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Abu Dhabi / WAM Awaidha Murshed Al Marar, Chairman of the Department of Energy (DoE), emphasised the strength of the economic partnership between the UAE and China. Today, several Chinese companies are playing a major role in strengthening the economic relationship between both parties and taking part in developing numerous vital and strategic projects at the country level. This came ...

Dubai / WAM The Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), launched the 8th Safety Awards 2018 to recognise partners, consultants, contractors and employees adopting the best safety practices. The awards seek to encourage RTA’s partners to play proactive and constructive roles, sustain safety and maintain highest standards in all the authority’s services including public transport. The underlying objective of the RTA’s ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE’s Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR), welcomed to its staff seven Emirati engineers, who have recently graduated from UAE universities to join its flagship Developee Engineers Programme, as part of its strategy to build long-term sustainability by developing Emirati talent in the nuclear sector. The engineers will commence a year-long nuclear regulatory development programme. ...

DUBAI / WAM Enoc Group has opened a new service station in Al Barsha, a densely populated area in Dubai – as part of its expansion plans aimed at building 54 new service stations by 2020. Commenting on the announcement, Saif Humaid Al Falasi, Group CEO of ENOC, said, “The new service station in Al Barsha underlines our commitment to ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Emirates and its partner airline flydubai announced on Monday that flights between Dubai and Zagreb in Croatia will be operated by flydubai from December 2 to March 30, 2019 after which flights will be operated by Emirates. The move will ensure that capacity is deployed to best serve customer demand by maximising the frequency for passengers ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and Chairman of the Executive Council of Abu Dhabi, issued a Resolution restructuring the Board of Directors of the Environment Agency — Abu Dhabi (EAD) under the chairmanship of HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al ...

RAS AL KHAIMAH / WAM The Ras al-Khaimah Tourism Development Authority (RAKTDA) on Sunday announced a 14 percent increase in international visitors during the first six months of the year. These figures are larger than United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) forecast of 4 percent tourism growth in the Middle East in H1 and demonstrates the ongoing strength of Ras ...

SHARJAH / WAM United Arab Bank (UAB) reported net profits for the first six months of 2018 at AED81 million, representing an uplift of 46 percent compared with the same period last year, primarily driven by growth in ‘core’ income and reduction in provision charges following a transition to a lower risk business model. Total income reached AED341 million, with ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Urban Planning and Municipalities Department has laun-ched 13 new digital services as part of its efforts to participate in the digitalisation drive and the modern vision of our leaders, who are keen to improve the quality of services and bringing happiness to community members. The move also responds to the needs of sustainable development and ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai FDI, the investment development agency of Dubai Economy Department (DED) has moved to strengthen Dubai’s business and investment ties with Egypt, following its meeting with high-level Egyptian delegates from the General Authority for Investment and Free Zones. During discussions held in Dubai, both parties tackled volume of foreign investments coming into the city as a result ...