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ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Etihad Airways has announced the launch of flights to the holy city of Medina from November 27. Medina will be served three times weekly from Abu Dhabi using a modern two-class Airbus A321. Fatma Al Mehairi, Vice President Sales UAE at Etihad Airways, said: “We look forward to reconnecting Abu Dhabi with Medina, a city ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 287,876 additional Covid-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment. In a statement, the ministry stressed its aim to continue expanding scope of testing nationwide to facilitate the early detection of coronavirus cases and carry out the necessary treatment. As part ...

Dubai / WAM Sao Paulo’s Trade Promotion Office in Dubai, which opened a few months ago, made a “great impact” in terms of trade and investment relations between the Brazilian state and the Middle East, the state’s top official told Emirates News Agency (WAM). “Well, the impact (of Dubai office) is great and very positive. We started a new business ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The presidents and chief executives of the Lebanese Business Councils (LBCs) in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have strongly condemned the statements made by the Lebanese Information Minister against the Saudi-led Coalition to Support the legitimacy in Yemen. In a joint statement issued on Saturday, they affirmed their rejection of turning Lebanon into a platform for ...

ABU DHABI / WAM About 240,000 annual two-way tourist traffic between Switzerland and the UAE, the presence of the region’s largest Swiss expatriate community in the Emirates, and robust bilateral business and investment ties make the UAE “an important partner for Switzerland in the Middle East,” the Swiss President told Emirates News Agency (WAM). “With almost 3000 people, the UAE ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Statistical Training Institute (STI) of the Statistics Centre – Abu Dhabi (SCAD) held a virtual seminar titled ‘The Data Revolution and Big Data in Official Statistics’, as part of the Abu Dhabi Data Dialogue series, organised by the STI. Representatives from Abu Dhabi government entities and statistical centres at the state level participated in the ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) launched an online Transportation Activities Rental System (Tars) to serve the car rental system in the emirate. The system aims to bring more happiness to corporate and individual clients by improving the level of services provided to them. The CEO of RTA Licensing Agency Abdullah Yousef Al Ali, said, “This new ...

Sharjah / WAM His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, inaugurated on Saturday, the art exhibition “The Other Side of Silence” by Hrair Sarkissian in the Sharjah Art Foundation. The exhibition, organised by the Sharjah Art Foundation in cooperation with Galérie Bonnier Constellation in Stockholm, and the Bonnefanten Museum in Maastricht, ...

Dubai / WAM As global population growth continues to challenge the world’s existing cities and communities, Expo 2020 Dubai brings together leaders, experts and citizens to explore how we must transform the way we move, build, consume and live in the habitats of the future. By 2050, more than 70 percent of the world’s population is forecast to live in ...

NEW DELHI / WAM The UAE will be an important participant in the India International Trade Fair (IITF) to be held in New Delhi from November 14-27, India’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry announced on Saturday. The ministry said India’s other trade partners which have confirmed their attendance at the annual exhibition, described as “one of the most awaited business ...