Dubai / Emirates Business The Emirates Institute for Banking and Financial Studies (EIBFS), a regional leader in banking and finance education and training, has launched a state-of-the-art online research portal that will enable region’s bankers, finance professionals as well as students, faculty and researchers to access the latest industry and economic reports and whitepapers, scholarly articles and surveys and support ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Members of Emirates Skywards, the award-winning loyalty programme of Emirates and flydubai, can now achieve their next Emirates Skywards tier faster thanks to an exciting new offer to earn up to double Tier Miles on flights. The offer is valid for eligible tickets booked between November 26 and December 3 (both days inclusive) for travel on ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The ‘EU-UAE: Sheikh Zayed & Europe’ exhibition will tour Europe, introducing European youth to Sheikh Zayed and his lasting legacy, the exhibition curator has said. “One of the main reasons behind holding this exhibition is to introduce the EU to the new generation of Emiratis,” said Rym Tina Ghazal to the Emirates News Agency (WAM). “It ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE Government’s Annual Meetings will kick-off on Tuesday in Abu Dhabi. The second national meeting of its kinds, will be co-chaired by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi ...

Dubai / WAM Emirates National Oil Company (Enoc) has won the 2018 Golden Peacock Global Award for Sustainability (GPGAS), for the second consecutive year in the global institutional award category, in recognition of its efforts towards raising sustainability standards within the Group. Saif Humaid Al Falasi, Group CEO, Enoc, remarked: “It is a great honour to be recognised by the ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), and Siemens International signed a Memorandum of Understating (MoU), to support the health sector in Yemen. The signing of the MoU is part of the ERC’s strategy to promote its humanitarian partnerships around the world and attract the attention of large companies and institutions to humanitarian issues that concern people, as ...

Sharjah / WAM The remarkable and historical story of Wadi Al Helo – one of Sharjah’s Unesco World Heritage-nominated cultural heritage sites – is being told using a unique Virtual Reality, VR, application developed by the management office of ‘Sharjah: The Gateway to Trucial States’ (SGTS), and the American University of Sharjah (AUS), in an effort to highlight Sharjah’s important role ...

Bloomberg Russia fired on Ukrainian warships and injured some of their crew members, marking a dramatic renewal of tensions between the ex-Soviet neighbours near the peninsula of Crimea that President Vladimir Putin annexed four years ago. Ukraine said Russian warships opened fire on Sunday on a group of its military vessels in neutral waters that had previously tried to enter ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump said the US will close its southern border with Mexico if needed, a day after US agents shot several rounds of tear gas at migrants after some tried to breach a border fence. “Mexico should move the flag waving Migrants, many of whom are stone cold criminals, back to their countries,” Trump said on Monday on ...

Bloomberg Theresa May was expected to begin selling her Brexit agreement to skeptical politicians and the British public on Monday with a warning that “there is not a better deal available.” The UK prime minister will appeal to members of Parliament to vote for the contract she finalised over the weekend with the European Union and avoid the turmoil of ...