The agency quotes Tokayev, who said, «For Kazakhstan, the People’s Republic of China is of particular importance. The partnership is based on the existing Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (EPCA). «Kazakhstan, as a pioneer partner of the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), holds a peculiar position. Photo: htcm.deMainichi:Art by Kazakh painter, hibakusha Kuyukov shown in Hiroshima ahead of summitJapan’s Mainichi agency reported on May 20 about an exhibition by Karipbek Kuyukov, a Kazakh artist born without arms as a result of exposure to radiation from Soviet nuclear testing, at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. «Starting from July 3, the flights between Astana and Tashkent will operate twice a week, on Mondays and Wednesdays.

CAIRO - 22 May 2023: Both Egypt and Sultanate of Oman share deep historic relations, not only on a political level, but also economically. In this story, et reviews the five most important commodities that Egypt and Oman, exported and imported during 2022. Data from the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics showed the development of the value of trade exchange between Egypt and the Sultanate of Oman during the year 2022, reaching $1.1 billion in 2022, compared to $650.8 million in 2021, an increase of 64.6 percent. The agency’s data monitored the most important commodity groups that Egypt exported to Oman during the year 2022, according to the following:1. The ranking of the most important commodity groups that Egypt imported from Oman during the year 2022 came as follows:1.

Spain's Ministry of Ecological Transition has confirmed that 250 regional firefighters and 165 members of the Spanish Military's Emergency Response Unit are currently fighting the blaze, along with the support of 10 earth-movers, six aircraft, eight helicopters, and 23 vehicles. The fire broke out on Wednesday night in the 'Las Hurdes' region of Extremadura, a region where wildfires in July 2022 caused devastation of 5,000 hectares, and has spread out of control due to strong winds and dry conditions. The villages of Cadalso, Descargamaria, Robledillo de Gata and some neighbourhoods of Torrecilla de Los Angeles and Ovejuela have been evacuated as a precautionary measure and three main roads have been closed. This follows the destruction of almost 310,000 hectares of land in 2022. The Spanish government has recently approved a 2.2-billion-euro (2.38-billion-U.S.-dollar) package to help deal with the ongoing drought.

During a ceremony held during the 76th Cannes Film Festival in partnership with the IEFTA, the Arab Cinema Center (ACC) announced the winners of the seventh Critics Awards for Arab Films, which highlighted the top Arab films released in 2022. This year, the international jury panel, which encompassed 193 film critics from 72 countries, evaluated the nominated films using the Festival Scope digital platform — a partner of the ACC. The awards are given to the best Arab film productions every year in the following categories: Best Feature Film, Best Documentary Film, Best Director, Best Writer, Best Actress, and Best Actor, along with the recently added Best Editing, Best Cinematography, and Best Music categories. The final list of the nominees for the Critics Awards for Arab Films was curated according to the following criteria: The films must have premiered at an international film festival outside of the Arab world in 2022, and at least one of the production companies must be Arab (regardless of the size of its contribution to the production of the film). Additionally, the films must be feature-length (fiction or documentary).

The CBE stated, in its newly issued monthly report, that on the assets side, cash balances in banks in January 2023 amounted to about EGP 95.203bn. The balances of banks locally recorded about EGP 2.199trn, while their balances with banks abroad amounted to about EGP 405.595bn. Regarding liabilities, the CBE stated that the banks' capital amounted to EGP 311.387bn, and the reserves recorded EGP 452.245bn, while the balance of provisions amounted to about EGP 383.181bn. This comes as the volume of non-governmental deposits in banks amounted to about EGP 6.977trn, of which about EGP 5.494trn in local currency and about EGP 662.873bn in foreign currencies. The private business sector's deposits in local currency amounted to EGP 832.992bn, while its deposits in foreign currencies amounted to EGP 480.695bn.

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) has been awarded “ISO” 22301:2019 Certification in Business Continuity Management (BCM) from MSECB, a leading provider of quality certification and branding in the Middle East and North Africa region, according to a statement issued by the bank on Saturday 20/05/2023. The certification reflects the magnitude of the achievement made by the Central Bank in the field of business continuity, starting from analysis and measurement operations to the design, implementation, and development of a business continuity management system. The ISO 22301 quality certification is the international standard for business continuity management in organizations, following the latest international approaches and practices in this field. It ensures the identification and management of existing and potential risks that may negatively impact business operations during emergencies. The certification was granted by MSECB in collaboration with Afaq Integrated Solutions, which holds the rights to conduct numerous certification audits for quality management standards across various industries and business fields.

CAIRO – 21 May 2023: The National Dialogue tackled on Sunday the political parties’ issues and the law regulating municipal councils. However, the sessions will be repeated if they are not enough to cover all the points,"said Diaa Rashwan, coordinator of the National Dialogue. The role of political parties has been minor throughout Egypt’s political history although they legitimize the rulers and governments," Helal added. However, the rapporteur of the local councils committee at the National Dialogue said this is a constitutional right for local councils. The two National Dialogue sessions dedicated to local councils on Sunday are determining the following:1- The appropriate electoral system in the light of Article 180 of the Constitution.

CAIRO – 21 May 2023: The Interior Ministry released a decision on Saturday to grant foreign investors wishing to carry out business in Egypt a one-year residence. Such residence will be granted to the investors while establishing their companies and economic entities in the country, the ministry added in its statement. The move is part of the government’s efforts aimed at facilitating procedures regarding the fulfillment of investment projects, in addition to attracting more foreign investments to the country. The Egyptian government has been taking strides in order to improve the business conditions in Egypt and make it more favorable for both foreign and local investors. The government last week announced 22 decisions designed to attract foreign currency and speed up the process of establishing new companies.

The communications and information technology sector has reached a growth rate of 16.3 percent, Amr Talaat, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, stated. Talaat said that the ministry’s efforts have contributed to boosting digital exports to reach $4.9 billion. The ministry also signed agreements with 29 international companies that annually increase exports at a total of $1 billion and provide 34,000 job opportunities through 35 export centers. He also pointed to the reform measures introduced to create an enabling environment for business development in the ICT sector, including enacting the Anti-Cyber and IT Crimes Law and Personal Data Protection Law. The minister also highlighted the Digital Egypt strategy and its objectives, which include: increasing the ICT sector’s contribution to the GDP, attracting FDI in the sector, introducing technology in all state sectors, and enhancing Egypt's capacity in global connectivity.

Russia’s Foreign Ministry is considering waiving entry visas with some countries in the Islamic world as well as African countries, Egypt amongst them. The Russia Today website reported Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov as saying, on the sidelines of the “Russia – Islamic World: KazanForum,” currently being held in the Russian city of Kazan, that efforts in this regard are continuing. “We generally intend to abandon the entry visa system because this matter is very important for tourism and business,” he said. Bogdanov added that there is a special value Russia attaches to countries of the Islamic world, the Arab world, and Africa. “We are making similar efforts towards Asian countries that may in the future become excellent paths for tourism and the business sector, including Malaysia and Indonesia.”

CAIRO, 21 May 2023: After the Fenerbahce player spat on Mahmoud Trezeguet, Trabzon condemns the incident in an official statement. Turkish Trabzonspor said in official statement released on their official website:“This is disgusting. We strongly condemn the inhuman act against our player Mahmoud Trezeguet during the match we played with Fenerbahce on May 18, 2023. It is shameful and disgusting that footballer Samet Amkaidin spat on our player Trezeguet while he was prostrating after celebrating his goal. We expect all stakeholders, the Turkish Football Federation, and especially Fenerbahçe to take action immediately.

The first investigator-initiated study of remote pulmonary artery pressure monitoring has found that it improves quality of life and reduces heart failure hospitalisations in patients with chronic heart failure. The findings are presented today in a late breaking science session at Heart Failure 2023, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), and published in The Lancet. Principal investigator Jasper Brugts of Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands said: “Pulmonary artery pressure is a marker of haemodynamic congestion, which occurs several weeks before symptoms develop, providing a window of opportunity to prevent overt congestion and subsequent hospitalisation. This level of treatment means that any additional benefit of pulmonary artery pressure monitoring was really on top of appropriate levels of guideline directed medical therapy.”He concluded: “Pulmonary artery pressure monitoring showed a substantial and significant effect on quality of life and heart failure hospitalisations which is highly relevant for patients, physicians and hospitals. The principle of management by exception ensures that physicians only need to respond to patients outside their threshold window, making this an efficient method with a low time requirement.”

Tunisian-Egyptian superstar Hend Sabry along with Tunisian actor Nour Karoui, Ichrak Matar, Tunisian film director Kaouther Ben Hania, Olfa Hamrouni, Tayssir Chikhaoui and Eya Chikhaoui attended the screening of "Les filles d'Olfa" (Four Daughters) at the 76th annual Cannes Film Festival, in Cannes, France, on May, 19, 2023. The movie is presented in the Official Competition of the festival which runs from May 16-27.

File- File Photo: Muslim pilgrims pray around the holy Kaaba at the Grand Mosque ahead of the annual haj pilgrimage in Mecca September 21, 2015 - ReutersCAIRO- 20 May 2023: According to the instructions issued by the Saudi Civil Aviation Authority, Egyptian national flag carrier, EgyptAir, announced that holders of visit visas of all kinds should not enter the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during the Hajj season 1444/2023. The company asked all tourism companies and travel agents not to issue tickets or accept visas of all kinds on flights heading to Jeddah/Madinah, starting from Tuesday, May 30, 2023, until Wednesday, June 28, 2023. EgyptAir will launch its airbridge to transport the pilgrims from Cairo Airport’s seasonal terminal to Medina and Jeddah, starting from June 10, 2023 until June 23, 2023, provided that the return flights to the homeland will start from July 1, 2023 until July 13, 2023.

Around 500 people have been evacuated from their homes due to a wildfire that has so far burned 8,500 hectares of land in the southwestern Spanish region of Extremadura, according to sources from local authorities on Saturday. The fire broke out on Wednesday night in the ‘Las Hurdes’ region of Extremadura, a region where wildfires in July 2022 caused devastation of 5,000 hectares, and has spread out of control due to strong winds and dry conditions. The villages of Cadalso, Descargamaria, Robledillo de Gata and some neighbourhoods of Torrecilla de Los Angeles and Ovejuela have been evacuated as a precautionary measure and three main roads have been closed. This follows the destruction of almost 310,000 hectares of land in 2022. The Spanish government has recently approved a 2.2-billion-euro (2.38-billion-U.S.-dollar) package to help deal with the ongoing drought.