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Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge (ADEK) announced opening application for the Abu Dhabi Scholarships for Distinguished Students – a premier programme for Abu Dhabi’s outstanding Emirati students designed to meet priority labor market needs. Applications are being accepted online between March 21 and April 3 for high-performing Emirati Grade 12 / Year 13 ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Pathway Global Human Resource Consultancy, a company holding a pioneer position in the Gulf region as a recruitment consultancy, recruit the best talent from different countries such as Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, the Philippines, and Africa countries. Mohamed Adam, the Founder of Pathway Global, said: The company was able to finish numerous assignments ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, has been awarded the New Distribution Capability (NDC) Level 4 certification, by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). NDC enhances communication between the airline industry and travel agents, which allows for more effective merchandising, competitive propositions and product personalisation. The NDC standard allows Etihad to transform the ...

Dubai / WAM A French-Japanese consortium has won a contract for the operation and maintenance of the Dubai Metro as well as the operation of the Dubai Tram. The contract covers 15 years (9 base years and six renewable years) and amounts to approximately AED542 million ($147.56 million) per annum. The consortium consists of three companies namely Keolis, Mitsubishi Heavy ...

SHARJAH / WAM The Environment and Protected Areas Authority (EPAA) in Sharjah welcomed 66,663 visitors to six of its centres during January and February 2021. The numbers were broken down as follows: 2,500 visitors to the Wasit Wetland Centre; 1,925 visitors to the Kalba Bird of Prey Centre; 3,590 visitors to the Buhais Geology Park; 1003 visitors to the Al ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 240,035 additional Covid-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment. In a statement on Saturday, 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 ...

CAIRO / WAM Adel bin Abdulrahman Al Asoumi, President of the Arab Parliament, congratulated His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, on being selected as the International Personality for Humanitarian Relief for 2021. In a statement to the Emirates News Agency (WAM), Al Asoumi said ...

SHARJAH / WAM Sharjah Real Estate Registration Department in Sharjah revealed that the volume of real estate transactions in the emirate reached 1,818 transactions with a value of AED3.5 billion in February 2021. Abdul Aziz Ahmed Al Shamsi, Director-General of the Department, explained that the number of sales transactions in the emirate amounted to 457, which accounted for 25.1 percent ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE has strongly condemned the terror attacks that targeted an area in Western Niger close to the country’s border with Mali, which resulted in the death and injury of dozens of innocent people. In a statement, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation affirmed the UAE’s strong condemnation of these criminal acts and its permanent ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) & Abu Dhabi Motorsports Management (ADMM) on Wednesday announced an extension to their long-term strategic partnership. Supporting the health and wellbeing of the UAE community, and providing more ways to participate in motorsport at all levels, will be key areas of focus, with Adnoc playing a pivotal role in ...