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Dubai / WAM Dubai Economy and Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company PJSC (du), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to launch the ‘Start @ du’ initiative to facilitate doing business in Dubai. The MoU is in line with the joint commitment to promote excellence in providing smart services and initiatives that contribute to raising the competitiveness and sustainability of businesses in ...

DUBAI / WAM From its strategic location at global crossroads and strong financial reserves and sovereign wealth funds to investment in major development and infrastructure projects, the UAE has been able to create a modern, dynamic and diverse economy in only 50 years. It is, though, the desire to keep pushing forward, to keep extending the nation’s horizons, that has ...

ABU DHABI / WAM ADQ, a holding company with a broad portfolio of major enterprises spanning key sectors of Abu Dhabi’s diversified economy, announced on Tuesday its intention to proceed with listing shares of Abu Dhabi Ports Company PJSC, an Abu Dhabi based global trade enabler encompassing diverse assets including ports, industrial cities and free zones, maritime, logistics and digital. ...

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, and His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday deliberated the prospects of further consolidating the strategic ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Mubadala Petroleum and Eni, the integrated international energy company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at identifying cooperation opportunities in the energy transition sector, including the fields of hydrogen and carbon capture, utilisation and storage, that align with their respective decarbonisation targets. The cooperation covers potential joint opportunities in the Middle East, North Africa, South ...

DUBAI / WAM On the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies, held under theme “Healthy Air, Healthy Planet”, Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MoCCAE) launched UAE greenhouse gas (GHG) and air pollutant inventory monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) system project. As the UAE advances in addressing climate change and reducing air pollutant emissions while progressively ramping up ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi is preparing to launch the 18th edition of the International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition (ADIHEX 2021), where the efforts of the Higher Organising Committee are intensifying to organise the largest event of its kind in the Middle East and Africa, from September 27 to October 03, at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre. Held ...

Dubai / WAM Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa), has said that the pumped-storage hydroelectric power station being built by Dewa in Hatta is 29 percent complete. The station will have a production capacity of 250 megawatts (MW), a storage capacity of 1,500 megawatt-hours, and a life span of up to 80 ...

SHARJAH / WAM The Sharjah Department of Public Works (SDPW) has recently completed the development of Al Turaif Park in Kalba. Mohammad bin Yarouf, Director of the Branches Department at the SDPW, stated that the construction projects in the city are proceeding according to the plan. Bin Yarouf pointed out that the SDPW provided Al Turaif park with a variety ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 314,683 additional Covid-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment. In a statement on Tuesday, the ministry stressed its aim to continue expanding the scope of testing nationwide to facilitate the early detection of coronavirus cases and carry out the necessary ...