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  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business HE Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy, met with the Finnish Ambassador to the UAE, Rita Swan, at the Ministry’s headquarters in Dubai to discuss ways to strengthen bilateral relations at the economic and commercial levels. The two parties also supported the exchange of investments and more joint cooperation specifically in the ...

  Saudi Arabia / Emirates Business UAE-based DC Pro Engineering – a global leader in District Energy, Co-Generation, Tri-Generation and sustainability in Green Building MEP designs, has partnered with TAQNIA ENERGY(TE), a subsidiary of the Saudi Technology Development and Investment Company as part of its Saudi Arabia growth strategy; ‘Saudi 50’. The exclusive agreement between the two entities marks a ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, DEWA, won three Golden Globe Tigers Awards in Sustainability Leadership. The awards are for Best Renewable Resources – Energy, Best Renewable Resources – Green Building, and Best Renewable Resources – Sustainable Transport, for the Green Charger initiative. DEWA received the awards in a special ceremony in Malaysia. The awards underline DEWA’s intensive ...

  Dubai / WAM The Emirates Post Group recently welcomed a delegation from Oman Post at its head office in Dubai and briefed them on best practices in postal operations and mail sorting systems. The delegation was welcomed by Acting CEO of Emirates Post Group, Abdullah Mohammed Al Ashram. The Oman Post delegation included CEO of Oman Post, Abdul Malik bin ...

  Brussels / WAM The 25th European Union-Gulf Cooperation Council Ministerial Meeting ended with a firm determination to expand and strengthen bilateral political, economic, cultural and social cooperation and relations. “In a challenging regional environment, the EU and GCC Ministers underlined the importance of further strengthening their ties, to serve as a solid and effective foundation for sustainable regional and international ...

  DUBAI / EMIRATES BUSINESS Dubai Land Department’s (DLD) Transactions Report, issued by Real Estate Research and Studies Department, announced that the total amount of real estate transactions recorded in the Emirate in the first six months of the current year reached a total of AED 113 billion, achieved through 28,251 sales, mortgages and other transactions. The report reveals that property ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business A UAE delegation headed by the Ministry of Economy is currently participating in the 14th United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD 14) which officially launched in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi under the theme ‘From decision to action: Moving towards an inclusive and equitable global economic environment for trade and development.’ The ...

  DUBAI / WAM Continuing its local and global successes, Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation, Empower, the world’s largest district cooling services provider, signed a contract with Nakheel to provide district cooling services to Jumeirah Village Circle and Jumeirah Village Triangle, with a total value of AED1.8 billion. Empower will build up to 6 cooling plants in the two locations, ...

  ABU DHABI / Emirates Business The Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce noted thriving trade between Brazil and the Arab World as attested to by the impressive numbers issued by the organization covering Brazilian exports to Arab countries during the first half of 2016. These positive numbers reflect the great strides that companies across various sectors are making towards strengthening ...

  DUBAI / WAM Dubai has a huge opportunity to boost growing real estate investment from Chinese investors in the wake of Britain’s decision to leave the EU, developers and property marketers have been told. Uncertainty in Europe following the Brexit vote could attract a new wave of Chinese investment in Dubai based on the Emirate’s offer of quality new ...