Interior Minister Mansour Essawy said the new law on places of worship would be issued in a few days, putting an end to disputes over licences for the construction of churches in Egypt.
“Overseeing the building and renovation of churches and mosques (...)
The Egyptian Petroleum Ministry is reviewing natural gas sale contracts in an effort to create a new policy that will better serve the interests of the sector and Egypt, said Petroleum Minister Mohamed Abdullah Ghorab.
Ghorab added that the ministry (...)
Minister of Trade and Industry Rachid Mohamed Rachid said Russia offered Egypt three options for financing construction of its nuclear power plant, including “the establishment of the nuclear power plant on a build-operate-transfer (BOT) system, the (...)
Minister of Electricity and Energy Hassan Younis will hold talks in Washington and Paris in mid-January to discuss Egypt's plans to establish its first nuclear power station, according to a source at the Ministry of Electricity and Energy.
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Measures adopted this year by the Ministry of Tourism had served to offset the adverse effects of last year's drop in tourist numbers, Tourism Promotion Authority official Sami Mahmoud said this week.
“We will have had 15 million tourists by the end (...)
The Nuclear Power Plants Authority (NPPA) will, within days, invite international companies to tender bids for the design and establishment of the Egypt's first nuclear station, according to sources at the Ministry of Electricity and Energy. The (...)
A report released recently by the Electricity and Energy Ministry's central security administration has revealed serious problems and fire hazards at a number of facilities affiliated with the Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority (EAEA).
After reviewing (...)
Petroleum Minister Sameh Fahmy met with Electricity Minister Hassan Younis on Monday to inform the latter that his ministry had agreed to provide the Electricity Ministry with additional gas supplies with a view toward achieving Younis' strategic (...)
Several American experts have arranged to meet with their Egyptian counterparts to assist the latter in preparing an administration for Egypt's first nuclear reactor, Energy and Electricity Minister Hassan Younis said this week.
“During the previous (...)
Al-Masry Al-Youm learned Tuesday the Ministry of Electricity is preparing to launch an international tender to help cover the expected costs of Egypt's first nuclear reactor, to be built in the coastal region of Dabaa. To avoid the Christmas (...)
Salah Eddin al-Morshidi, director of Egypt's Anshas nuclear research reactor, along with maintenance director Adel Elyan, submitted their resignations to the Atomic Energy Authority (AEA) on Monday to protest what they described as the “corruption” (...)
Sami Mekheimar, a director of Egypt's nuclear research facility at Anshas, has threatened to submit his resignation to the Minister of Electricity and Energy Hassan Younis because of deteriorating conditions and funding negligence at the (...)
Mohamed al-Qolali, the head of Egypt's Atomic Energy Authority (EAEA), spoke with Al-Masry Al-Youm about a disruption that occurred this April at Egypt's dormant Anshas reactors, which lie 60km from Cairo.
Al-Masry Al-Youm: What happened at the (...)
Egyptian Minister of Electricity and Energy Hassan Younis denied Israeli claims that Egypt's nascent nuclear program had a "military dimension."
"This accusation has no merit. We're talking about a nuclear reactor program for the purpose of (...)
A second group of Egyptian nuclear technicians will travel to Russia for training for three weeks in October, according to sources at the Ministry of Electricity and Energy.
Training courses are expected to cover nuclear fuel studies and material (...)
Fresh supplies of electricity to the inter-Arab electricity grid--which includes Lebanon, Syria and Jordan--were halted a few days ago in order to meet local electricity demand, according to a source from the Electricity Ministry.
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Following President Hosni Mubarak's approval of Dabaa as the location for Egypt's first nuclear station, the Nuclear Stations Authority said it will soon conduct additional on-site soil and underground water tests. WorleyParsons, the international (...)
President Hosni Mubarak has chosen the site of Al-Dabaa on Egypt's northwest coast as the location for Egypt's first nuclear power station, official sources told Al-Masry Al-Youm.
The same sources went on to say that the president had informed (...)
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Various countries and organizations made presentations this week to be allowed to bid for building the needed technology for the country's quest to establish its nuclear energy generator.
Tomorrow, General Electric and Hitachi will (...)
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The energy committee of the National Democratic Party has called for the abolition of the subsidies on petroleum products over the next five years. It has also called for the formulation of new policies to satisfy Egypt's projected (...)
The Egyptian government began its plan to eliminate energy subsidies to most industrial sectors late last month, to the dismay of business owners.
Al-Masry Al-Youm obtained a copy of the decision, adopted by cabinet minister Ahmed Nazif on the 29 (...)
The National Centre for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Control has agreed in principle on Dabaa as the location of Egypt's first nuclear power station.
According to Mohamed al-Qolali, head of the Egyptian Atomic Energy Agency (EAEA), all relevant (...)
Ibrahim el-Eseiry, former IAEA inspector, speaks to Al-Masry Al-Youm about the selection of el-Dabaa as the site for Egypt's first nuclear power plant.
Al-Masry Al-Youm: To start with, can you give us a brief overview of nuclear plants around the (...)
A consortium of French companies specialized in the construction and management of nuclear power stations has offered to help Egypt develop its own nuclear program.
The French Areva conglomerate claims to have extensive expertise regarding nuclear (...)
Abdel Rahman Salah Eddin, executive chairman of the Renewable Energy Authority, has conceded there is truth to a report published on Friday by Al-Masry Al-Youm pointing to technical problems with a Spanish project to build a wind farm that will (...)