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Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE’s Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR), board of management has convened to review current progress of the country’s lead nuclear regulator in terms of nuclear safety, security and safeguards. The meeting, presided over by Abdulla Nasser Al Suwaidi, Chairman of FANR, reviewed an update on the status of operating license application for Units 1 ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), an international independent organisation that has pioneered corporate sustainability reporting since 1997, will hold the regional launch of the new GRI Standards in Abu Dhabi on September 19. The launch event is being hosted by Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company, Masdar, is sponsored by Union National Bank, and has been organised ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM As hundreds of thousands of pupils across the UAE returned back to school on Sunday to start the 2017-2018 academic year, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, on Sunday toured Hamdan Bin Zayed School in Abu Dhabi, reiterating the central ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), has shown its determination to harness the creativity and potential of its high achieving young employees, and provide them with greater leadership opportunities, as it continues to deliver its integrated smart growth strategy. Dr Sultan bin Ahmad Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of State and CEO of the ADNOC Group, met ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The United Arab Emirates and South Korea have reached a mutual recognition agreement of the application of the Authorised Economic Operator (AEO). The AEO program is a federal programme that connects the UAE with the rest of the world in terms of trade and customs. It recognizes traders as trusted operators and provides them with exclusive ...

Dubai / WAM The Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC), signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with the China Chamber of International Commerce (CCoIC). The agreement, which was signed at the China-Arab States Business Summit 2017 in Yinchuan, China, aims to explore the possibility of establishing a joint business council, organising cross-border trade delegations, as well as enhancing collaboration in the ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council (UPC), published its 2016 Annual Report, detailing some of its biggest achievements, which have kept the emirate on course to reach objectives outlined in the Abu Dhabi Plan. Last year, the UPC made huge strides in important projects for national housing, infrastructure planning, sustainable living and spatial data, while also ...

DUBAI / WAM Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has launched ‘Service 1’ centre, at Emirates Tower, which includes 14 government agencies, IBM Watson, and smart robots, to provide personalised services to customers. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid said that Service 1 centre is a model ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Investments, the leading diversified investment company listed on the Dubai Financial Market, has announced that its real estate projects worth over AED4.5 billion across the UAE are generating investor interest, amidst optimistic trends in the real estate sector in the country. The company is currently developing the Mirdif Hills project in Mirdif through Dubai Investments Real ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MOHRE) announced that the supply of domestic labour to the UAE will soon expand as the ministry prepares to sign bilateral memorandums of understanding with a number of countries of origin. In a statement, Dr Omar Alnuaimi, Assistant Under-Secretary for Communication and International Relations at MOHRE, said, “Soon after ...