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Dubai / Emirates Business Emirates completed the application of the specially-designed ‘Year of Zayed’ livery on ten of its aircraft. This tribute to the late His Highness Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan was first unveiled in November 2017 on the fuselage of Emirates’ 100th A380 aircraft, and commemorates the 100th year of HH Sheikh Zayed’s birth. His Highness Sheikh ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Dubai Land Department (DLD) has successfully participated at MIPIM, the world’s leading international real estate conference, which was held at the Cannes Festival Palace in Cannes, France. DLD held several successful meetings with the exhibition organisers to discuss future cooperation and DLD’s continued participation over the coming years. The conference was an opportunity for DLD’s delegation ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Industrial Park (DI), the industrial district within Dubai Wholesale City (DWSC), announced that Al Fares International Group (Al Fares), a leading UAE-based supplier of tents and mobile structures, is the latest entity to join DI’s community of business partners. In addition to locating its headquarters at DI, Al Fares is also launching a central warehouse ...

DUBAI / WAM The Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), in partnership with Network International introduced a new service enabling the payment of taxi fares in Dubai via Samsung Pay and Apple Pay apps on smartphones. Payment in cash or by credit cards will remain in place as well. The new service is part of the ‘Smart City’ initiative of ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi National Insurance Company (ADNIC), one of the leading regional multi-line insurance providers for corporates and individuals, congratulates the second tranche of UAE nationals who have graduated from its Emirati program, facilitated by the Emirates Institute of Banking and Financial Studies (EIBFS). ADNIC enrolled all recruits in an intensive development program at EIBFS designed ...

DUBAI / WAM Princess Moudi bint Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, member of the Board of Trustees of the King Khalid Foundation, has received Hessa Essa Buhumaid, Minister of Community Development, at the headquarters of the Foundation. Buhumaid learned about the Foundation’s programmes provided to all segments of the society and its role played to develop the social security policy. ...

DUBAI / WAM The total value of non-oil trade between the Emirate of Dubai and Germany reached AED40 billion in 2017, the Director of Dubai Customs, Ahmed Mahboob Musabih said during a meeting with Gunter Rauer, Consul-General of Germany in the emirate. The two discussed means of boosting cooperation between Germany and Dubai especially in bilateral trade and customs business. ...

ABU DHABI / WAM South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in expressed hope for further development of links between his country and the UAE, saying that he was committed “to deepening and strengthening bilateral relations, based on mutual trust.” Moon said he planned to hold discussions that would focus on “concrete and practical measures for cooperation to produce synergies in mutually beneficial ...

DUBAI / WAM More than one thousand UAE nationals have been given the green light to work with customer service centres of government and private entities across the country. The job seekers participated in a 3-day recruitment event organised by MoHRE. Saif Ahmed Al Suwaidi, Under-Secretary of Human Resources Affairs at MoHRE, said that 1,520 Emirati job-seekers with different academic ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Digital resilience is key to enabling digital transformation as it empowers organisations, governments and defence authorities to manage security risks at acceptable levels, opined senior Etisalat Digital executives at the recently concluded International Exhibition of National Security and Resilience (ISNR). The two-day global event dedicated to homeland security, safety and national resilience at ADNEC highlighted the ...