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Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, received Radek Vondracek, Chairman of the Czech Lower House of Parliament, and his accompanying delegation, on Tuesday. Sheikh Mohammed welcomed the official and wished him a successful visit that would pave the way for building up relations between ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai has retained its ranking as the fourth most visited city in the world for the fourth straight year, according to Mastercard’s Global Destination Cities Index (GDCI), 2018. The city welcomed 15.79 million overnight visitors last year and with a projected growth rate of 5.5 percent, the emirate is expected to witness another year of steady expansion ...

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, received Florence Parly, Minister of the Armies of the French Republic, who is currently visiting the country. During the meeting, Sheikh Mohamed and Minister Parly discussed cooperation relations between the two countries ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy, and Radek Vondracek, Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic, discussed ways of reinforcing the overall economic and commercial ties between the UAE and the Czech Republic. While receiving Vondracek and his delegation in Abu Dhabi, Al Mansouri said that the UAE has strong economic ...

Sharjah / WAM The Sharjah Press Club (SPC), of the Sharjah Government Media Bureau (SGMB), is hosting the fifth edition of the Arab Media Leaders Forum, which will kick off Wednesday. An initiative by Kuwait’s Arab Media Forum Authority, the two-day Forum will see the attendance of more than hundred leading journalists, media professionals and senior officials from the press ...

Dubai / WAM The Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), Mattar Al Tayer has inaugurated ‘Love for Zayed’ mobile gallery, in celebration of Year of Zayed. The RTA is staging the first segment of the mobile gallery for a week at Dubai Mall in collaboration with the National Archives to celebrate ...

Dubai / WAM Brand Dubai, the creative arm of the Government of Dubai Media Office (GDMO), will showcase four promising homegrown entrepreneurial ventures from Dubai as part of its ‘Proudly from Dubai’ initiative at the ChangeNOW Summit to be held in Paris from September 28-29. An initiative that aims to support entrepreneurs and businesses from the emirate, ‘Proudly from Dubai’ ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE will host the Interfaith Alliance Forum in the nation’s capital, Abu Dhabi on November 19-20, under the auspices of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces. The announcement came during a press conference held at the Ministry of Interior ...

NEW YORK / WAM The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has signed a cooperation agreement with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), to support the humanitarian response plan in Yemen, Myanmar and the Democratic Republic of Congo, in addition to support ICRC’s budget, totaling AED40.4 million ($11 million). Under the agreement, the UAE will provide ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) on Monday announced that the Scottish Business Network (SBN), an international membership organisation for Scottish entrepreneurs and business leaders, will open its representative office in Dubai in DMCC’s Free Zone. The announcement was made during the close of the Scottish International Week, SIW, a joint venture between the Institute of Directors in ...