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UMM AL QAIWAIN / WAM The Umm Al Qaiwain Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO), continued their talks, which began in June on promoting investment, at the headquarters of the chamber. During the meeting, both sides agreed that a Japanese delegation representing business owners will visit the emirate to discuss, with their local counterparts, ...

Dubai / WAM Since it was opened in 1960, Dubai International Airport (DXB), has welcomed nearly one billion travellers, becoming one of the world’s busiest airports, said the airport operator Dubai Airports in a statement on the occasion of the 58th birthday anniversary of the airport. ”Today, 58 years and 974,461,017 customers later, DXB is the world’s busiest international airport ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, UAE Minister of Finance and Chairman of Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI), Board of Directors, lauded ECI’s efforts during the first seven months of its operations, signifying a strong start to the vital role it plays in supporting the country’s exports activity and the development ...

Geneva / WAM The UAE Ministry of Economy (MoE), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), establishing Fund-In-Trust which will promote activities of the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), in developing countries and least developed countries. The signing ceremony – held during Emirati Day at the WIPO premises – was organised by MoE in cooperation with ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX), has listed Reem Investments shares on the second market, a market dedicated for trading of shares of private companies, under the symbol ‘REEM’. Trading on Reem Investments shares officially started on September 30 of the current year. Speaking on the listing of the company’s shares on ADX, Abdulhamid Mohammed Saeed, Managing ...

Dubai / WAM Etisalat announced on Sunday that it has teamed up with Skylines Tax Consultancy to offer free Value Added Tax (VAT) filing services exclusively for its Small and Medium Business (SMB) customers at the ‘Hello Business Hub’. This is keeping in line with UAE government’s VAT legislation which introduced a five percent VAT on January 1 this year. ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and in partnership with the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTH), Louvre Abu Dhabi hosts ‘Roads of Arabia: Archaeological Treasures of Saudi Arabia’, the second international exhibition on ...

DUBAI / WAM The Director of Dubai Customs, Ahmed Mahboob Musabih, has received a delegation comprising representatives of Japanese companies headed by the Japanese Consul-General to Dubai, Dr. Akima Umezawa. During the meeting, the parties discussed means of boosting economic cooperation between Japan and UAE and expanding cooperation with Japanese businesses and diplomatic missions. Musabih reaffirmed the importance of cooperating ...

AJMAN / WAM The Federal Tax Authority (FTA), held an awareness session in the Emirate of Ajman for retailers and other representatives from the private sector in all Northern Emirates in collaboration with the chambers of commerce, introducing them to the simplified online procedures for registering in the Tax Refunds for Tourists Scheme. The FTA revealed a notable increase in ...

NEW YORK / WAM His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, continued holding bilateral meetings with his counterparts on the sidelines of the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 73), at the UN headquarters. His Highness met Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mauritania; Kang Kyung-wha, ...