in 2019, ....

  • Shoukry to MENA: Cypriot, Greek leaders praised Egypt's role in settling regional issues

    Shoukry to MENA: Cypriot, Greek leaders praised Egypt's role in settling regional issues

    Date: 2018-10-10 20:52:21 GMT - Greece - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:7616136

    Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades and Greek Premier Alexis Tsipras praised the role played by Egypt to fight illegal migration and terrorism, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said on Wednesday. During their meeting with President Abdel ....

  • Moody's changes Egyptian banking system outlook to positive from stable as economic growth picks up

    Moody's changes Egyptian banking system outlook to positive from stable as economic growth picks up

    Date: 2018-10-10 20:44:05 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:7616133

    Moody's Investors Service has changed the outlook for Egypt's banking system to positive from stable, as economic growth picks up, supporting credit growth, banks' profitability and internal capital generation, the agency posted on its ....

  • Sisi leaves Crete after taking part in tripartite summit

    Sisi leaves Crete after taking part in tripartite summit

    Date: 2018-10-10 18:40:55 GMT - Greece - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:7616007

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Wednesday left Crete where he took part in a tripartite summit that grouped him with his Cypriot counterpart Nicos Anastasiades and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Upon arrival, Sisi started his meetings by ....

  • Egyptian sarcophagus lid seized in Kuwait handed to Antiquities Ministry

    Egyptian sarcophagus lid seized in Kuwait handed to Antiquities Ministry

    Date: 2018-10-10 18:02:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:7615956

    The Foreign Ministry handed a committee of experts of the Antiquities Ministry the lid of an Egyptian sarcophagus seized by Kuwait's customs authorities before being smuggled to the Arab country. The move comes within the framework of efforts ....

  • Ivanka Trump tweets she Won't replace Nikki Haley as UN Ambassador

    Ivanka Trump tweets she Won't replace Nikki Haley as UN Ambassador

    Date: 2018-10-10 12:43:08 GMT - USA - International - SN:5 - ID:7615370

    Daughter of US President Donald Trump Ivanka said she won’t take Nikki Haley’s place as ambassador to the United Nations, the US TIME magazine reported on Wednesday. “I know that the President will nominate a formidable replacement for Ambassador ....

  • CBE: annual inflation rate falls to 8.6 percent in September

    CBE: annual inflation rate falls to 8.6 percent in September

    Date: 2018-10-10 12:08:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:7615268

    The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) announced Wednesday that Egypt's inflation rate declined to 8.6 percent in September from 8.8 percent in August 2018. On a monthly basis, core inflation recorded 0.1 percent in September, compared to 0.6 percent ....

  • Egypt, Saudi Arabia begin joint military drills

    Egypt, Saudi Arabia begin joint military drills

    Date: 2018-10-10 09:30:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:7614843

    Egyptian-Saudi Tabouk-4 military drills started on Wednesday and will last for several days in the southern military zone. Participant Saudi land forces arrived to Egypt a few days ago for coordination with the Egyptian side ahead of starting the ....

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