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Marina Mall marks 15 years of ‘inspiring moments’

Emirates Business Marina Mall, the capital’s leading shopping destination, is celebrating its 15th anniversary with the launch of the ‘15 Years of Inspiring Moments’ festival. From March 28 to April 11, visitors can enjoy 15 days of fun-filled activities at Abu Dhabi’s favourite mall. From Burger House and Huguette to Guy Crêperies, Man’oushe Street and Meylas, food trucks will be ...

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Codemotion to bring tech talents around the globe

Emirates Business Organisers of Codemotion Dubai, to be held from April 1–2 at the Impact Hub, Downtown Dubai, have announced that there is a high demand for tickets for one of Europe’s largest tech conferences devoted to coding development, which is being held for the first time in the Middle East. Offering a unique platform for pioneering coding developers and ...

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Internships key to staff retention

Sunaina Rana / Emirates Business According to UAE-based portal InternsME.com, internship programmes are a great way to maintain the ‘talent funnel’ which benefits the corporates in reducing unemployment and enhancing work environment. Jean–Michel Gauthier CEO deems that the corporates can avoid hiring the usual up-front and long-term costs of hiring, “Majority of interns are on student or parent visa sponsorship, ...

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dubizzle marks a decade of buy-and-sell in UAE

Emirates Business Recording over 270 million page views per month, dubizzle — the country’s leading classifieds platform — celebrates 10 years of transforming the UAE’s second-hand market place and consumer behaviour as a whole. “In the space of 10 years, dubizzle has completely redefined the culture of ownership in the UAE by kick-starting the country’s second-hand economy, and bridging a ...

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‘Mushrif Park’ renamed as ‘Mother of the Nation Park’

ABU DHABI / WAM Pursuant to the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, ordered changing the name of the ‘Mushrif Central Park’ to the ‘Mother of the Nation Park’. This comes in recognition ...

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2.74mn visitors at DWTC in 2015

Abu Dhabi / WAM HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, UAE Minister of Finance and Chairman of the Board of Dubai World Trade Centre Authority, on Monday announced the 2015 annual performance results of Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) highlighting an impressive 12% year-on-year increase in traffic to deliver 2.74 million delegates and attendees, coupled ...

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UAE-China ties historic: VP

Abu Dhabi / WAM Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, on Monday received Arkin Amir Albak, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China and Chairman of the China-Arab Friendship Society, to discuss a variety of parliamentary issues and areas of joint co-operation between ...

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UAE, South Africa to strengthen ties

Dubai / WAM Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, on Monday received President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, and his high-profile ministerial delegation, at Zabeel Palace. The South African President is touring a number of countries in the region. Present at the meeting were HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed ...

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DC welcomes SCZone delegation

Dubai / WAM Dubai Customs (DC) has welcomed a delegation from the Suez Canal Special Economic Zone (SCZone) in a bid to further boost bilateral ties between the UAE and Egypt. The visit was aimed at getting a hands-on look at Dubai Customs systems, procedures and in-house developed technologies, as well as exploring prospects for fostering joint cooperation. The DC ...

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Hamdan approves health insurance fees, fines in Dubai

Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, has issued Executive Council Resolution No (7) of 2016 pertaining to fees and fines related to the health insurance sector in Dubai. The new Resolution supports the provisions of Law No. (11) of 2013 concerning health ...

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