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  ALKESH SHARMA / Emirates Business With an approximate annual growth of upto 5 to 10 percent, the Middle East has emerged as one of the record blossoming markets for yachts and boats globally. There has been a significant surge in buying of yachts, which has given a strong impetus to the manufacturing industry of yachts and boats in this ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business A high-level delegation composed of representatives from the Ministry of Economy and the Council of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Projects (SMEs Council), key businessmen and entrepreneurs, and other government officials, with a number of more than 50 persons, is set to visit Malaysia with the chief aim of exploring potential business and investment ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Veritas Technologies — the global leader in information management — has announced a set of solutions and services to help prepare organizations for the new European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) recently finalized by the European Union Parliament. Veritas Enterprise Vaultâ„¢ 12, Data Insight 5.1, Information Map and supporting services including the dark data assessment ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Under the patronage of HH His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashed Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Dubai Executive Council, Dubai Maritime City Authority (DMCA) — the government authority charged with regulating, coordinating and supervising all aspects of Dubai’s maritime sector — has announced that it has begun preparations to ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA) — the regulatory body for Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO), the integrated free zone technology park — has announced fundamental changes to its ‘Happiest People’ initiative that was conceptualized in 2013, launched in 2014, and shaped into a comprehensive strategy in 2015. Inspired by the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed ...

  ABU DHABi / WAM The United Arab Emirates condemned, in the strongest terms, the terrorist massacres in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, which claimed the lives of dozens of innocent people. The UAE has announced its solidarity with Iraq and its people against organised terrorist attacks, targeting its institutions and its religious, cultural and civilisational fabric. The Ministry of Foreign ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Ministry of Economy issued a report on monitoring, following-up and analysis of the development of the UAE’s Foreign Trade for the first quarter of 2016. The report, which was prepared by the Trade Policy Department at the Ministry, includes a number of important themes that together constitute the components and key elements of the report, ...

  Dubai / WAM Suhail bin Mohammed Faraj Faris Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy, and Matar Hamed Al Neyadi, Undersecretary for the Ministry of Energy, visited the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, along with the control-centre compound at Warsan. They were received by Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Managing Director and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), Mohammad ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM HH Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, inaugurated the Parliamentary Digital Library of the Federal National Council (FNC) at the Council’s headquarters in Abu Dhabi, in the presence of Dr. Amal Abdullah Al Qubaisi, Speaker of the Federal National Council, and Dr. Mohammed Salem Al Mazroui, ...

  Dubai / WAM The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry shared its expertise in international relations with GCC Chambers during the consultative meeting held recently at the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry to exchange experiences and knowledge of their respective international relations departments. With its objective of strengthening the role of GCC Chambers in the Arab, regional and global ...