Latest in Tag: Assiut Highlight
Latest in Tag: Assiut
Assiut aqueduct project to offer national benefits
The project will benefit 18 million Egyptians and improve the irrigation system for over 1.6 million acres of land
Railway authority head blames âmalfunctionsâ for renewed suspension of Upper Egypt railway service
Service between the capital and Upper Egypt governorates had been suspended since 14 August before being resumed and later suspended again on Saturday
Protests at various universities on first day of classes
Students against Coup movement issue a statement promising “the end of putchists at their hands”
Freedom and Justice Party headquarters in Assiut set ablaze
Protesters demand replacement of the governor with a military ruler
Assiut mourns its dead
Clashes between 30 June protesters and supporters of the president in Assiut lead to 3 dead and 15 injured
3 dead and 15 injured in Assiut clashes
Protesters blame FJP members for shooting randomly at them, while FJP denies, blames media for inciting people
Two killed and fourteen injured from ammunitions depot explosion
Expired ammunition explodes and kills two, injures 14
Killer and sex offender sentenced to life
Assiut man convicted of murdering teenage girl after following sexually assault
Amnesty condemns rise of blasphemy cases
Human rights group demands charges be dropped, saying they violate freedom of expression
Rights groups condemn jail sentence for Coptic lawyer
Groups warn of increasing number of contempt of religion cases, calling it a means of suppressing personal beliefs
Assiut Criminal Court sentences five men to death
The five men are found guilty of murdering a priest in his home
EOHR calls on Prosecutor General to investigate police torture
Man and his mother attacked by policeman when filing a complaint, says EOHR
Aswan train derailed
Most injuries minor, no deaths reported
US Embassy and Assiut Chamber of Commerce conference
Economic and Trade Financing Road Show designed to promote financing and trade opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises
Local organisation introduces urban beekeeping
Producing your own honey: healthy for you and the world around you.
Assiut University students protest road accident
Students accuse dean of the Faculty of Agriculture of negligence leading to the death of four faculty members
ASEC Cement signs cooperation agreement with Minya University
Cement manufacturer to deliver tailored activities for university students
Al-Wasat youth criticise party policies
A group of party members denounce party’s support for president
CEMEX cement joins new Nile project
River navigation project expected to create 3,500 job, EGP 2.4bn funding from Egyptian and German governments
Al-Jamaa Al-Islamiya security initiative extends to Aswan
New security initiative will not intervene in citizens’ freedoms or infringe upon their privacy
Al-Jamaa Al-Islamiya security committees active in Assiut
âPopular committeesâ to maintain security during policemen strike
New policies to support SMEs and micro-businesses
The number of these businesses in Egypt was estimated to be near 3.4 million by the end of 2011, employing nearly 33.7% of Egyptâs employed population
More governorates call on army to manage state
Calls for military intervention started in Port Said last week and spread to two other governorates
Shell Egypt, Nile Petroleum sign agreement to market marine lubricants
Nile Petroleum will become the primary distributor of Shell marine lubricants in Egypt, serving ships passing through the Suez Canal
Train crash trial postponed
The trial examining the accident that killed 51 children postponed
Harasser’s Killer on trial
The first hearing was held on Sunday in Assiut
Second fatal train crash this week
Train collies with taxi in Ard Al-Lewa in Giza while Egypt still reeling from Badrashein train crash
German development bank to fund more than 100 new schools in Upper Egypt
Ministry of Education building âmodern schoolsâ in Sohag and Assiut to be completed in 2016
Night-watchman tortured in Assiut
Night-watchman detained without charges for four days prompting family to file a complaint to the prosecutor general
First spark of ‘hunger revolution’
Street vendors hold protests at five different governorates calling for better conditions