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ABU DHABI / WAM The Federal Tax Authority (FTA) has announced the sectors that will be subject to Value Added Tax (VAT) as of January 1, 2018, revealing selected sectors will be assigned zero-rated tax, such as education, healthcare, oil and gas, transportation and real estate. According to a statement released by the FTA, selected supplies in sectors such as ...

Dubai / Emirates Business With Dubai targeting to become the Middle East’s smartest city by 2021, a growing number of local and international FinTech companies are looking to make the emirate their regional base, according to Links Group, an Equiom company and a leading provider of commercial facilitation and advisory services in the Middle East. The financial solutions ecosystem received ...

Al AIN / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, received on Tuesday a number of falconers participating in the 4th International Festival of Falconry which began in Abu Dhabi on Monday. Sheikh Mohamed welcomed the falconers and discussed with them their activities during ...

SHARJAH / WAM Dr Salwa Ghaddar Younis, Ambassador of the United Nations (UN), and Chairperson of the Arab Family Organisation (AFO), stated that the UAE is a unique international model of the professional and financial empowerment of women, and the strengthening of their economic position, based on equal opportunities in all commercial areas. In her statements on the sidelines of ...

DUBAI / WAM The Emirates Post Group (EPG), announced the release of two new commemorative stamps, one to mark the Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival and the other to mark the country’s 46th National Day. The Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival stamp, with a release date of December 1, has a face value of AED3 and is issued in a sheet of ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Yahsat, a leading global satellite operator, based in the UAE, and Orbital ATK, a global leader in aerospace and defence technologies based in the US, on Monday announced that the ‘Al Yah 3’ satellite has successfully arrived at its launch site in Kourou, French Guiana. The satellite, the third in Yahsat’s fleet, is scheduled to be ...

SHARJAH / WAM Air Arabia on Tuesday announced that Asmara will become its first destination in Eritrea, starting from December 10. The flight will operate once a week on Sundays, departing from Sharjah International Airport at 22:00, and arriving at Asmara International Airport at 01:00 local time. The return flight will depart Asmara on Mondays at 01:40, landing in Sharjah ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The Middle East and Africa (MEA) region is thriving to become the fastest-growing region in beauty and personal care products over the next five years. The MEA’s $25.4 billion (AED93.21 billion) market will grow by 6.4 percent a year during this growth spurt. Globally, the sector is expected to grow 3 percent a year, according to ...

Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai,said that developing the sciences are a top priority for the UAE, given its importance to achieve the government’s strategic objectives by assisting and advising government bodies in their various development projects. “The prosperity of any society lies in investing ...

Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, has called on UAE residents to adopt activities and programmes that preserve environmental resources, with the aim of guaranteeing that they can both sufficiently support the country’s needs, and adequately offer future generations a high quality of ...