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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, has given directives to honour UAE national achievements that fall in line with the spirit of late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan and his prosperous reign, in conjunction with the UAE National Day celebrations and to ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE), announced that Sunday, November 18 will be a public holiday for private sector entities. The announcement was made by Nasser bin Thani Al Hamli, Minister of Human Resources and Emiratisation, following the UAE Cabinet decision to mark Sunday as a public holiday, instead of Tuesday, November 20, ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance, said that the message of tolerance and co-existence promoted by the UAE does not exclude anyone in UAE or abroad, nationals or residents, individuals or organisations as well as families, whether young or old. He affirmed the commitment of the Ministry of Tolerance to promote the message ...

Dubai / WAM The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa), won two awards at the Customer Experience Week Middle East, organised by CX Network. Marwan bin Haidar, Executive Vice President of Innovation and the Future at Dewa, received the two awards in the presence of Mohammed Salem Al Mana, Vice President of Billing Services; Saleh Al Marzouqi, Chief Customer Happiness ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Government ministers from 18 countries and more than 80 leading oil and gas CEOs will meet in Abu Dhabi next week, as the 2018 Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (Adipec), commences amid a background of unprecedented change for the industry. Hosted by the Adnoc; and supported by the UAE Ministry of Energy and Industry, ...

ABU DHABI / WAM First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) said it is launching a new FAB Islamic logo inspired by FAB brand identity, and that its wholly- owned subsidiary Abu Dhabi National Islamic Finance, changed its legal name to First Abu Dhabi Islamic Finance. Fahad Al Shaer, CEO of First Abu Dhabi Islamic Finance, said, “Since we laun-ched our company ...

ABU DHABI / WAM While digital transformation has been on oil and gas radar for some time, harnessing the power of new technologies is now the top priority for the industry’s most senior decision-makers as they plot a path forward for their business. The International Energy Agency (IEA) has estimated digital technologies could cut oil and gas production costs by ...

ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Etihad Aviation Group (EAG), a diversified global aviation and travel group headquartered in Abu Dhabi, debuts its engaging and multifunctional booth under the theme of “embracing China, expanding partnership” at the First China International Import Expo (CIIE) at the National Exhibition and Conventional Centre in Shanghai. The CIIE, the biggest import trade show in China, ...

Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai said that coding is a key skill in the knowledge-based economy, and it is critical to foster the skills of the youth in this area to create new value in our economy and other spheres of life. ...

ADEN / WAM The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), is launching a series of rebuilding projects in Yemen’s Red Sea Coast worth AED107.1 million, which will benefit 7,187,620 people in several governorates. These projects are being implemented upon the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE ...