Category: EGYPT
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Egypt wins IMO Executive Membership
Transport Minister Saad El-Geioushy, who heads the Egyptian delegation in London, said Egypt’s IMO membership will have an influential role in the shipping industry. Egypt received 130 votes out of a total of 154 votes where it occupied seventh place after Singapore, Turkey, Malta, Cyprus, Australia, and Peru. Other countries that won membership include Indonesia,…
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Greek president promises greater cooperation with Egypt
In an interview published by Ahram Arabic news website on Wednesday, Pavlopoulos outlined his talks with Egyptian President El-Sisi, who is currently on a three-day visit to Athens. Pavlopoulos said the talks have been focused on cooperation between Egypt and Greece in geostrategic, security, and economic sectors. Read more at: english.ahram.org.eg
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Greece, Cyprus, Egypt to speed up talks over sea boundaries
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Cypriot President Nikos Anastasiades met in Athens to discuss how they could take advantage of gas reserves especially after Egypt this year discovered the biggest offshore gas field in the Mediterranean. Read more at: www.reuters.com
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INTERVIEW: First Egyptian candidate ever as astronaut for a NASA-sponsored space mission
PoSSUM is sponsored by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and aims to study the mesosphere layer, take samples and undergo climate research at an altitude of about 100km from the Earth’s surface. Abdullatif, who old was the only Arab among 12 candidates to be chosen for the for PoSSUM programme, told Ahram Online…