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  Sharjah / Emirates Business An impressive 110,000 people from around the region have stepped through the doors of the Expo Centre Sharjah during the first four action-packed days of the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF). The enormous variety of interactive activities, seminars, workshops and debates is drawing hoards of families and schoolchildren as well as renowned authors, historians, researchers ...

  Sharjah / Emirates Business Celebrating Russia’s culture of literary genius and the outstanding titles that have enriched world literature, representatives from the Russian section of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) have attended the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival 2017 (SCRF) as the UAE Board on Books for Young People’s Guests of Honour. Russian representatives showcased and ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The UAE Space Agency is implementing 14 special events and initiatives as part of its activities for the Year of Giving, which was declared by HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE. Among the Space Agency’s contribution to the Year of Giving is the Martyrs Badge initiative, in which badges ...

  DUBAI / Emirates Business Jebel Ali Customs Center, the modern facility and one of the major customs centers in Dubai, boasted a number of quality achievements during 2016. The center recorded 348 seizures of restricted, fake and prohibited materials. This means a 24 percent increase compared to 2015 which recorded 281 seizures. The center, which includes a client center ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Mubadala Capital, the financial investment arm of Mubadala Development Company, on Thursday announced a transaction with Ardian, the independent private investment company. Ardian has committed US$2.5 billion to the transaction through a secondary/primary structure. The secondary component involves Ardian acquiring an interest in an existing Mubadala Capital managed private equity portfolio. The primary component involves ...

  Ras Al Khaimah / WAM Foreign trade of the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah grew by 11.8 percent in 2016 compared to 2015, according to a report published by the Studies and Commercial Cooperation Department at the RAK Chamber, based on data from the Customs Department. Dr Ahmed Rashed Al Shemaili, Assistant Director-General of Commercial Service and Business Development Sector ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Crown Prince and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum inaugurated the permanent headquarters of “City Makers” on Thursday, a subsidiary of the General Secretariat of the Executive Council of Dubai, located at Alserkal Avenue in AlQuz area in Dubai. “City Makers” aims to design the journey of the ...

  Dubai / WAM The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry hosted a one-day legal workshop at its head office in co-operation with Taylor Wessing (Middle East) LLP and Fragomen (UAE) LLC to provide local businesses and employers with information on key legal and practical aspects related to UAE residency. Titled “Key Legal & Practical Aspects of UAE Residency,” the workshop ...

  MOSCOW / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, has discussed with Russian President Vladimir Putin, friendship, cooperation, regional and international issues of mutual interest. This came when the Russian President received His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed and accompanying delegation at Kremlin on ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi has been named as the world’s “Most Outstanding MICE Destination” at a prestigious awards ceremony in New Delhi, India. The emirate beat competition from Singapore, the United Kingdom and Jordan to secure the coveted prize, which is handed out annually at the Travel and Hospitality annual awards ceremony in the Indian capital. The award ...