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UAE resumes tourist visas for vaccinated travellers

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Federal Authority For Identity and Citizenship (ICA) and the National Emergency Crisis and Disasters Management Authority (NCEMA) have jointly announced that, starting from August 30, application for tourist visas will be open to people from all countries, provided that they are fully vaccinated with one of the WHO-approved Covid-19 vaccines. This comes as part of ...

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UAE, Netherlands sign two judicial agreements

Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE and the Netherlands on Sunday signed two judicial and legal agreements related to the extradition of criminals and mutual assistance in criminal matters. The agreements were signed by Sultan bin Saeed Al Badi, Minister of Justice, and Ferdinand Grapperhaus, Minister of Justice of the Netherlands. The signing event was attended by Lody Embrechts, Ambassador ...

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Dubai all set to host 5th Arab Water Forum in September

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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UAE, Argentina to boost ties in transport sector

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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Dewa installs 15 EV green charger stations at Expo 2020 Dubai

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 ...

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WNA congratulates UAE for success of Barakah Unit 2

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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Women make 25% of workforce in Tawazun

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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ADX cuts trading commissions by 50%, extends trading hours

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 ...

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DFM extends trading hours to five hours daily

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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Sheikh Mohammed, Qatar Emir meet on sidelines of Iraq summit

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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