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Abu Dhabi / WAM The General Women’s Union (GWU) organised a workshop titled, “Reinforcing Women Political Engagement”, at the Abu Dhabi Women’s Club under the patronage of HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union (GWU), President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, and Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation (FDF). The event was ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Integrated Transport Centre (ITC) in Abu Dhabi has announced the addition of 40 new buses for Abu Dhabi’s residents and visitors starting from October 11, as part of its endeavour to improve the public transport network. This is part of a public transport network development pro-ject to purchase 327 new buses at a cost of ...

AJMAN / WAM HH Sheikh Ammar bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, Crown Prince of Ajman and Chairman of the Ajman Executive Council, has directed the local government to strengthen efforts and turn objectives into a tangible reality by harnessing all the resources and capabilities to meet the aspirations of the emirate’s community. His Highness’ remarks were made as the fourth package ...

NEW DELHI / WAM The Indian government has said the UAE’s highest civil decoration, the Order of Zayed, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi would ceremonially receive in Abu Dhabi on his visit later this week, is of “special significance.” Raveesh Kumar, Spoke-sman of India’s Ministry of External Affairs, said in a statement that “the award in the name of the ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Dubai recorded a 5 percent drop in apartment transactions during the first quarter of 2019, while villa sales in the emirate are up by 35 percent, according to data in ‘Property Finder Trends’ report, released earlier this month. The figures show that the type of properties being purchased is changing, although overall sales transactions are steady ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The third day for the registration of applications for the Federal National Council (FNC) elections saw 84 applications, taking the figure to 372 in three days, including 133 from women. The total number of applications in Abu Dhabi by the end of the third day reached 110. Dubai saw 53, while Sharjah received 94. A total ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Emirates NBD, a leading bank in the region, together with the DIFC FinTech Hive, the largest financial technology accelerator in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA), are the first in the region to certify FinTech startups who have successfully used the Emirates NBD’s API (Application Programming Interface) Sandbox to create and demonstrate working innovative ...

ABU DHABi / WAM Emirati students are being encouraged to enter the private sector job market via the ‘Yes to Work’ programme that kicked-off in Abu Dhabi. The programme seeks to bolster Emirati youth employability, and create opportunities for lifelong learning in the private sector. It is held under the patronage of HH Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Emirati women will scale the peak of their empowerment journey during the FNC Elections 2019 to be held next October, by achieving 50 percent representation in parliament. This is in line with the implementation of Resolution No. 01 of 2019 issued by President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan on raising the representation of ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) has achieved another milestone in the construction of Unit 3 of the Barakah nuclear energy plant, being built at the Al Dhafra region of Abu Dhabi. Enec has safely and successfully energised Unit 3’s main power transformer and gas insulated bus (GIB), an important step in the continued testing and ...