Egypt
Minister bans importing of folkloric products to protect intellectual property rights
Business
April 4, 2015
Minister bans importing of folkloric products to protect intellectual property rights
Trade and Industry Ministry Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour has decided to ban the import of products of an artistic and…
Exchange companies demand higher rate of deposit
Business
April 4, 2015
Exchange companies demand higher rate of deposit
Exchange firms are suffering from a shortage of US$100 bills as a result of the Central Bank of Egypt's (CBE)…
Minister: Empowering Brotherhood at state institutions is ‘treason’
Egypt
April 4, 2015
Minister: Empowering Brotherhood at state institutions is ‘treason’
Religious Endowments Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa has said empowering Muslim Brotherhood members at any of the state institutions is considered…
Pope leads Good Friday mass
Egypt
April 4, 2015
Pope leads Good Friday mass
The Coptic Orthodox Church celebrated Good Friday with a mass led by Egypt’s Copts leader Pope Tawadros II at the…
New oil discovery in Western Desert
Business
April 4, 2015
New oil discovery in Western Desert
The General Petroleum Co. has made a new oil discovery in Abu Senan area in the Western Desert.A well was…
Two Egyptians killed in Libya
Egypt
April 4, 2015
Two Egyptians killed in Libya
Two Egyptians were killed when a stray missile hit the Geliania district, close to clashes taking place at the Libyan…
Egypt hopes Iran nuclear accord will lead to stability in Middle East
Egypt
April 4, 2015
Egypt hopes Iran nuclear accord will lead to stability in Middle East
Egypt sees the framework nuclear accord that Iran reached with world powers this week as a first step towards a…
Housing Minister: 40% of waterworks in hot areas completed
Business
April 3, 2015
Housing Minister: 40% of waterworks in hot areas completed
Housing Minister Mostafa Madbouli said that 40 percent of waterworks projects in hot areas suffering from water crises in summer…
More than 500 die in Yemen during past two weeks
Egypt
April 3, 2015
More than 500 die in Yemen during past two weeks
"Tens of thousands of people have fled their homes, some by crossing the sea to Djibouti and Somalia," UN Under-Secretary…
Sources: Unidentified assailants shoot policeman dead in Fayoum
Egypt
April 3, 2015
Sources: Unidentified assailants shoot policeman dead in Fayoum
A policeman was shot dead on Friday by unknown assailants on the Fayoum-Cairo road, security and medical sources said.Three masked…