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DUBAI / WAM The 20th Water, Energy, Technology and Environment Exhibition (Wetex 2018), will cover an area of 78,413 square metres with the participation of more than 2,100 exhibitors from 53 countries. The announcement was made by Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Managing Director and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa), and Founder and Chairman of Wetex, during a ...

Dubai / Emirates Business In a study of the best Global Free Zones by fDi Magazine – a publication from the Financial Times – Dubai Multi Commodities Centre, UAE and Amata City Chonburi, Thailand has been awarded the top prizes in the Global Free Zones of the Year 2018. The DMMC saw almost 2000 new businesses established in 2017. The ...

Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, on Monday inaugurated the Dubai Investment Week 2018, hosted by Dubai FDI, the investment development agency of the Department of Economic Development (DED). Organised under the theme ‘Investing in Future Transformations,’ the event explores the prospects for strengthening local and international partnerships for ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, the second edition of the Mohamed Bin Zayed Majlis for Future Generations opened on Monday at the Abu Dhabi National Education Centre (Adnec). The two-day event kicked off with an ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE Dirham has continued to appreciate in Q2 2018 against the currencies of the country’s top 10 non-dollarised trade partners, according to Central Bank of the UAE statistics. From the import side, the weighted Dirham’s appreciation against its top-10 non-dollarised import partners, which claim 52.3 percent of the UAE total imports, was 1.3 percent, with ...

Dubai / WAM Mohammed bin Rashid Housing Establishment (MRHE), has called on companies in the real state sector to participate in the second housing, building materials, decoration and engineering consultancy exhibition, Decobuild 2018, to take place from November 7-10 in Dubai. The Establishment is encouraging companies that specialise in building and construction materials, contracting companies, engineering consulting firms, interior design ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Medical Tourism Association (MTA), to coordinate efforts to position Abu Dhabi as a world-leading medical tourism destination, with the MTA’s annual World Medical Tourism & Global Healthcare Congress event now being hosted in Abu Dhabi ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Emirates News Agency (WAM), is already applying the latest innovations in the 21st century media sector, said Myron Belkind, during a visit to the UAE state agency. The Professorial Lecturer at the George Washington University’s School of Media and Public Affairs, and the former National Press Club President, said, “I am so thrilled to have ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), announced that the UAE mGov page on Twitter has surpassed the mark of 500K followers. This achievement comes under UAE government’s keenness to communicate continuously and effectively with all segments of society, thereby serving UAE Vision 2021. This success reflects the great efforts made by the social media team within TRA ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Al Hilal Bank was honored in a ceremony with an award from the UAE Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation for its leading role in Emiratisation and adapting human resources policy and procedures to empower local talent. This first edition of the MoHRE award is designed to reward organisational excellence in Human Resources, and it ...