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ABU DHABI / WAM Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, is marking International Women’s Day by pledging to increase its female workforce by 25 percent over the next five years — the first airline in the country to make this commitment. This follows the International Air Travel Association’s (IATA) voluntary ‘25by2025’ campaign which aims to improve gender balance ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Tatweer for Traffic Assets and Systems Operation and Management was awarded the contract to replace approximately 43,000 streetlights in the capital with energy-efficient LED lights by the Department of Municipalities and Transport – Abu Dhabi City Municipality. The use of energy-efficient street lighting is expected to save some 900 million kWh, valued at approximately AED264 million ...

DUBAI / WAM The International Halal Accreditation Forum (IHAF) has discussed the halal trade facilitation, growth and cooperation strategy, innovations and market trends at the 7th Board of Directors (BOD) meeting in Dubai. During the meeting, the board re-elected Emirates National Accreditation System (Enas) represented by Mohammed Ahmed bin Abdul Aziz Al Shehhi for Chairmanship post and elected Saud Al ...

ABU DHABI / WAM ‘Mother of the Nation’ and Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, on Saturday congratulated Emirati women and women all around the world on the occasion of International Women’s Day, which is observed on March 8. In a statement released on the occasion, HH Sheikha Fatima, who is also President of the ...

DUBAI / WAM The UAE and Montenegro agreed to bolster cooperation across areas of trade, investment, agriculture, food security, renewable energy, transport, entrepreneurship, start-ups, and innovative industries during the second meeting of the Joint Economic Committee held in Dubai. The two sides affirmed their interest in diversifying the base of economic exchange, generating more promising investment and business opportunities, sharing ...

Dubai / WAM The General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs in Dubai (GDRFA-Dubai) said it has issued more than one million visas featuring the ‘Dubai, Capital of Arab Media 2020’ logo over the last four months. The logo appears at the bottom left-hand corner of the visa page. The initiative seeks to highlight the UAE’s status as a regional ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has wrapped up the third edition of the Emirati-French Business Engagement Summit held under the theme: “Future of Mobility and Innovation”. The summit, which was held in the RTA Head Office, attracted about 220 senior executives and leaders of public and private entities in Dubai and France. Some 45 firms, ...

DUBAI / WAM In implementation of the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to improve the Al Shandagha Roads Corridor to cope with the sustained urbanisation of the locality, the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has awarded a contract for upgrading the Falcon Junction. ...

ABU DHABI / WAM ‘Mother of the Nation’ and Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, on Saturday congratulated Emirati women and women all around the world on the occasion of International Women’s Day, which is observed on March 8. In a statement released on the occasion, HH Sheikha Fatima, who is also President of the ...

DUBAI / WAM The UAE has strongly condemned the terror attack that targeted a gathering in the Afghan capital, Kabul, which resulted in numerous deaths and injuries. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation expressed in a statement its utter denunciation of this criminal act and rejection of all forms of violence, which aim to undermine security and stability ...