Dubai / WAM The Arab Water Council is getting ready for the 5th edition of the Arab Water Forum (AWF) scheduled to be convened in Dubai. The forum will kick off, in both hybrid and physical form, under the main theme “Arab Water Security for Peace and Sustainable Development” from September 21-23. The forum will be held under the patronage ...
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BUENOS AIRES / WAM Saeed Abdullah Saif Al Qamzi, UAE Ambassador to the Argentine Republic, and Alexis Guerrera, Argentine Minister of Transport, met to discuss relations between the two countries. The meeting, which was held at the headquarters of the Ministry of Transport in the capital, Buenos Aires, touched upon means to further develop cooperation between the two countries in ...
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Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has installed 15 electric vehicle (EV) Green Charger stations at Expo 2020 Dubai’s pavilions: Opportunity; Sustainability and Mobility. The Green Chargers will serve the electric vehicles visitors to the Expo. Dewa has installed five Green Chargers at each pavilion, enough to charge 30 electric vehicles simultaneously, in addition to two stations ...
Read More »London / WAM The World Nuclear Association (WNA) congratulated the UAE for successful start-up of second unit at Barakah Nuclear Power Plant. The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) announced that its operating and maintenance subsidiary, Nawah Energy Company (Nawah) has successfully started up Unit 2 of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant, located in Al Dhafra Region of Abu Dhabi. This ...
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Abu Dhabi / WAM Women make over 25 percent of the total workforce in Tawazun Holding, while accounting for 10 percent of technical and technology related jobs in the company, said Tareq Abdulraheem Al Hosani, Chief Executive Officer of Tawazun Economic Council. He added that Tawazun Holding’s management believes in the important role of women and seeks to provide opportunities ...
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Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) has reduced its trading commissions by 50% and will extend its trading hours by one hour, with the market opening at 10am and closing at 3pm. The reduction in trading fees, to 0.025% from 0.05%, which will take effect starting September 1, is the exchange’s second commission cut in ...
Read More »DUBAI / WAM Dubai Financial Market (DFM) on Saturday announced the extension of its trading hours to from four hours to five hours daily as of October 3 in line with directions of the Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) and in coordination with various stakeholders. Hassan Al Serkal, CEO of the DFM said: “The new initiative will further strengthen leading ...
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DUBAI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, met on Saturday with HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of the sisterly State of Qatar, on the sidelines of the “Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership”, held in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. HH Sheikh ...
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ABU DHABI / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 309,312 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 the scope of testing nationwide to facilitate the early detection of coronavirus cases and carry out the necessary treatment. As ...
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Abu Dhabi / WAM HH Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Presidential Affairs, and President of Abu Dhabi Judicial Department (ADJD), has approved the ADJD’s new Strategic Plan 2021-2023. The new plan constitutes a starting point in the process of developing the judicial work during the next phase, to achieve judicial leadership on a global ...
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