Sports and Youth Minister Ashraf Sobhy discussed on Friday 23/07/2021 with his Japanese counterpart and Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto means of boosting cooperation between their ministries. On the sidelines of his visit to Japan to attend the Tokyo 2020 Opening, Sobhy tackled with Muto a number of programs and projects that could be implemented […]
The Cabinet media center on Saturday 24/07/2021 denied reports about increasing fees of public transportation after an increase of fuel prices. The center in a statement said that it has contacted the Ministry of Local Development which denied the reports and said they were inaccurate. The fees of all collective transportation means nationwide will remain […]
The Rosetta Stone was discovered by the French expedition in 1799 AD. It was discovered by a French officer named Bouchard on July 19, 1799. The stone depicted inscriptions of demotic and Greek hieroglyphic texts. On September 27, 1822, French Egyptologist Jean-Francois Champollion was able to decipher the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs after studying the Rosetta […]
Egypt’s First Lady Intissar El Sisi greeted on Monday 19/7/2021the Egyptian people on Eidul Adha, which starts on Tuesday 20/7/2021. Speaking on her official social media pages, President Sisi’s spouse expressed her best wishes to Egyptians, as well as to Muslim nations on this religious occasion.
Ethiopia announced on Monday that it has successfully completed second phase of the filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy, Eng. Seleshi Bekele, said that “today, July 19, 2021, the second year of filling of the Renaissance Dam was completed.” “Thanks to the heavy rains that we have […]
Al Ahly showed their brilliance by outclassing Kaizer Chiefs 3-0 in the CAF Champions League final. In the process, they won their 10th African crown and denied Chiefs a maiden Champions League title. It was a case of resolute defence versus piercing attack as Al Ahly and Kaizer Chiefs clashed in the CAF Champions League […]
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli has reviewed a report on the efforts made by the cabinet’s unified government complaints system to address citizens’ complaints from 2017 to 2021. The move has been made via cooperation and coordination with the ministries, governorates and bodies concerned, Madbouli said, commenting on the report titled “4 years in serving citizens”. […]
Emigration Minister Nabila Makram on Saturday 17/07/2021 said that a number of Egyptians living in Germany had expressed their readiness to provide support and aid to members of Egyptian community in Germany after the recent floods that rocked the country. In statements, she added that this comes within an initiative that was launched by the […]
Deputy Tourism and Antiquities Minister Ghada Shalaby asserted on Saturday 17/07/2021 the ministry’s keenness on encouraging Ukrainian tourists to visit Egypt, noting that the ministry will add the Ukrainian language to the ministry’s hotline in order to facilitate contact between the ministry and Ukrainian tourists. In a press release, the ministry said this came during […]
The Cabinet’s Information and Decision Support Center has highlighted Egypt’s improving position in the 2021 Coursera Global Skills Report, according to an infographic published by the IDSC on Saturday 17/07/2021. Egypt is among the best ten highly competitive countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, the report said. According to the business […]
Environment Minister Yasmine Fouad said on Saturday 17/07/2021 that the signing of a document on formulating and developing Egypt’s National Adaptation Plan (NAP) will help reduce the risks of climate change and build resilience through strengthening institutional and technical capacities. During the signing ceremony of the document, the minister said the project is funded by […]
International Cooperation Minister Rania Mashat asserted the importance of close cooperation between Egypt and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to push forward national plans to achieve food security and support small farmers. The coronavirus pandemic captured the world’s attention to the importance of maintaining food security in countries that suffered […]
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Thursday reassured the Egyptians on the water issue, as Egypt is pushing for reaching an agreement with Ethiopia on its renaissance dam to guarantee that its water supply will not be harmed. “We should never worry … live your life,” Sisi told Egyptians at a conference on the Decent […]
Under mounting domestic and international pressure, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s government withdrew the draconian 2017 law governing nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and replaced it with Law 149 of 2019. The government issued the implementing regulations (Prime Minister’s Decree 104 of 2021) for this law in January 2021. The government, meanwhile, engaged extensively in national and international […]
Addis Abeba — In a statement released this morning, Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the trilateral negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan have been underway to reach an outcome on the first filling and annual operation of the GERD, as per the Declaration of Principles. It is […]
The so-called binding agreement that Egypt and Sudan want to reach on the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is meant to perpetuate and extend the previous unilateral colonial treaties that give the countries monopoly over the Nile Rivers, an expert told The Ethiopian Herald. It should also be noted that […]
Minister of Awqaf Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa and Sharqia Governor Mamdouh Ghorab inaugurated Friday a mosque in the 10th of Ramadan city, northeast of Cairo. In statements to MENA, Gomaa said the mosque’s opening comes as part of the ministry’s plan to inaugurate 16 new mosques, bringing the total number of mosques opened nationwide since September […]
The Egyptian presidency on Friday mourned with deep sorrow the death of Gehan el-Sadat, the widow of late president Anwar el-Sadat, the “Hero of War and Peace”. Gehan el-Sadat was a role model for the Egyptian woman in supporting her husband under the most difficult times until he led the country to achieve the historic […]