Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has urged the reliance on local components as much as possible in implementing the projects under the Haya Karima (Decent Life) initiative to develop the countryside amid a disruption in global supply chains.
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Egypt recorded a 9.3 percent drop in traffic injuries in 2021 compared to 2020, as well as a 46.5 percent increase in railway-related injuries over the same period, a recent report released by the country’s Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) said on Tuesday.
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Minister of Transportation Kamel El-Wazir revealed on Sunday evening that the ministry is conducting a study to implement “a small increase” in the fares for the Cairo Metro and railway trains, as the ministry is attempting to reduce a large budget deficit due to the increase in expenses amid global inflation.
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The high-speed electric railway network linking the whole country will reduce the travel time between governorates by more than 50 percent, said Minister of Transportation Kamel El-Wazir.
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Uber Egypt has raised the prices of its services in Cairo and Alexandria, according to an email sent to their clients on Thursday.
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Cairo Governorate, in cooperation with the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), launched on Tuesday the first phase of the Cairo Bike Project in the streets of Downtown Cairo.
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At least 25 people were killed and 31 others injured on Tuesday morning when a public transport bus crashed into a trailer truck in the country’s Northern Desert Road near Mallawi in Minya, sources told Ahram Online.
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Minister of Transportation Kamel El-Wazir issued a decision to appoint Sherif Hassan as the acting chairperson of the National Authority for Tunnels (NAT), replacing Essam Wali, according to an announcement issued by the ministry.
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Egypt is expected to spend EGP 55 billion in annual diesel subsidies during the fiscal year FY 2022/23 after the government’s Wednesday decision to raise diesel prices for the first time in 30 months by EGP 0.5 per litre, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly has said.
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At least four children were killed and 11 others were injured on Wednesday evening after a bus overturned and fell into El-Salam Canal on the road connecting the governorates of Damietta and Daqahliya, Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported.
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Cairo governorate announced on Wednesday that it has raised the ticket prices of public transport by seven percent following the decision of the Fuel Automatic Pricing Committee (FAPC) to raise fuel prices for various octanes.
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Egyptian Minister of Housing Assem El-Gazzar said on Sunday that the state has implemented 431 water and sewage projects with a cost of EGP 45 billion since June 2014, with 138 still under construction.
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The Egyptian Ministry of Local Development and State Ministry for Military Production have signed a joint contract worth EGP 323 million with Cairo Public Transport Authority to buy 70 home-made electric MCV C120 buses.
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Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has mourned the victims of a bus-truck crash on Aswan-Abu Simbel highway in Upper Egypt on Thursday, which killed and injured a number of Egyptian and Sudanese citizens.
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RATP Dev Mobility Cairo (RDMC), a French owned subsidiary in charge of operating Cairo Metro’s third line and the country’s new LRT line, has removed wall murals whose design was copied from Russian plastic artist Georgy Korasov, without his permission.
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At least eight people were killed and 44 injured on Thursday morning in a collision between a bus and a truck on Aswan-Abu Simbel Road in Upper Egypt, according to MENA.
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The National Tunnels Authority and RATP Dev Mobility Cairo, which is responsible for operating Cairo metro Line 3, announced on Tuesday they are considering appropriate legal procedures to take against the advertising company Wali's Studio for plagiarising a design of Russian plastic artist Georgy Korasov on the walls of one of metro stations.
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Arish port received on Tuesday the heavy load carrier Topaz Moskva, the first time the newly overhauled port has received a vessel of this size since its re-opening in January 2021, the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) said in a statement.
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The Suez Canal recorded its highest ever annual revenues in FY2021/22, recording $7 billion, up from$ 5.8 billion in the previous FY, according to a statement by Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Chairperson Osama Rabie on Monday.
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President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi ordered on Sunday starting the pilot operation of the Safaa Hegazy Station that is located in Zamalek, which is among the first part of the third phase of Cairo Metro’s Third Line.
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