Local News

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Municipality announced the completion of the first phase of the Hatta Hiking project, which aims to boost tourism activity in the region, as part of the Hatta Comprehensive Development Plan. The municipality said that the first phase of the Hatta Hiking project covers 9 km. The hiking trail, developed under the project, has been designed in ...

  Sharjah / Emirates Business Sharjah Healthcare City (SHCC) and Arab German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GHORFA), have signed a landmark cooperation agreement. This agreement will establish ties and extend cooperation in promoting the Sharjah Healthcare City project situated in Sharjah. GHORFA will assist in promoting Sharjah Healthcare City in Germany and other European countries. The cooperation agreement was ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) and Nawah Energy Company (Nawah) welcomed 117 of the UAE’s overseas diplomats to Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant during a tour of the project, which included a briefing on the UAE’s Peaceful Nuclear Energy Program and the latest construction and commissioning milestones. The UAE Ambassadors and Heads of Missions ...

  Dubai / WAM The UAE has topped the list of GCC countries in advertising spending in the first quarter of 2017 with AED1.5 billion, accounting for 46 percent of the total advertising expenditure across the Gulf region, according to TBWA Worldwide, a top 10 ranked global advertising network. The UAE is followed in the second place by Saudi Arabia ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Arab Trade Financing Programme (ATFP) approved US$ 1.108 billion in credit facilities all over the last year, bringing to $13.3 billion the total credit provided by the programme for boosting inter-Arab trade since its establishment. This is announced by Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman Al-Hamoody, ATFP Chairman and CEO, during the 28th annual meeting of ...

  Riyadh / WAM The workings of the second group of the UAE-KSA Joint Determination Retreat, organised by the UAE-Saudi Co-ordination Council, were launched in Riyadh on Thursday, with the attendance and participation of ministers, high officials and general managers from both countries. The retreat came from the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and his ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) organised the ‘Edha’at’ (Arabic for ‘Flashes’) event, to share success stories and innovative initiatives as part of the Knowledge Management’s initiatives, and promote and encourage innovation and continued development among DEWA’s employees. 18 success stories were shared by a number of creative and innovative employees of Distribution Power Division during the ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The five-day long Culture Summit 2017 held at Manarat Al Saadiyat, the Cultural District of Abu Dhabi, under the theme, “The Creative Mind of the Connected World: Culture as a Change Agent in the Digital Age,” concluded on Thursday, with an emphasis on influential role of culture and arts in tackling socioeconomic and political challenges. The ...

  Dubai / WAM The Hamdan Bin Mohammed Heritage Centre (HHC) will hold its third joint workshop with the United Nations Organisation for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO) for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, at the JW Marriott Marquis Hotel in Dubai, from April, 16-20. Similar to the past two joint workshops with the UNESCO, HHC seeks to move forth ...

  Dubai / WAM Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Executive Council HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum chaired on Thursday morning a meeting of the council at Emirates Tower, in the presence of Chairman of Dubai Civil Aviation and Chief Executive of Emirates Group H.H. Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum. The meeting reviewed various topics ...