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ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Etihad Airways (Etihad) will temporarily suspend all flights to, from, and via Abu Dhabi following a decision by the National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority, and the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), to suspend all inbound, outbound, and transit passenger flights in the UAE. This decision has been made to limit the spread of ...

ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, on Monday directed the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department to halt all rental property eviction cases currently underway, along with executive procedures like imprisonment, blocking of bank accounts, seizure of vehicles, stocks and assets for ...

DUBAI / WAM The Federal Youth Authority (FYA) has launched nine national initiatives that seek to prepare Emirati youth and enhance their role in dealing with pandemics and minimising their impact on the community and all aspects of life in the UAE. The nine initiatives come in light of the major transformations taking place across the world, which have underlined ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) is commemorating World Meteorological Day, which is observed on March 23 every year. This year, the day is being celebrated under the slogan, ‘Let us count every drop, because every drop counts’. Dr. Abdulla Al Mandous, Director of NCM and President of the Regional Association II (Asia) of World Meteorological ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The Japan International Cooperation Center (JICE) Abu Dhabi Office this month successfully concluded a twelve-month series of joint collaborations, projects, activities and studies with various UAE governmental bodies and institutions for the educational and human resource development of young Emirati talent. The collaborations were focused on a number of educational, societal and even sporting areas ...

DUBAI / WAM The emirate of Sharjah has listed a $200 million sukuk on Nasdaq Dubai, bringing the total value of sukuk listed in Dubai to $67.06 billion. Nasdaq Dubai’s new sukuk listings in 2020 now total $2.9 billion. Its new sukuk listings in all of 2019 totalled $14.15 billion, an annual record high for exchange and 18 percent more ...

DUBAI / WAM The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) reinforced its role as the representative of the business community in the midst of current global challenges by strengthening its partnerships with its partners, including the Ministry of Economy and other government authorities. The most recent of these efforts was the meeting between its members, who are major fruit ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Etihad Airways has announced that effective from March 22, its services to Beijing will stop in the city of Xi’an, where passengers will disembark for health screening, customs clearance, and to claim their baggage. “This procedure is likely to be lengthy,” the airline said in a statement, adding that this directive does not affect the return ...

Dubai / WAM On World Water Day, the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa), urged the public to conserve natural resources to ensure sustainability for current and future generations. The theme of this year’s day, ‘Water and Climate Change’, seeks to raise awareness about the importance of using water efficiently and limiting greenhouse gases that cause global warming and climate ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Etisalat on Sunday announced the launch of ‘Business Edge’, a comprehensive platform offering a wide range of services and solutions that cater to Small and Medium Business (SMB) customers. Collaboration and communication from Business Edge enables SMBs to connect to customers in a secure and scalable way, allowing employees and customers to talk, video-conference and share ...