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Dubai / Gulf Time flydubai, the Dubai-based airline, announced on Thursday the launch of flights to Samarkand in Uzbekistan from September 20 with a twice-weekly service. With the addition of flights to Samarkand, flydubai grows its operations in the market to two points including the capital, Tashkent. Flights to Samarkand International Airport (SKD) will operate from Terminal 3 at Dubai ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) and the Abu Dhabi Exports Office (Adex) signed two loan agreements with the Electricity and Water Authority in Bahrain to finance a water supply network project. Under the agreements, ADFD has committed to provide a loan of AED150.6 million, and Adex to provide a loan of AED187.32 million. The ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Dr Abdulrahman Al Awar, Minister of Human Resources and Emiratisation, has said that the historic address of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to the nation reflects the UAE wise leadership’s vision for the future of the country and its community, as well as the outlook of the nation for the coming ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Member of Abu Dhabi Executive Council and Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Office, has chaired a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors (BoD) of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc). During the meeting, which was held at Adnoc’s headquarters in Abu ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has exchanged, during a telephone call, Eid Al Adha greetings with the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia. The UAE President and King of Saudi Arabia exchanged their wishes for the two countries to flourish with continued ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (Seha) has signed an agreement with Kahn-Sagol-Maccabi (KSM), the research and innovation centre of Israel’s Maccabi Healthcare Services, to promote joint medical research and technological innovation. The agreement – signed in Abu Dhabi – will also support the Emirate’s goal of building a genomic research registry to optimise clinical ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Mubadala Petroleum, the Abu Dhabi headquartered international energy company, on Wednesday announced that the drilling of the Timpan-1 exploration well located 150 kilometres offshore North Sumatra, Indonesia, has been completed with the discovery of a 390 foot gas column in high net to gross fine-grained sandstone reservoir. The exploration well, “Timpan-1”, is operated by Harbour ...

  Dubai / WAM A group of 16 companies managed to achieve three times more than the Emiratisation target approved by cabinet’s decision that was issued in May 2022 and entered into force in June 2022. These companies employed 1,166 UAE citizens within this short period. The firms will receive incentive packages from the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation ...

Dubai / Gulf Time Dubai real estate market recorded 304 sales transactions worth AED735.85 million, in addition to 77 mortgage deals of AED263.54 million, and 12 gift deals amounting to AED24.3 million on Wednesday, data released by Dubai’s Land Department (DLD) showed. The sales included 282 villas and apartments worth AED651.17 million, and 22 land plots worth AED84.68 million, while ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has said that the people of the UAE, and striving to empower them, has always been and continues to be the nation’s top priority. “Ensuring our people have everything they need to live fulfilled, comfortable, and happy lives, remains the basis of all our future plans,” His ...