Cabinet
Cabinet approves bill regulating transport and providing ‘smart card’
Egypt
November 23, 2017
Cabinet approves bill regulating transport and providing ‘smart card’
In its weekly meeting on Wednesday, the Cabinet, lead by Prime Minister Sherif Ismail, approved a draft law which regulates…
Kuwait’s ruling emir orders Cabinet dissolved amid turmoil
Middle East
October 30, 2017
Kuwait’s ruling emir orders Cabinet dissolved amid turmoil
Kuwait’s ruling emir ordered his Cabinet be dissolved Monday, heading off a potentially embarrassing no-confidence vote by parliament against one…
Food producers can face jail for violating decree to print clear price tags
Economy
October 12, 2017
Food producers can face jail for violating decree to print clear price tags
Egypt’s Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Ali Moselhi issued a decree this week obliging all food producers to print…
Church-authorities Monday meeting ‘very positive’: Church representative
Egypt
October 11, 2017
Church-authorities Monday meeting ‘very positive’: Church representative
The legal representative of the Catholic Church at the Unlicensed Churches’ Committee, Gamil Halim, said that the first meeting between…
Egypt committee to meet over unlicensed church buildings
Egypt
October 8, 2017
Egypt committee to meet over unlicensed church buildings
A committee to consider the legalization of unlicensed churches, formed by the cabinet in Egypt, is scheduled to meet on…
Cabinet approves proposal on 5 years study in Faculty of Medicine
Egypt
October 5, 2017
Cabinet approves proposal on 5 years study in Faculty of Medicine
The Cabinet approved on Wednesday a proposal by the Medical Sector Committee of the Supreme Council of Universities on a…
Parliament to discuss bill on establishing Egyptian space agency
Egypt
September 27, 2017
Parliament to discuss bill on establishing Egyptian space agency
The Cabinet approved at its meeting on Wednesday a draft law establishing an Egyptian space agency, Minister of Higher Education,…
Cabinet unanimously approves amendments to National Railway Authority Law
Egypt
September 21, 2017
Cabinet unanimously approves amendments to National Railway Authority Law
Egypt’s Cabinet unanimously approved on Wednesday a bill amending certain provisions of Law No. 152 of 1980 establishing the National…
Egypt amends law to strip citizenship from those convicted in crimes ‘harming public order’
Egypt
September 21, 2017
Egypt amends law to strip citizenship from those convicted in crimes ‘harming public order’
Egypt’s cabinet approved on Wednesday an amendment that would allow Egyptian citizenship to be taken away from a person belonging…
Iran parliament approves majority of Rouhani Cabinet picks
Middle East
August 20, 2017
Iran parliament approves majority of Rouhani Cabinet picks
Iranian lawmakers have approved 16 Cabinet members nominated by recently re-elected President Hassan Rouhani. Parliament speaker Ali Larijani said lawmakers…