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  ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Ports and Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB) on Tuesday signed a long term agreement for ship repair facility that will also have a floating dry dock at Zayed Port. The agreement was signed at Abu Dhabi Ports head office at Zayed Port by Captain Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi, Chief Executive Officer of Abu ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) succeeded in achieving a compliance rate of 97 percent regarding the disclosure of the second quarter financial statements of its listed public joint stock companies within the deadline of 45 days from the end of the financial period. 64 listed companies out of 66, local and foreign, disclosed their second ...

  DUBAI / WAM An Emirates Auction delegation has paid a visit to the Mohammed bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences (MBRU) in Dubai Healthcare City recently, in line with its interest in strengthening relations with government bodies and academic institutions. During the visit, the Emirates Auction discussed means of hosting activities and organising charity auctions

  Dubai / WAM Emirates will operate a special one-off A380 service to Amman on September 25, marking 30 years of commitment to Jordan. The airline’s flagship double-decker, with the ability to carry over 500 passengers at a time, will make history when it becomes the first-ever scheduled A380 service to Queen Alia International Airport, and it will also be ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, will expand its services to Italy with a new daily flight to Venice’s Marco Polo Airport. The new service will begin operations from October 30 and be served by an Airbus A319, offering 16 seats in Business and 90 in Economy. Together with Alitalia, its code-share and ...

  Dubai / WAM Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), has discussed with Frode Mouring, Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNPD), the UAE, a host of issues of common concern including strengthening bilateral co-operation. The two parties also tackled sharing of information and knowledge, and ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Municipality (DM) will launch the third phase of its ‘My City My Environment project’ in October after the successful completion of the first and second phases of the project, which was launched in 2012. Salah Amiri, Assistant Director-General of Environment and Public Health Services Sector at DM, said that this phase will cover Muhaisina, Nadd Al ...

  Dubai / WAM Emirates Environment Group (EEG), honoured the winners of the recycling, reforestation and recycling campaign, it carried out for a month involving various members of the community during the summer. The programme was part of the EEG’s efforts to promote the message of World Day to Combat Desertification in collaboration with the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. ...

  Sharjah / WAM Al Qasba, Sharjah’s premier leisure, tourism and family destination, has unveiled two electric vehicle charging stations as part of the emirate’s green parking initiative, launched recently by the Sharjah Investment and Development Authority, (Shurooq) with the aim of promoting a sustainable ecosystem in Sharjah. The charging stations are also to be used to spread awareness about the ...

    Dubai / WAM Customers no longer have to stand in line for regular customs card for the ‘means of transport and machinery issuance’ procedure. The process has become a lot easier now, as Dubai Customs has deployed an automated, self-service device to issue the card in Port Rashid Customs Centre. Dubai Customs issued a total of 769,000 customs cards ...