Egypt's Minister of Planning and Economic Development Rania Al Mashat held talks with a delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), headed by Ivana Vladkova Hollar, to review key climate-related reforms linked to the country's application (...)
Egypt has expanded its national platform for green projects, NWFE, by integrating new mitigation and adaptation initiatives, a move aimed at supporting structural reforms linked to a $1.3 billion IMF Resilience and Sustainability Facility, Minister (...)
Egypt's Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly oversaw on Thursday the signing of multiple agreements between the government and private sector companies. The deals, inked during the launch of the second progress report for the NWFE Platform, focus on key (...)
Egypt's Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, Hani Sweilem, met on Wednesday with Mario Sander, Head of the Middle East and North Africa Department at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, to explore ways to (...)
Egypt's Minister of Public Business Sector, Mohamed Shimi, met with Norway's Ambassador to Egypt, Hilde Klemetsdal, to discuss enhancing cooperation and the status of joint projects in the public business and sustainable energy sectors, according to (...)
Kamel Al-Wazir, Deputy Prime Minister for Industrial Development and Minister of Industry and Transport, reiterated Egyptian banks' commitment to providing the financing necessary for production and industrial facilities. This initiative aims to (...)
Egypt's Ministry of Housing, Utilities, and Urban Communities exceeded its first-quarter housing target, building 15,329 units, a 118.5 per cent achievement rate.
During a general session of the House of Representatives, Minister Sherif El-Sherbiny (...)
As part of regular meetings to review performance rates, project status, and investment opportunities, Mohamed Shimi, Minister of Public Enterprises Sector, convened with the CEOs of affiliated holding companies, alongside ministry leadership. This (...)
Minister of Public Enterprises Sector, Mohamed Shimi, has met with Mohamed El-Saadawy, Managing Director of the Metallurgical Industries Holding Company, and CEOs of affiliated companies. The meeting was part of the regular follow-up sessions to (...)
Norwegian renewable energy producer Scatec ASA signed on Tuesday a co-operation agreement with Misr Aluminium Company – Egyptalum to set up a 1 GW solar power plant, n Egyptian cabinet statement.
The power plant will be the energy backbone of (...)
The Arab Consulting Engineers Company (ACE Moharram-Bakhoum) is partaking in the project of modernize signaling and communication systems on the 118km Nag Hammadi – Luxor railway track at a total cost of $110m.
Moharram-Bakhoum will be designing and (...)
A South Korean consortium led by railway system maker Hyundai Rotem signed a 124.8 billion-won ($110.3 million) contract to upgrade a railway signal system in Egypt, the company announced on Thursday.
The contract was signed with state-run Egyptian (...)
The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors approved a $440 million loan to support Egypt's initiatives to enhance the safety and services of the country's railways, the bank announced on Saturday.
The World Bank said that the Railway Improvement (...)
A solo exhibition by Georges Bahgory is currently on show at Mashrabia Gallery of Contemporary Art.
Entitled “A Sketch is a Sketch is a Sketch”, the exhibition showcases more than one hundred pieces demonstrating the ingenuity of the artist through (...)
Egypt's Tourism and Antiquities Police have arrested four thieves undertaking undercover excavation work in an area near to Nag Hammadi in Qena governorate.
The arrests led to the discovering of monuments attributed to the reign of Ptolemy IV, the (...)
The High Dam Electrical and Industrial Projects Company (HIDELECO) and the Ministry of Military Production are to cooperate on manufacturing electricity transmission equipment, according to HIDELECO Chairperson Kamal Kuraytem.
Kuraytem said that (...)
At least two people died in Egypt Thursday as a result of "severely unstable” weather conditions that have prompted authorities to declare a nationwide day off.
A 35-year-old man died Thursday morning after a wall collapsed in Upper Egypt's Sohag (...)
Egypt's national carrier EgyptAir said 85 percent of flights were proceeding normally, adding in a statement Thursday afternoon that the bad weather has only caused “slight delays” for some domestic trips.
In Luxor, the international airport has (...)
Parliamentary committee of industry and trade, headed by Mohamed Farag Amer, called for the abolishment of the 2005 free trade agreement between Egypt and Turkey, only a few weeks after several MPs had presented a proposal to boycott Turkish (...)
On the west bank of the Nile in Nag Hammadi in the Qena governorate of Upper Egypt, the palace of prince Youssef Kamal stands waiting for visitors.
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The edifice, re-opened on Sunday by Minister of Planning and Administrative Reform Hala Al-Said, (...)
ON TOP of a small hill on the west side of Nag Hammadi near Qena in Upper Egypt stands the Saint Bidaba Monastery welcoming worshippers and visitors after five years of restoration, reports Nevine El-Aref.
The restoration work was carried out at the (...)
The Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is funding 11 projects in Egypt currently, including the establishment of the Egyptian Grand Museum, the Egyptian-Japanese Schools, and electricity projects in Upper Egypt; improving electricity (...)
The fourth Thoth Festival opened on 26 October at New Hermopolis, a non-profit development founded by Mervat Abdel-Nasser in the town of Tuna Al-Gebel, the site of the necropolis of Khmun (aka Hermopolis Magna).
This was the western part of the (...)
The fourth Thoth Festival opened on 26 October at New Hermopolis, a non-profit development founded by Mervat Abdel-Nasser in the town of Tuna Al-Gebel, the site of the necropolis of Khmun (aka Hermopolis Magna). This was the western part of the (...)
The Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) signed a rehabilitation project contract for the Esna substation with South Korean Sieyuan and Mega alliance at a cost of EGP 91m.
Gamal Abdel Rahim, chairperson of the EETC, said that the (...)
