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Abu Dhabi / WAM Christer Viktorsson, Director-General of the UAE’s Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR), said that Barakah Nuclear Power Plant is the UAE’s key national project, “It is our commitment as the country nuclear regulator to ensure safety and security towards the Nuclear Power Plant.” Speaking at a media briefing at the authority’s premises, Viktorsson said, “We are ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE’s national airline Etihad Airways has successfully implemented the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), Global Aeronautical Distress and Safety System (GADSS), recommendations for flight tracking ahead of the General Civil Aviation Authority’s (GCAA’s), proposed deadline of June 1. With an ICAO completion date of November 8, 2018, Etihad Airways not only met the Global Aeronautical Distress and ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Dr Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of State and President of the National Media Council (NMC), praised the efforts of Arab media institutions to improve their performance, in light of the accelerating social, economic and scientific developments taking place in the region and around the world while stressing that there are many opportunities to develop and improve ...

Dubai / WAM The National Media Council (NMC), Director-General said that rapid developments in technology have established “a new reality” in the media industry. In a statement during Arab Media Forum 2019, Mansour Al Mansouri affirmed, “Rapid and continuous technological developments have established a new reality in media industry – a reality that has transformed every component of the sector, ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Huda Salem Al Mussalami flew to a height of 36,000 feet, overcoming all her challenges and difficulties and presenting an inspiring model of persistence to Emirati women, especially in the aviation sector. Al Mussalami, who works for Etihad Airways as a senior pilot assistant, entered the aviation industry in 2004, after passing her academic and scientific ...

Dubai / WAM The UAE’s GDP is set to expand 3.5 percent this year against 2.8 percent in 2018, thanks to a stimulus package worth AED 50 billion announced last year along with a host of other mea-sures for ease of doing business in all emirates, said Director of Dubai Customs, Ahmed Mahboob Musabih, while chairing the first quarterly Consultative ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Mubadala Investment Company, Abu Dhabi’s strategic investment and development fund, has exchanged a set of strategic agreements with the Republic of Uzbekistan, in which future partnerships can be explored across three key strategic sectors; the conventional power generation, renewables, and the oil and gas sectors of Uzbekistan’s economy. This will build on the existing strategic government-to-government ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Continuing its upward streak for the second straight month, the total foreign currency assets held by the Central Bank of the UAE increased to AED359 billion by the end of February 2019, a growth of 3.2 percent from AED348 bn in the preceding month, as current account balances and deposits with foreign banks strengthened to AED289.76 ...

Kuwait / Emirates Business Gulf Craft, the Emirates pioneer builder of luxury yachts and leisure boats, and Al Boom Marine, its dealer in Kuwait, explore a world of opportunities at the 7th international edition of the Kuwait Yacht Show 2019. The shipyard returns to the show with a fleet of 7 yachts and boats, boasting its leading position in the ...

Emirates Business Ideas Abu Dhabi, a two-day ideas festival bringing together some of the brightest minds from the UAE and around the world to tackle complex global challenges, returns for the third time on March 27-28. Part invite-only Forum, part public Festival, Ideas Abu Dhabi will be held at New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), on Saadiyat Island and features ...