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Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Emirates Steel, the only integrated steel plant in the UAE and a subsidiary of the General Holding Corporation (Senaat), hosted a ceremony to celebrate its long-serving employees. The company honoured 900 staff members whose service period spanned between 10 and 27 years for their outstanding contributions to execution of various projects that reinforced Emirates Steel’s ...

ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs and Chairman of the 50-year Development Plan Committee, emphasised that preparing for the future with an ambitious vision is a rooted approach of the UAE led by President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. While chairing the first ...

SHARJAH / WAM HH Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, Chairperson of The Big Heart Foundation (TBHF), and Eminent Advocate for Refugee Children at UNHCR, has called on governments and civil society organisations to treat the education of the low-income and crises affected communities as a priority. She noted that the protection of children’s dignity and enabling them access to ...

HADRAMAUT / WAM The UAE, through its humanitarian arm, the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) on Saturday continued dispatching new food convoys to Arrayda and Qusay’ir districts in Hadramaut Governorate, as part of its humanitarian response programme to ease the suffering of Yemeni families and bringing life back to normalcy. The ERC distributed 700 food parcels weighing more 56.5 tonnes to ...

DUBAI / WAM Hailing the dawn of a decade defined by innovation in the maritime sector, the 28th Dubai International Boat Show will drop anchor at its new 1,100-berth Dubai Harbour home from March 10-14, buoyed by a striking display of superyachts, future-focused maritime equipment and an extensive range of leisure and aquatic activities. Running under the theme ‘Loving What’s ...

FUJAIRAH / WAM Refined product inventories at the Middle Eastern hub of Fujairah edged up 0.7 percent in the week to Monday, led by a nine percent jump in stocks of heavy residues, according to data obtained exclusively by S&P Global Platts from the Fujairah Oil Industry Zone at the Port of Fujairah. Oil products stocks totalled 22.956 million barrels ...

SHARJAH / WAM The UAE-Russian Business Forum held in Sharjah and organised by the Sharjah Economic Development Department (SEDD), in cooperation with the Ministry of Energy and Industry, discussed ways to enhance the strategic partnership between the two countries and focused on the importance of benefiting from the economic, commercial and large investment elements of both sides. It was also ...

DUBAI / WAM The UAE Food Security Office launched the open “Food Research Platform” – the first-of-its-kind in the region – with the new portal now accessible on the official website of the office, aimed at creating a knowledge database for all scientific and practical research carried out in the UAE in the field of food security. The launch coincides ...

Athens / WAM The United Arab Emirates and Greece are forging new pathways to bolster ties between the two countries, following a high-level UAE delegation visit, led by Dr Sultan bin Ahmad Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of State. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of Greece received Dr. Al Jaber and his accompanying delegation, as part of their official visit to the ...

AL DHAFRA / WAM Nawah Energy Company commenced loading the first nuclear fuel assemblies at Unit 1 of Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant as the initial step in process towards safely and gradually commencing operations and subsequent generation of clean electricity. The move follows the company receiving the operating licence for Unit 1 from the Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR). ...