Dubai / Emirates Business HE Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), opened the Emirati-France Business Summit held by the RTA in collaboration with the French Business Council. The event, which attracted the participation of 63 Emirati and French entities, aims to boost PPP, nurture an investment climate ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE’s Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR), signed two international cooperation agreements with leading nuclear regulators to exchange knowledge and information related to peaceful use of nuclear energy, as well as safety and regulatory-related information. The pacts were signed on the sideline of the 61st General Conference of IAEA, held in Vienna. “Being UAE’s nuclear ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM / WAM His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, stated that the historical cooperation between Sharjah and Kerala is centuries long and is continuing. He stated this during his speech on Tuesday at the headquarters of the State of Kerala, during a ceremony that saw Sheikh Sultan being awarded an ...

ABU DHABI / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has issued Federal Law No. 10 of 2017 on support service workers. Saqr bin Ghobash Saeed Ghobash, Minister of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MOHRE), said that the law will work to achieve balance, regulate the contractual working relationship, and provide legal protection of all concerned parties. The ...

Emirates Business Under the patronage and in presence of His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council Ruler of Sharjah and President of the University of Sharjah, the Sharjah Islamic Center for Economy and Finance Studies will hold the 2nd Sharjah International Conference on Islamic Economy titled ‘The Friendly Environment for Islamic Banking and ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Emirates on Tuesday announced that it will introduce three additional flights per week to the Swedish capital, complementing Emirates’ existing schedule and providing more choice to travellers from December 8. The new scheduled flights will be added to meet the growing demand for travel on the route, particularly during the winter season. Since launching its current ...

SHARJAH / WAM Sharjah Business Women Counci (SBWC), is to organise a workshop for women entrepreneurs tomorrow, to boost their entrepreneurial confidence. Motivational speaker Kevin Abdulrahman, known as ‘The Man Inspiring Millions’, will be giving a full day workshop at 1020 Avenue, Sharjah, from 09:30 – 16:00hrs. The session is especially tailored for women wanting to become entrepreneurs and is ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai International (DXB), registered yet another month of record passenger traffic with 8.2 million passengers welcomed in August, according to the monthly traffic report issued on Tuesday by operator Dubai Airports. Boosted by the seasonal rush of travellers, particularly UAE residents returning for the start of the academic year, passenger traffic at DXB reached 8,233,311 in August ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Land Department (DLD), announced that it issued a total of 8,500 real estate permits from the outset of August 2016 to the end of August 2017. Among the 16 categories of real estate permit issued by the Real Estate Regulatory Agency (RERA), E-advertising permits ranked first with 6,393, followed by classified ads with 517, billboards with ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces have launched the Mars Science City project on Tuesday. The AED 500 million-City will cover ...