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  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi Ports, (ADP) the master developer, operator and manager of the Emirate’s ports and Khalifa Industrial Zone, and the Australian Maritime College (AMC), a specialist institute of the University of Tasmania for maritime education, training and research, have joined forces to deliver their first certified coastal seafaring courses in Abu Dhabi. Abu Dhabi …

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Etihad Airways has signed an agreement with Tourism Australia to be the Official Airline Partner of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards in 2017. Under the agreement, the airline will fly the world’s best chefs and food media to Australia for the programme, a celebration of the best in global gastronomy. The events, in …

  Sharjah / Emirates Business In the presence and under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, and his wife, Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed al Qasimi, Chairperson of the ‘Big heart’ Foundation, Chairperson of NAMA Women Advancement Establishment, the second edition of the ‘Investing in the …

  DUBAI / WAM On the first day of the Gulf Information Technology Exhibition (Gitex 2016), Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum launched the Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) programme. The AEO programme is a federal programme that connects the UAE with the rest of the world in …

  ABU DHABI / WAM Khalifa bin Salem Al Mansouri, Acting Under-Secretary of the Department of Economic Development in Abu Dhabi, is leading a delegation to Shanghai, China, to bolster economic cooperation in trade, industry, investment, exchange of information and mutual coordination between the two cities. Al Mansouri said that the visit comes as a result of last year’s historic …

  Abu Dhabi / EMIRATES BUSINESS Etihad Airways Engineering has been named ‘MRO Service Provider of the Year (Middle East)’ at the Aviation Business Awards 2016. The company also won the ‘Engineering Innovation of the Year’ award for developing a unique Flying Testbed – an Airbus A320 aircraft reconfigured for testing new innovations as well as for commercial flights. Etihad …

  Ras Al Khaimah / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, said his message to the people of the UAE on the National Agenda 2021 aims to foster transparency between the government and people. “The National Agenda 2021 sums up government work and shortens the goals …

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE Banks Federation (UBF) will be hosting its 4th Middle East Banking Forum in Abu Dhabi on November 14, under the theme, “Transforming the customer experience”, to highlight de-risking and its impact on regional banks. A high level panel discussion is scheduled to explore the effects and ramifications of de-risking, which is where correspondent banking …

  Abu Dhabi / WAM All services offered by the National Media Council (NMC) are now readily available online to the media regulator’s customers via its new official smart app ‘NMC UAE APP’, launched on the first day of the 36th GITEX Technology Week (GITEX 2016). Fee payments and inquiries about media services and activities are just a few of the …

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The Masdar Institute of Science and Technology (MIST), an independent, research-driven graduate-level university focused on advanced energy and sustainable technologies, has announced students and faculty won two of the three awards – the first and the third – for their presentations on space systems and technology at the second annual Emirates Mars Mission (EMM) …