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  Abu Dhabi / WAM Sheikha Lubna bint Khalid Al Qasimi, Minister of State for Tolerance and Noura bint Mohammed Al Kaabi, Minister of State for Federal National Council Affairs, have offered condolences to Alexander Efimov, Russian Ambassador to the UAE, on the death of Russian Ambassador to Turkey, Andrey Karlov. While visiting the Russian Embassy in Abu Dhabi, Sheikha Lubna ...

  Dubai / WAM The Dubai Government Excellence Program, sponsored by the General Secretariat of the Executive Council of Dubai, organised a forum entitled, “Dubai, a friendly city for people with disabilities”. In attendance at the forum were Abdulla Al Shaibani, Secretary-General of the Executive Council of Dubai, and Chairman of Dubai Government Excellence Program, Ahmed Abdelkareem Jalfaar, Director-General for Community ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The Abu Dhabi Systems and Information Center (ADSIC), recently held a three day workshop with Microsoft at the Shangri-La Hotel – Abu Dhabi. The workshops was attended by IT management, CIOs, CISOs, System Administrators, Identity and Security Engineers from more than 35 government entities with the aim of building capacity and increasing awareness on ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM UAE holidaymakers are putting themselves at increased risk of facing serious financial repercussions by not taking measures to adequately cover themselves in the event of a travel emergency, experts warned. Describing community awareness about travel insurance in the UAE as “probably among the lowest in global markets”, Phil Ashkuri, Head of General Insurance at Nexus Group, ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business HE Eng. Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansoori, UAE Minister of Economy (MoE), recently met Suren Karayan, Minister of Economic Development and Investments of Armenia to discuss key ways to further expand economic and trade relations between the two countries–building investment partnerships in sectors that would bring mutual benefits to both countries based on their ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC), a Strategic Partner of Dubai Festivals and Retail Establishment (DFRE), is celebrating the region’s largest shopping and entertainment festival – the Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF) 2017 – for the 22nd consecutive year, by offering customers and visitors a chance to win a Nissan Car daily. ENOC has unveiled an impressive ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business A new regional conference devoted to exploring the growing role of the Middle East as the world’s largest producer of sulphur is to take place in the UAE capital in February 2017. Hosted by CRU Events – a subsidiary of the business intelligence company, CRU Group, that focuses on the global metals, mining and ...

  SHARJAH / Emirates Business An exhibition of calligraphy created by talented female artists from Southeast Asia opened on Thursday at Sharjah Calligraphy Museum. Entitled ‘Letters & Ornamentation from Southeast Asia’, the exhibition features Arabic scripts crafted by 12 master calligraphers from Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia. Each of the women are former students of the world-renowned Moroccan artist and calligrapher ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business As part of the Asset Transfer Agreement signed with ENOC, ADNOC Distribution announced the opening of Seeh Al Mahab, Asraar and Al Ghafia re-branded service stations in Sharjah, taking the total number of service stations within its network in the emirate to 91. Saeed Mubarak Al Rashdi, Acting Chief Executive Officer of ADNOC Distribution, ...

  SHARJAH / WAM The Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, to establish a long term partnership, involving economic collaboration in various sectors. The MoU, which aim to enhance Sharjah’s ties with international trade partners, will pave the way for a unique and mutually ...