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DUBAI / WAM du, from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC) has announced a significant strategic partnership with Dubai Civil Defense to automate business processes, data exchange and full payments settlement in addition of the integration with unified business registry network for all free zones in the UAE. The collaborative partnership will see the two parties take full advantage of the ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The newly established Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC) on Wednesday announced its plans to drive the creation of future transformative technologies with the launch of its dedicated technology programme management pillar, ASPIRE. ASPIRE works in consultation with cross-sector industry stakeholders to frame problem statements that can be solved through research and development. By defining the problem, ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA) has launched the “Agricultural Registry” project to build an accurate and comprehensive database for the agricultural sector in the Abu Dhabi Emirate. It will help estimate local production, update farm and farm owners’ data, and link such data directly to the databases of Abu Dhabi Digital Authority ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Ministry of Economy (MoE) announced the development of a strategic plan and initiatives within the framework of its role in supporting the efforts to combat money laundering practices in the country. MoE is the authority entrusted by the UAE Cabinet with the supervision of designated non-financial businesses and professions sector at the national level and ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) announced on Tuesday that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Sharjah Investment and Development Authority, Shurooq, with aims to foster bilateral cooperation and to provide advanced, innovative services and facilities development to the business community in the UAE. During the signing the ceremony, Mohammed Ali Al Shorafa ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE has strongly condemned the cowardly attack by the Iranian-backed terrorist Houthi militia on a fuel tank at a petroleum products distribution station in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC) renewed its full solidarity with Saudi Arabia regarding these terrorist attacks, and its firm standing with the Kingdom against ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Mena region’s largest event focused on innovation in financial services, the FinTech Abu Dhabi Festival (FinTech AD), kicked off on Tuesday and will run until November 26. Held under the patronage of HH Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council, and co-hosted by the Central Bank of the ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has partnered with information technology company SITA, to trial the use of facial biometrics in order to check in cabin crew at the airlines Crew Briefing Centre at Abu Dhabi International Airport. The trial will use facial recognition technology to identify and authenticate crew members, allowing ...

ABU DHABI / WAM HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and Ivan Korcok, the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic, have reviewed prospects of advancing cooperation between the two nations. This came as the UAE top diplomat received his Slovak counterpart in the presence of Minister of Defence ...

DUBAI / WAM Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI) the UK Export Finance (UKEF) have announced the signing of a reinsurance agreement to enhance the competitiveness, scale and scope of both countries’ export industry through strategic partnership and cooperation. The agreement, which was signed by Massimo Falcioni, CEO of ECI, and Louis Taylor, CEO of UKEF, aims to provide a robust turnkey ...