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Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Quality Group (DQG) concludes the 14th cycle of Emirates Women Award, under the patronage of His Highness Shaikh Ahmad Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Airports, President of the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Chairman and CEO of Emirates Group and the Patron of Dubai Quality Group. Emirates Women Award 2017 (EWA) honoured local and expatriate ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) and the Government of Jordan have enjoyed close ties dating back to 1974. Their constructive cooperation aims to achieve sustainable development goals in vital economic sectors that benefit the Jordanian population. In a report issued by ADFD to mark Jordan’s 71stIndependence Day, the Fund announced that by end-2016, it ...

Ras Al Khaimah / Emirates Business Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone (RAKEZ), the world-class government authority comprising RAK Free Trade Zone (RAK FTZ) and RAK Investment Authority (RAKIA), has won as the ‘Best New Customer’ of the Genesys call centre system ‘PureConnect’ in the Middle East region. RAKEZ was awarded the prize at the G-Summit Middle East 2017 held at ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC), announced the successful receipt of the fuel assemblies required to generate electricity from Unit 1. The fuel assemblies are securely stored in Barakah until the Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation, FANR, approves the Operating License for Units 1 and 2, which will allow the generation of the first megawatts of ...

Dubai / WAM Mohammed Saqr Al Hammadi, Director of the Customers Happiness Department of the General Pensions & Social Security Authority (GPSSA), has called the insured to confirm that the specified period of pension eligibility is met before the resignation. He noted that only few days remained for those whose end of service files are received by the Authority. Such ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) opened a building for blind in the Yemeni Directorate of Tarim in Hadramaut valley, following the completion of rehabilitation in accordance with an agreement signed last April to rehabilitate the building to support the community. The move is part of the ERC development and service projects carried out in Hadramaut and various ...

London / WAM The Center of Digital Innovation (CoDI), in the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), won the Global Mobile Government Award during the Mobile Government World Summit 2017, held recently in the United Kingdom. More than 100 teams from around the world participated in the competition, and the participating UAE Project was ranked first regionally, and second globally as the best ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business The UAE’s continued construction boom ahead of Expo 2020, has driven demand for ceramic tiles to increase by almost 70% and, with almost 40% of tiles imported from overseas, this poses huge opportunities for international manufacturers to win contracts on prestigious UAE projects. As the largest exporter of tiles to the UAE, India is well positioned ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Computer and telecommunication capital inflows to the country grew by 2.5 percent to AED13.1 billion during 2016, as per UAE Central Bank statistics. According to the UAE Balance of Payment service data, the computer and telecommunications sectors’ combined credit side hit AED20.9 billion, accounting for 1.5 percent of the 2016 GDP, while their debit reached AED7.8 ...

Astana / WAM His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and Kairat Abdrakhmanov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, signed a protocol on Tuesday amending the agreement of mutual exemption of pre-visa requirement for holders of diplomatic and special passports to also include holders of ordinary passports. The UAE ...