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Abu Dhabi / WAM HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union (GWU), President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, and Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation (FDF), has said that choosing the UAE to be the first Arab country to join the Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children is a confirmation of ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Adnoc Refining, a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc), announced, on Sunday, it has successfully completed the commissioning of a specialised coker unit, as part of its Carbon Black and Coker Project. With this, ADNOC will extract the maximum value from ‘bottom-of-the-barrel’ heavy oils and slurry, as it delivers on its aggressive downstream ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Etihad Airways has launched a new hand baggage only ‘Deal Fare’ across selected destinations, allowing travellers to purchase lower fares in Economy Class if no checked baggage is required. The ‘Deal Fare’ includes a complimentary carry-on baggage allowance of 7kg and is available on flights between Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Lebanon, ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Held under the patronage of HH Sheikh Tahnoun bin Mohammed Al Nahyan, Ruler’s Representative in Al Ain Region, the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi, DCT Abu Dhabi, is organising the 10th Al Ain Book Fair (AABF), at the Al Ain Convention Centre. During this year’s fair, DCT Abu Dhabi will mark the anniversary ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) has significantly upped the ante on global marketing with the introduction of a major new international promotional campaign. This latest activity will build upon a destination identity that has already attracted record numbers of guests to the emirate for two successive years, and ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation, FANR, and Khalifa University of Science and Technology (KU), have signed a collaborative research agreement focused on advancing nuclear safety research and educating the UAE’s next generation of peaceful nuclear energy professionals. The agreement was signed during a ceremony held at FANR’s premises by Christer Viktorsson, FANR Director-General, and Dr. ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Land Department (DLD), announced that it has succeeded in achieving a qualitative leap in terms of improving the level of government services provided to its customers, especially in regards to the facilitating of the procedures, the satisfying of the customers, and the continuous development of these procedures through the Ejari service. DLD attributes this remarkable development ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai Future Foundation (DFF) announced closing the registration for the 5th cohort of Dubai Future Accelerators program, and receiving applications from start-ups and global companies from 74 countries around the world. The program received over 600 applicants in which they will undergo a rigorous evaluation and selection process. Ultimately, selected companies will have the opportunity to take ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Congratulating parents, students, teachers, administrators and education officials for the start of a new academic year 2018-2019 on Sunday, September 2, HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union (GWU), President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, and Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation (FDF), called on male and female ...

Dubai / WAM Hussain bin Ibrahim Al Hammadi, Minister of Education, said that his ministry’s vision is to build the skills of Emirati students in values-inspired critical and creative thinking of the 21st century. “Our prime goal is to groom a well-educated student armed with 21st-century skills”, said the minister while attending the concluding ceremony of the summer camp, organised ...