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DUBAI / Emirates Business Travellers looking for a quick escape this summer can take advantage of Emirates’ attractive fare offers to more than 30 global destinations within its network. The offer applies to bookings until July 23 and for travel until May 31, 2019. Economy Class passengers can enjoy fares to Beirut starting from AED 1,080, Cairo starting from AED ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Cultural Programmes and Heritage Festivals Committee – Abu Dhabi is organising the 14th Liwa Date Festival from July 18-28 in Liwa, Al Dhafra Region, under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs. Held in the Al Dhafra Region in western Abu Dhabi emirate, ...

Dubai / WAM Norway will promote its innovations, technologies and further development of the country’s ocean industries to a global audience of millions, after confirming its participation at Expo 2020 Dubai. The country’s participation was confirmed in a letter from Norway’s Prime Minister, Erna Solberg, delivered by Jens Eikaas, Norway’s Ambassador to the UAE, to Reem bint Ibrahim Al Hashemy, ...

Ajman / WAM The Ajman Media City Free Zone (AMCFZ), announced a range of customer-friendly, cost-effective packages for potential business owners. Ahead of the official launch of the free zone, Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, Chairman of the AMCFZ, said, “Globally, entrepreneurs and small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), are widely considered to be vital to national economies. We ...

Dhala / WAM The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), launched a project to restore the “Martyr Ali Othman Naji School” in Al Markoula, Dhala District, as part of its plan to support the local education system in Yemen. The ERC’s efforts to restore Yemeni schools reflect the diversity of its humanitarian support for the people. Nabil Al Afif, Under-Secretary of Dhala ...

Dubai / WAM CNBC on Monday announced the expansion of its Middle East operations with a new studio set to open in October at Nasdaq Dubai. The network will use the new base at MarketSite, part of Nasdaq Dubai’s new offices in the Dubai International Financial Centre, DIFC, to further enhance its editorial presence across the region. With MarketSite at ...

Sharjah / WAM Sharjah Media Corporation (SMC), donated AED3 million to The Big Heart Foundation (TBHF), to build a hospital in the Cox’s Bazar district of Bangladesh for Rohingya refugees. Within the first year, the hospital is expected to receive 7,200 inpatients and provide access to quality healthcare for thousands of the district, which is populated by 140,000 Rohingya refugees ...

ABU DHABI / WAM In a report celebrating its 47th anniversary, Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) announced that it has expended a total of AED84 billion to finance approximately 550 projects in 88 beneficiary countries. Since its inception on July 15, 1971, ADFD has disbursed AED37 billion in concessionary loans, AED44 billion in UAE government grants and AED3 billion ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE Cabinet has affirmed that the UAE’s competitiveness as a leading destination in family tourism supports the national economy and enhances domestic and foreign investments in the tourism sector. This came during the Cabinet’s approval of a decision to exempt the accompanying dependents of foreign tourists under the age of 18 from visa fees, from ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The number of Chinese investors in the UAE’s money markets reached 817 as of end of 2017, and value of their trades exceeded AED900 million, according to official statistics of over 15 Chinese investment institutions in the UAE. In 2017, the numbers of buy and sell deals by Chinese investors in the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) ...