After the 3.56bn euros rebate is taken into account, the UK's net contribution was 7.25bn euros (Â£5.85bn), according to the EU financial report .This represents around 0.87 per cent of UK public spending in 2011 - approximately the same amount spent on the NHS.
Egypt: The Origin of the Name, Egypt. The Origin of the Word, Egypt. by Nermin Sami and Jimmy Dunn. Over the millenniums, Egypt has had many names in many different languages. Today, its official name is Junhuriyah Misr al-Arabiyah, which in English means the Arab Republic of Egypt.
The word Egypt is the Greek name for the country and is a reference to a mythical Greek hero Aegyptus. The Kemetians called themselves simply, the people. This brings up some rather annoying problems. The fact is that much of the ancient history available to us, was written by Europeans.he word Egypt is the Greek name for the country and is a reference to a mythical Greek hero Aegyptus. The Kemetians called themselves simply, the people. This brings up some rather annoying problems. The fact is that much of the ancient history available to us, was written by Europeans.