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Dubai / WAM Emirates announced it will increase the frequency of flights between Dubai and Cairo, adding four additional flights a week to its existing thrice-daily service, starting 28th October, 2019. The four new flights operating on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, will take the total number of weekly Emirates flights serving Cairo to 25. Similar to the current service, ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Al Habtoor Motors-Mitsubishi focuses on offering customers absolute peace of mind with its new March promotion. “Drive For A Year Free” promotion offers Mitsubishi customers opting from an extensive range of cars and SUV’s – Free Petrol, Free Salik and Free Service for one whole year. Additionally, they also get benefits like Warranty, Free Llumar tinting ...

Dubai / WAM With less than six months to go until the start of the 24th World Energy Congress, Suhail bin Mohammed Faraj Faris Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy and Industry, outlined a Congress that will bring together the entire global energy ecosystem – government and industry leaders from Asia and Africa, investors, innovators, students and young professionals among many ...

Ajman / Emirates Business Saudi German Hospitals (SGH) Group – one of the largest private hospital groups in Mena region –announced their world class, state-of-the-art, AED300 million healthcare facility in Ajman. The tertiary-care speciality and sub-speciality facility will be the biggest hospital in Ajman, designed to cater to the growing population across all northern emirates, while offering a wide range of ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Safeen, the leading provider of integrated marine services in the Middle East and subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Ports, collected over 120 tons of floating sea debris in Abu Dhabi waters last year, recycling more than ten tons of the collected material. Capt. Adil Banihammad, Acting CEO of Safeen, said: “The establishment of the Environment and ...

Dubai / WAM The UAE was ranked among the top 10 countries worldwide in wellbeing indicators of the 2018 World Poll, which tracks the opinions of people in more than 160 countries on what matters most to them. Ohoud bint Khalfan Al Roumi, Minister of State for Happiness and Wellbeing and Director-General of the Prime Minister’s Office, affirmed that the ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi Department of Energy (DoE), launched the ‘Clean Energy on the Move’ initiative, allocating a fleet of electric cars and eco-friendly bus to shuttle participants and the public between the venues of the Special Olympics World Games Abu Dhabi 2019, in Zayed Sports City, ZSC, and the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (Adnec), during the ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Under the patronage and presence of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, the second edition of the Global Space Congress commenced in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. The event, organised by the UAE Space Agency, is the largest gathering of global space industry leaders ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, on Tuesday held a telephone call with Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand, expressing his sincere condolences to the New Zealand government, its people, and the families of victims of the terrorist attack ...

Dubai / WAM The CEOs Advisory Council of the UAE Banks Federation (UBF), held its first meeting of the year to discuss the changing dynamics of the UAE’s banking sector and explore ways to facilitate the industry’s rapid digital transformation. The meeting, chaired by AbdulAziz Al Ghurair, UBF Chairman, focused on a number of topics, including cyberattacks and how to ...