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  Dubai / Emirates Business The Smart Dubai Office and ENOC signed an MOU to increase coordination between ENOC and Smart Dubai on the city’s smart transformation objectives. It will promote cooperation, effective communication and reciprocal facilitation between the parties in alignment with goal of Smart Dubai initiative, to promote seamless and efficient city experiences in all aspects of city ...

  Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, attended on Wednesday a banquet hosted in his honour by Ali Abdullah Al Sha’far at his residence in Umm Suqeim district 1, Dubai. HH Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and ...

  Dubai / WAM His Highness Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, has highlighted Sharjah’s efforts to preserve the environment and bio-diversity by the conservation of many endangered plants and animals. He added that 3 to 4 million trees can be planted every year from available seed stock. During his visit to the ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, on Wednesday offered his heartfelt condolences to the families of martyrs Rashid Ali Mohammed Al Duhoori and Obaid Jawahar Obaid Al Mazrouie. Al Duhoori was killed while carrying out his national duty as part ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Award (HIPA) announced winners for the January edition of the monthly Instagram Photo contest, ‘Teaching’. HIPA received submissions under the hashtag #HIPAContest_Teaching, through its official Instagram account. The six winners hail from Indonesia, Oman, Philippines, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Winners will receive their respective ‘HIPA ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE Pavilion at the 31st Al Janadriyah, the National Festival for Heritage and Culture Festival in Saudi Arabia, witnessed a huge turnout with festival goers keen to experience its distinguished cultural and historical heritage. The pavilion, supervised by Abu Dhabi Authority for Tourism and Culture (TCA), unveiled artistic performances and other entertainment activities that witnessed ...

  Dubai / WAM The Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower) world’s largest district cooling services provider, won the 2016 Marketing, PR and Communications Award presented by the Corporate Vision Magazine, a British publication specialising in business and corporate sectors. Empower won the award in Designing and Marketing, the Most Innovative Brand category, for its campaign “Saving Starts At 24C.” The campaign ...

  Ankara / Emirates Business The 9th Ministerial meeting of the Joint Economic Committee between the UAE and Turkey was in the Turkish capital of Ankara. The session was chaired by HE Engineer Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansoori, Minister of Economy, and Mehmet Simsek, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey. Also present were Eng. Mohammed Ahmed Bin Abdul Aziz Al Shehhi, ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai South on Wednesday announced the completion of the first phase of its Aerospace Supply Chain Facility at Aviation City. The new facility is in line with the focus of the Dubai Industrial Strategy, launched last June by Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, which aims to ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Smartworld, UAE’s leading systems integrator and next generation ICT services provider, has signed an investor partnership agreement with Dubai Quality Group (DQG) which will focus on mutual cooperation toward encouraging quality, business excellence, innovation, technology performance, and leadership in innovative technologies. The partnership aims to contribute to the vision of the National Innovative Strategy of ...