Egypt Independent Senior US and Russian diplomats formally launched special negotiations to achieve strategic stability at the US diplomatic mission in Geneva on Monday. The talks are part of a flurry of European diplomatic activities this week which aim at defusing tension over the Russian military build-up on the border …
Read More »Tag Archives: switzerland
Egypt cooperate with Switzerland on green economy and climate change
Doaa Moneim – Ahram Online Egypt signed cooperation programme with Switzerland contributing to Egypt’s transition towards a green economy and adaption to climate change. The program agreement was signed on Thursday by Minister of International Cooperation, Rania al-Mashat. It will run from 2021 and 2024. “Our cooperation with Egypt comes …
Read More »Three MOUs signed between Egypt and Switzerland
Hanan Mohamed – Egypt Today Egypt and Switzerland signed three memoranda of understating (MoU) to strengthen bilateral investments, improve higher education, and develop the structure of the public sector business. This is achieved at the Egyptian-Swiss Investment Forum, organized by the General Authority for Investment and Free Zones in …
Read More »Switzerland expands its clean water development project in upper Egypt
Egypt Today Egypt signed an agreement with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) entitled “Program for the Management of Drinking Water in Upper Egypt” to provide clean drinking water to more than 2 million people in Aswan over 8 years. The program is set to be implemented …
Read More »Switzerland returns 26 artefacts to Egypt
Egypt Independent Egyptian Ambassador to Switzerland Hesham Seif Eddin received word from Swiss authorities that 26 small artifacts dating back to ancient Egypt will be returned. The Foreign Ministry said in a press release on Wednesday that the antiquities included a statue of the god Anubis, an Ushabti statue, …
Read More »Swiss delegation signs protocol to support stray dogs castration program in Hurghada
Ahram Online A delegation of Swiss veterinaries has signed a protocol with Egypt’s Red Sea Hurghada Veterinary Directorate to boost efforts to control the spread of stray dogs through castration. The Swiss delegation was headed by Suzy Osinger, Head of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals …
Read More »Switzerland to return stolen stela
Switzerland will return to Egypt an ancient stela stolen from a temple dedicated to the goddess Isis, Geneva’s public prosecutor said on Monday. The stone slab bearing a relief design was stolen 30 years ago from the Iseion temple at the Behbeit El Hagar archeological site in Lower Egypt. “During an inventory control …
Read More »