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ABU DHABI / WAM The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC), on Sunday hosted the preparatory meeting of the seventh round of the UAE-Kazakhstan Joint Committee. The meeting was headed by Dr Mohammed Al Jaber, UAE Ambassador in Kazakhstan, and Madiyar Menilbekov, Kazakhstani Ambassador to the UAE. At the meeting, Al Jaber conveyed the greetings of the UAE’s ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Aldar Properties on Sunday launched its first residential community in the heart of Saadiyat Island – Saadiyat Reserve. The AED722 million community features 306 infrastructure enabled land plots open to buyers of all nationalities. This is the first land plot development to be launched on Saadiyat Island since the introduction of new laws enabling foreign buyers ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Etihad Airways, the UAE’s national airline, and SIXT, an international mobility service provider, have announced a new partnership to provide airport transfers to passengers globally. Customers can now book the extra transfer service online for their flight via etihad.com immediately after purchasing their airline ticket or even up to one hour in advance. The new service ...

Sharjah / WAM The Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority (SCTDA), announced that it is aiming to attract more Russian visitors this year as an increasing number of tourists from the country continue to flock to the emirate to experience first-hand its world-renowned hospitality and unique cultural heritage. According to the 2018 figures released by SCTDA, Russian visitors, ranked second on ...

ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Nahyan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation and President of the Abu Dhabi Sports Council, praised the success of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), mixed martial arts championship hosted by Abu Dhabi. He also praised the support of ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Khalifa bin Zayed Foundation will distribute humanitarian relief and food assistance to around 30,000 Sudanese families affected by torrential rains and flash floods that swept Sudan in early August, a foundation source has announced. The source said a field relief team of the foundation had held a series of meetings with Dr. Mohmmed Fadhlallah, Deputy ...

SHARJAH / WAM Rashid Al Leem, Chairman of Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority (Sewa), received Marianne Nissila, Ambassador of Finland to the UAE, and a number of officials to brief them on Sewa’s innovative initiatives in the fields of energy efficiency and environmental preservation, provision of ideal working environment for employees. They discussed ways of cooperation in the fields of ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business With one month left until the grand opening of second edition of Abu Dhabi International Boat Show (ADIBS 2019), the event has attracted several prestigious exhibitors, sponsors and partners from the UAE and across the globe. Set to run from October 16-19 the highly anticipated exhibition will showcase the latest trends in leisure marine from ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The Federal Tax Authority (FTA) conducted two simultaneous awareness and inspection campaigns to verify compliance with the ‘Marking Tobacco and Tobacco Products Scheme’ in the first month since the ban on selling cigarettes not bearing the Digital Tax Stamps in local markets went into effect. The Stamps placed on cigarettes allow for tracking the products ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE and Uzbekistan launched the first Public Sector Innovation Diploma to build capacities of the first generation of Chief Innovation Officers in Uzbekistan, during the innovation workshops conducted by Mohammed bin Rashid Centre for Government Innovation (MBRCGI) in Tashkent. The initiative was announced during an official visit of the UAE government delegation to Uzbekistan as ...