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  Dubai / WAM The 17th edition of the Fazza Championship for Youllah (folk art) will begin in the Al Meydan quadrant at Global Village this Friday evening. Organised and supervised by the Hamdan bin Mohammed Heritage Center (HHC) to revive heritage sports, the finalists will vie for the grand prize of AED 1 million and the Fazza Championship for Youllah ...

  Dubai / WAM The International Centre for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA), and the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) inaugurated on Thursday the Emirates Soil Museum, a unique facility in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries and the Middle East and North Africa, MENA, region. The opening of the Emirates Soil Museum is a joint initiative between ICBA and ADFD. Speaking at ...

  New Delhi / Emirates Business Etihad Airways’ excellence in service and hospitality has been recognised once again with the Abu Dhabi-based carrier winning the Best International Airline Award at the annual Condé Nast Traveller India Readers’ Travel Awards 2016. The national airline of the United Arab Emirates was presented with the accolade at a prestigious awards ceremony attended by ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business PayPal and Ipsos released their third annual cross-border commerce report. The global insights research investigated the online domestic and cross-border shopping habits of more than 28,000 consumers in 32 countries, to uncover opportunities for consumers in the world’s commerce revolution. The Global Cross-Border report shows Middle-East as one of the regions with the highest incidence ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Mashreq, the UAE’s leading financial institution, has introduced its latest innovation – UAE’s First ‘Mashreq Bot’; an Artificial Intelligence agent – or chat-bot – programed to simulate an intelligent conversation with users. Customers can use the chat-bot to display Mashreq products and perform card-less cash transactions, low ticket local transfers and inquire about balance and ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The second World Halal Tourism Awards 2016 winners were announced on Thursday. An unprecedented 1.9 million votes were received across the 16 Halal tourism categories making it the largest travel awards presentation in the world. The awards were independently verified by an industry governance panel ensuring that all nominations fulfilled criteria of each of ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business DAMAC Towers by Paramount Hotels & Resorts, one of the largest projects under construction in Dubai, yesterday won the “Tower Project of the Year” award at Construction Week Awards. The project was named the winner in its category and selected based on construction best practice and an exemplary safety record. Construction Week Awards, one of ...

Dubai / Emirates Business City Centre Fujairah— one of the largest shopping mall in the Emirate, and the first integrated shopping, leisure and entertainment destination of its kind—is bringing the renowned ‘Snakes and Ladders’ board game to life for a whole month until December 31. Following the success of previously hosted illustration workshop and live LEGO activation, Snakes and Ladders ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Shareholders in First Gulf Bank PJSC (FGB) and National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD), have approved a proposed merger of the two banks, which will create the largest financial institution in the UAE with assets of approximately AED655 billion (US$178 billion). At separate general assembly meetings held on Wednesday, shareholders in FGB and NBAD voted ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Fares Mohammed Al Mazrouei, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation for Security and Military Affairs, met on Wed-nesday, Mikhail Bogdanov, Russian President’s Special Representative for the Middle East and Africa and Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia. During the meeting, the duo discussed bilateral relations and ways to enhance them, as well as means ...