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  Dubai / Emirates Business Etihad Airways Partners’ (EAP) US$700 million landmark finance transaction in 2015 has been recognised with a third key international award after being named Innovative Deal of the Year by the prestigious publication, Airfinance Journal. The five-year bond agreement involved Etihad Airways, its subsidiary Etihad Airport Services and five of the carrier’s strategic equity airline partners ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi’s tourism industry will be displaying one of its largest ever product portfolio’s at Arabian Travel Market (ATM) – the region’s biggest travel and tourism fair – which is taking place for four days from April 25-28 at the Dubai World Trade Centre. The emirate’s leading hotels, destination management companies, tour operators and attractions ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment opened an environmental library to the public at its headquarters in Dubai in response to the Year of Reading 2016 initiative launched by H.H. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE President, and in support of the upcoming World Book Day celebration on April 23. The move is ...

  ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Following the success of “Your Waste, Your Responsibility” campaign in Abu Dhabi, which focuses on raising awareness among employees, government institutions and schools, the campaign was organized in the Western Region. Tadweer (the Center of Waste Management – Abu Dhabi) in collaboration with the Western Region Municipality conducted awareness sessions under the title “Western ...

  Sharjah / Emirates Business Students in Sharjah buttoned up their lab coats and fired up their Bunsen burners for a carnival of science organized by Sharjah Science Museum. The Sharjah Science Carnival is taking place from April 17-21 at various locations in Sharjah, including schools, the Sharjah Science Museum, and the Maktaba at Al Qasba. Students are conducting a ...

  SHARJAH / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan sent a cable of condolences to President Rafael Correa of Ecuador, and Tsugunomiya Akihito, Emperor of Japan, on the victims of the earthquake that hit both countries leaving many people killed and injured. His Highness Sheikh Khalifa also expressed his condolences and sympathy to the families of ...

  DUBAI / WAM The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced the introduction of a new app for smart phones to facilitate the job of parking inspectors, and ease the processing of parking permits in the Emirate of Dubai. The step is part of RTA’s relentless efforts to equip inspectors with top-notch devices, and ensure the speedy processing of parking ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Dr. Amal Abdullah Al Qubaisi, Speaker of the Federal National Council (FNC), received Abdul Qader Rasqwa, Ethiopian Ambassador to the UAE, at the FNC headquarters. Rasqwa congratulated Dr. Al Qubaisi on her election to chair the FNC as the first woman to head an Arab parliamentary institution in the Middle East and at the Arab level. ...

Dubai / WAM The UAE International Investors Council received tens of thousands of visitors from countries in the region and around the world during the three days of its participation in the Annual Investment Meeting 2016, which was held at the Dubai World Trade Centre from April 11-13. The forum represents the most important and contemporary investment and commercial demonstration in ...

  Sharjah / WAM Dr. Bjorn Kjerfve, Chancellor of the American University of Sharjah (AUS) met on Monday with Sheikh Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi, Managing Director of Al Saud Company, and Sheikh Saud Majid Al Qassimi, the Deputy Managing Director of Al Saud Company, to discuss the Sheikh Saoud Bin Khalid Bin Khalid Al Qassimi Chair in Family Business, which was ...