Abu Dhabi / WAM Ibrahim Mahmoud Al Mahmoud, First Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce, and Mohammed Dansanta Rimi, Ambassador of Nigeria to the UAE, have discussed ways of promoting mutual cooperation between companies and institutions from Abu Dhabi and Nigeria. During the meeting, Al Mahmood said that the chamber aims to promote ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Noor Bank, one of the leading Shari’a compliant banks in the UAE, on Tuesday announced the launch of Noor Home, establishing an independent identity for its successful home finance business. Leveraging the robust track record of catering to the bank’s home finance customers, the newly named Noor Home will cater to both potential home buyers and ...

Dubai / WAM The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), in Dubai has closed 40 private parking yards following an inspection campaign, where offending parking operators were found to breach the prescribed stipulations in place or have failed to obtain the applicable licensing permits. Maitha bin Adai, CEO of RTA’s Traffic and Roads Agency, said, “This inspection campaign was launched to ...

Dubai / WAM Major General Mohammed Ahmed Al Marri, Director General, General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs – Dubai (GDRFA-D), said that by 2030, the smart gates at Dubai airports will replace passport officials’ platforms with a view to reducing the human involvement factor in application of Dubai’s 10X initiative. The 10X initiative was first launched in February 2017, ...

ALEXANDRIA / WAM Air Arabia Egypt commenced direct flights between Egypt and Italy on Tuesday; serving Milan twice a week from its hub in Alexandria, Egypt. The inaugural flight E5103 landed in Milan Bergamo International Airport on May 4 at 19:45 local time and was received by an Air Arabia delegation including the Group Chief Executive Officer, Adel Al Ali, ...

Dubai / WAM Mona Ghanem Al Marri, Director-General of the Government of Dubai Media Office and Vice President of the UAE Gender Balance Council, on Tuesday addressed the inaugural high-level speaker series of the MENA Chapter of the ‘Global Women in PR’ held in support of female empowerment within the Public Relations, Media and Communications Industry. The private event, hosted ...

DUBAI / WAM The United Arab Emirates (UAE) retains its position as the top country Arab youth would like to live in and want their own countries to emulate for the seventh consecutive year, according to the ASDA’A Burson-Marsteller Arab Youth Survey 2018, released on Tuesday. The 10th annual survey also reveals that young Emiratis are extremely optimistic about their ...

YEMEN / WAM Thirty-seven members of the Iranian-backed Houthi militias have been killed in a series of airstrikes by Arab coalition fighters targeting militia positions in the Red Sea Coast. In the past 48 hours, Coalition forces carried out meticulously planned strikes crippling Houthi military capabilities and leading to heavy losses in their ranks. The raids targeted military sites in ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) on Tuesday confirmed the attendance of more than 40 global CEOs and over 700 attendees at the ADNOC Downstream Investment Forum, underlining both the local, and far-reaching global, interest in the event. The forum will commence on May 13, in Abu Dhabi. During the event, ADNOC will outline its ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry announced plans for state-run trade and investment promotion agency Enterprise Estonia to open a representative office at its premises in Dubai before the end of this year. The announcement was made during a business roundtable in Tallinn, Estonia, which was hosted by the Chamber in cooperation with Enterprise Estonia ...