Cardinal Christophe Schoenborn, archbishop of Austria and his accompanying delegation, returned to Vienna today after a visit to Egypt that lasted 6 days and was described as successful visit by the Cardinal.
Egyptian presidency decided to prevent ministers from appearing in media in order to maintain the prestige of the state to the public.
The Ministry of Endowments announced the opening of ten new mosques next Friday. The new mosques are in Giza, Suez, Gharbia, Sharqia, Dakahlia, Suhag and Fayyoum governorates.
Dr. Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa, the Minister of Awqaf, said that countering terrorism is not only responsibility of Al-Azhar, but also the church.
Adel Agib, head of the American Coptic organization, said that they are organizing the first trip to Egypt in response to the recommendation of the first economic conference to support Egypt in America.
Police in Ismailia arrested a senior official on charges of belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood and calling for demonstrations.
Abba Angelos, the general bishop, opened a new Center for people with special needs of the children. The center is located at the Church of St. Mark in Shubra, and is specialized for intervention and preparation for pre-school and vocational rehabilitation.
Suzy Nashed, member of the Egyptian Parliament, said that the personal status Law of the Copts requires the approval of all churches.
Abba Makarious, bishop of Minya, said that negotiations of Wadi Rayan monastery is going well. He denied rumors about naming a price by the state to use the lands of the monastery.
Alexandria Zoo will be closed for 15 days from Monday due to restoration and development work, said zoo director Eman Mekhaimar.
After one-year- hiatus, Air Germania will resume its first flight from Munich Airport to Sharm el Sheikh on Monday, Youm7 reported Egyptian ambassador to Berlin Badr Abdel Atti on Thursday. The fight will carry a total of 150 passengers, he added.
Minister of Environment khaled Fahmy has granted a group of Engineering students from Cairo University a check worth of 390,000 EGP in aid to produce solar cars, according to a statement from the Ministry on Thursday.
Egyptian Minister of Legal Affairs and the house of Representatives Magdi al-Agatti said that the ministerial committee, tasked to conduct amendments to the protest law, has drafted all amendments to this newly passed law.
President Abdel Fatah atl-Sisi will hold an interview with a number of Egyptian editors-in-chief and other journalists on Thursday afternoon, on the sideline of the first National Youth Conference, which opened on Tuesday in Sharm el Sheikh under the theme “Innovate … Advance,” State’s owned news agency MENA reported.
The case of Italian student Giulio Regeni, who was murdered inEgypt in February, is an “open wound” for Italy, Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni said on Wednesday.
An Egyptian appeals court on Thursday acquitted a Mubarak-era oil minister of charges of selling under-priced gas to Israel and squandering public funds in a final ruling in the case, a judicial source told Ahram Online.
Edita Food Industries, Egypt’s maker of Twinkies and one of the country’s largest food producers, said on Wednesday sugar seized at one of its plants by government authorities had been released and operations would resume within hours.
Egypt’s foreign debts rose by 16 percent by the end of 2015/2016 Fiscal Year to reach 2.619 trillion EGP ($ 55.8 billion) up from 2.116 trillion EGP by the end of 2015/2015 FY, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) said in a report published on Wednesday.
Egypt’s Ambassador to Tunisia Nabil Habashy said that the embassy managed to reach an agreement with the Tunisian authorities to release 12 Egyptian fishermen who were detained in Sfax port last week, Youm7 reported Wednesday.
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid responded Wednesday to an article released by the Foreign Affairs magazine which heavily criticized Egypt’s domestic and foreign policy.
Mena Habeeb
After Egypt’s government announced to offer investors and small farmer around 500,000 feddans, as part of the country’s mega project to reclaim one million and half feddans, the Minister of agriculture is currently taking serious steps to cultivate 100 thousand acres of greenhouses in north Sinai. Another positive thing is that the Arab Organization for Industrialization is making the greenhouses through coope
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