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Articles of the author Rasha Sorour Mai Khater
Beyti completes expansion plans, aims to increase exports to $25m
Beyti Egypt aims to take its exports in 2020 to $25m, compared to about $21m in 2019, while it recorded EGP 3.5bn in total sales in 2019, compared to EGP 2.9bn in 2018. Zakaria Yassin, manager of export at Beyti, said that the company exports its (...)

17 - 03 - 2020
Teriyak aims to increase its exports to $4m in 2020
Teriyak Agricultural Investment Company aims to increase its exports to $4m by exporting fresh fruit and vegetables to the European Union countries. Export Director at the company, Amgad Naseem, said the company is working to reclaim and cultivate (...)

28 - 01 - 2020
More claim health complications from coal emissions in Alexandria, factory denies responsibility
A year has passed since the Ministry of Environment gave its approval for cement factories to begin using coal to heat their kilns, amid a purported natural gas shortage. Families living near a private cement factory in Alexandria's district of Wady (...)

24 - 10 - 2016
No progress made in increasing infections allowance for doctors: syndicate
The Doctors Syndicate said in a press conference on Monday that no progress had been made so far to implement the doctors infections allowance increase. In June, the State Council's Administrative Court ratified the decision to increase the (...)

17 - 10 - 2016
WHO recognises Egypt's efforts in combating Hepatitis C
During her visit to Cairo, World Health Organisation (WHO) director general Margret Chan recognised Egypt's efforts in the treatment of Hepatitis C. Chan arrived in Cairo on Monday to attend the 63rd session of the WHO Committee for the Eastern (...)

08 - 10 - 2016
Dabaa nuclear power plant deal finalised despite environmental concerns
Egypt's State Council ratified the final draft of the contract between Egypt and Russia to build a nuclear power plant in Al-Dabaa. President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi met with Rosatom CEO Sergey Kiriyenko in Cairo last Thursday to discuss the final (...)

04 - 10 - 2016
IAEA general conference adopts Egypt-initiated resolution
The 60th general conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) concluded in Vienna, Austria on Friday, with a number of important resolutions. Among those resolutions were the application of agency safeguards. The resolution affirms (...)

01 - 10 - 2016
Cabinet ‘finally' considers raising infections compensation for doctors
The joint committee in charge of implementing the increase in the doctors' compensation for being at risk of contracting an infection will hold its first meeting on Wednesday. The State Council's administrative court ratified in June the decision to (...)

27 - 09 - 2016
One of world's most dangerous sharks appears in Sharm El-Sheikh
The Ministry of Environment has confirmed that a new Oceanic whitetip shark appeared near Ras Nasrani coast in Sharm El-Sheikh on Friday. This species of shark is considered dangerous due to its notorious tendency to attack. It is also rare and at (...)

24 - 09 - 2016
Death toll of capsized migrant boat rises from 42 to 51
Nine more corpses were pulled out of the water on Thursday near Rashid coast, after an illegal migrants boat capsized on Wednesday. The boat was carrying between 300 and 600 illegal migrants when it sank, as it embarked from the coast to the (...)

22 - 09 - 2016
Al-Sisi's speech was good, some items needed rearrangement: professor
President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi's speech at the United Nations general assembly moved from general to private topics and from regional to international affairs, said political science professor Tarek Fahmy. "It was a good speech in general, but many (...)

21 - 09 - 2016
Egyptian media blackout on rallies opposing Al-Sisi in New York
A number of pro-Muslim Brotherhood Egyptian expats took to the streets of Manhattan in a tour bus to protest in front of the United Nations headquarters ahead of President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi's speech before the 71st general debate of the UN (...)

21 - 09 - 2016
Egypt advocates for funding, technology transfer in UN climate meeting
Egypt's participation in the high-level meeting on Africa Renewable Energy Initiative (AERI) focused on advocating for a fund and the transfer of technology to help Africa achieve its national objectives related to climate change. President Abdel (...)

21 - 09 - 2016
Controversy over rallies supporting Al-Sisi in New York
Rallies organised by Egyptian expats to show support for Egypt's delegation in New York stirred controversy among the Coptic community. Dozens rallied in Manhattan upon the delegation's arrival, led by President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, holding (...)

19 - 09 - 2016
UNGA71: country leaders ‘formally' recognise refugees, migrants rights
The United Nations (UN) member states adopted a new declaration for refugees and migrants on Monday, as the general debate of the 71st UN general assembly kicks off in New York. The declaration, which was drafted and publicised on 13 September, (...)

19 - 09 - 2016
Al-Sisi, Trump to meet for first time in New York visit
President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi is expected to meet US republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on the sidelines of his visit to New York, state news agency MENA reported. Al-Sisi will arrive in New York on Sunday afternoon to attend the 71st (...)

18 - 09 - 2016
Health Minister denounces infections prevention system
During an inspection visit at Qalyub hospital on Friday, Health Minister Ahmed Emad said the infections prevention system at the hospital is ailing and rundown despite the allocation of EGP 78m to the system for renovations. The minister's (...)

17 - 09 - 2016
Al-Sisi heads to New York for UN general assembly
President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi is expected to arrive in New York on Sunday, to participate in the United Nations general assembly. The 71st general assembly is currently taking place at the UN headquarters in New York, whereas the debate will start (...)

17 - 09 - 2016
Doctors Syndicate delegation to visit cabinet to push for increasing infections allowance
The Doctors Syndicate will send a delegation to the cabinet on 19 September to call for increasing the infections allowance, the syndicate said in a statement. The State Council Administrative Court ratified a decision in June that would increase (...)

07 - 09 - 2016
Doctors Syndicate calls for price of subsidised formula to be decreased to EGP 5
The Doctors Syndicate called for a set of decisions to be enforced in order to resolve the shortage of baby formula. Dozens of families protested in front of the Egyptian Pharmaceutical Trading Company headquarters last Thursday, against the (...)

07 - 09 - 2016
Railway failures continue to take more lives, authority vows reforms
Giza governor Kamal Al-Daly decided to issue compensation worth EGP 20,000 for the families of those who died in Wednesday's Al-Ayyat train accident, and EGP 3,000 for the injured. The number of injuries rose to 31 in the train accident near (...)

07 - 09 - 2016
Environment Minister discusses COP22 preparations with US delegation
Minister of Environment Khaled Fahmy met with Jonathan Pershing, the US deputy director for the office of energy policy, in Cairo on Tuesday to discuss preparations for the upcoming 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP22). Pershing is currently (...)

29 - 08 - 2016
Mental hospitals: from de facto detention to a homeless shelter
The early morning silence in the upscale neighbourhood of Heliopolis was broken by the bitter screaming voice of a senior woman lying in the middle of a small garden. No one could tell why she was screaming. But after a few minutes she started (...)

28 - 08 - 2016
Doctors Syndicate starts online campaign to push for higher compensation
The Doctors Syndicate has launched a week-long online campaign to push for the implementation of the court decision that would raise doctors' compensation up to EGP 1,000 in case of contracting infections on the job. In November 2015, the (...)

27 - 08 - 2016
Kowla villagers' lives deteriorate as government builds New Akhmim City
The Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights (ECESR) tried to return attention to the plight of Kowla villagers in Sohag through a research paper published Wednesday documenting the hardships of the villagers. The New Urban Communities (...)

22 - 08 - 2016
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