Abu Dhabi / WAM Hessa Essa Buhumaid, Minister of Community Development, met with Dr Catherine Boura, Ambassador of Greece, and Navdeep Singh Suri, Ambassador of India to the UAE, to discuss means of enhancing cooperation in social and community development. The minister expressed her pleasure at holding discussions with the two ambassadors, highlighting that the meeting comes within the framework ...
Read More »Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (Seha), on Saturday announced the appointment of Dr Gareth Goodier, as the new Group Chief Executive Officer. Announcing the appointment, Salem Rashed Al Nuaimi, Chairman at SEHA, said, “At SEHA we have a vision to elevate the quality of healthcare through innovation and skills, and we are confident that we have the ...
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Abu Dhabi / WAM The number of hotel guests staying in Abu Dhabi during August rose by 10.5 percent compared to the same month in 2017, with double-digit growth in most key source markets underpinning the upward trend, latest figures released by the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi, DCT Abu Dhabi, for the emirate’s hospitality sector have ...
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ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi has been named the safest city in the world for the second year running by Numbeo, a website that curates and collates data to develop the world’s largest user-contributed database about cities and countries worldwide. Surpassing more than 300 cities across the world, including Tokyo, Basel, Munich, and Vienna, the UAE’s capital has once ...
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ABU DHABI / WAM Al Hilal Bank, rated A2 by Moody’s and A+ by Fitch successfully closed a $500 million five-year Senior Sukuk. The transaction, under Al Hilal Bank’s new management team, marks the first Senior Public Sukuk from the UAE since April 2018, and re-opens the Capital markets for GCC issuers. Al Hilal Bank was last in the market ...
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SHARJAH / WAM Gulftainer, a privately-owned independent port operator and logistics company based in Sharjah, has finalised a 50-year concession with the State of Delaware in the USA to operate and develop the Port of Wilmington, significantly expanding the company’s global footprint and reach. The agreement, signed by Gulftainer’s subsidiary GT USA, will see an expected investment of up to ...
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ABU DHABI / WAM Adnoc Refining, a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc), on Wednesday announced it has reached full production of polymer-grade propylene from its newly commissioned Propane Dehydrogenation (PDH) unit, located in the Ruwais integrated refining and petrochemical hub. The PDH unit processes propane from two major sources, Adnoc Gas Processing and Ruwais Refinery West, ...
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Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with Emirates Telecommunications Group Company (Etisalat), and Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), Du to deploy and showcase innovative solutions and integrated services to transform the digital offerings of ICT and related services across Al Maryah Island. Both the MoUs were signed during the 2018 FinTech ...
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Abu Dhabi / WAM Etihad Airways has marked the opening of the new runway at Velana International Airport in the Maldives by operating one of its Airbus A380 aircraft to the island nation. The new 3,400 metre-long and 60-metre-wide runway is the first in the Maldives capable of supporting an A380. The special Etihad operation was piloted by First Officer, ...
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ABU DHBAI / WAM Mohammed Thani Murshed Al Rumaithi, Chairman of the UAE Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry and Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Husin Bagis, Ambassador of Indonesia to the UAE, discussed ways to enhance economic cooperation and promoting joint investments between companies and institutions operating in Abu Dhabi and Indonesia. ...
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