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Geneva / WAM The UAE Ministry of Economy (MoE), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), establishing Fund-In-Trust which will promote activities of the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), in developing countries and least developed countries. The signing ceremony – held during Emirati Day at the WIPO premises – was organised by MoE in cooperation with ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX), has listed Reem Investments shares on the second market, a market dedicated for trading of shares of private companies, under the symbol ‘REEM’. Trading on Reem Investments shares officially started on September 30 of the current year. Speaking on the listing of the company’s shares on ADX, Abdulhamid Mohammed Saeed, Managing ...

Dubai / WAM Etisalat announced on Sunday that it has teamed up with Skylines Tax Consultancy to offer free Value Added Tax (VAT) filing services exclusively for its Small and Medium Business (SMB) customers at the ‘Hello Business Hub’. This is keeping in line with UAE government’s VAT legislation which introduced a five percent VAT on January 1 this year. ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and in partnership with the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTH), Louvre Abu Dhabi hosts ‘Roads of Arabia: Archaeological Treasures of Saudi Arabia’, the second international exhibition on ...

DUBAI / WAM The Director of Dubai Customs, Ahmed Mahboob Musabih, has received a delegation comprising representatives of Japanese companies headed by the Japanese Consul-General to Dubai, Dr. Akima Umezawa. During the meeting, the parties discussed means of boosting economic cooperation between Japan and UAE and expanding cooperation with Japanese businesses and diplomatic missions. Musabih reaffirmed the importance of cooperating ...

AJMAN / WAM The Federal Tax Authority (FTA), held an awareness session in the Emirate of Ajman for retailers and other representatives from the private sector in all Northern Emirates in collaboration with the chambers of commerce, introducing them to the simplified online procedures for registering in the Tax Refunds for Tourists Scheme. The FTA revealed a notable increase in ...

NEW YORK / WAM His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, continued holding bilateral meetings with his counterparts on the sidelines of the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 73), at the UN headquarters. His Highness met Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mauritania; Kang Kyung-wha, ...

NEW YORK / WAM UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, received His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, in New York. During the meeting, which took place on the sidelines of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 73), the two sides reviewed regional developments, particularly in Yemen, Libya and Syria. Secretary-General ...

NEW YORK / WAM Reem bint Ibrahim Al Hashemy, Minister of State for International Cooperation, has hosted a Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative, We-Fi, event on the sidelines of the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 73), in New York. We-Fi is a collaborative partnership among 14 governments, eight multilateral development banks, and other public and private sector ...

ADEN / WAM The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), has distributed 16,000 food baskets to residents of liberated Yemeni governorates during the past five days. This latest food aid distribution has assisted 112,000 Yemenis, of which were 80,000 children and 16,000 women. The food baskets were distributed across Aden, Dhala, Abyan, Lahej, Hodeidah, Hadramaut, Shabwa, and Mahra, in a bid to ...