ABU DHABI / WAM The Department of Transport – Abu Dhabi (DoT) and the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate in the study, testing and evaluation of sustainable, electrical and autonomous transport technologies. Khalifa Mohamed Al Mazrouei, Under-Secretary of the Department of Transport, and Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi, Masdar’s Chief Executive Officer, ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Saif Badr Al Qubaisi, General Manager of Abu Dhabi City Municipality (ADM) signed an agreement and several contracts with property development and investment companies. The contracts included constructing, building and operating recreational playgrounds for workers and Musaffah, and an agreement for construction and operation of recreational playgrounds for workers, one sports complex in Musaffah, 4 service ...

DUBAI / WAM Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Managing Director and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) met with a high-level delegation from the US Department of Energy. Waleed Salman, Executive Vice President of Business Development and Excellence, Dr. Yousef Al Akraf, Executive Vice President of Business Support and Human Resources, and Marwan Bin Haider, Executive Vice President of ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Land Department (DLD) announced that Dubai has been chosen to host the First Arab Land Conference, which will be held between February 26 -28. The conference will address many of the most-challenging land-related issues in Arab countries, including how to manage land to reduce conflicts, and how to maximize the use of land and real ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The 2017 edition of the CSR in Action programme, which is spearheaded by the Al Ahli Holding Group (AAHG), selected five projects for further development in the pilot stage. Run over a period of four months, the programme has helped to significantly enhance the practice and awareness of CSR activities among practitioners and students. CSR in ...

Dubai / Emirates Business MAG Lifestyle Development (MAG LD), the development arm of MAG Group, announced that it will deliver its ‘MAG 5 Boulevard’ project months earlier than expected as construction works continue to progress ahead of schedule. The first phase of the value housing project in Dubai South was due to be handed over in Q4 2018, but the ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, on Saturday received Angelino Alfano, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, who is currently on a visit to the country to attend the third round of the UAE-Italy Strategic Dialogue, to be held in Abu ...

Dubai / WAM The UAE doctors have launched ‘Zayed Mobile Clinic’ to provide best diagnostic, therapeutic and prevention services in different emirates to low income people from different nationalities, in accordance with the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan in marking 2018 as the ‘Year of Zayed’. The clinic operates in collaboration with the Zayed ...

DUBAI / WAM The UAE, with its more than 213 health facilities, has been ranked number one in the number of internationally accredited facilities by the Joint Commission International (JCI), once again highlighting its series of achievements and indices geared towards accomplishing the aspirations of the UAE Vision 2021 in order to strengthen its position on the global competitiveness map ...

Dubai / WAM The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), is gearing up for the opening of cycle tracks stretching 32 km in Mushrif, Mirdif and Al Khawaneej early next month. The project includes the construction of two bridges for the combined use of cyclists and pedestrians over Al Khawaneej and Academic City Streets. The project cost amounts to AED67 million. ...