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  Abu Dhabi / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan will attend the G20 Summit, which will take place in Bali, Indonesia from November 15-16. Chaired by Indonesian President Joko Widodo, the 17th G20 Heads of State and Government Summit will welcome heads of state and government officials from the world’s leading economies to address major ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi’s real estate market witnessed continued growth in the third quarter of 2022, recording 4,441 property transactions amounting to over AED21.04 billion, according to the latest report published by the Department of Municipalities and Transport (DMT). The DMT’s quarterly showed that the emirate recorded 1,995 real estate sales worth AED5.39 billion, and 2,446 mortgage ...

Bali / Gulf Time Sanad, a global industrial services leader with over 30 years’ expertise in aerospace and wholly owned by Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Company PJSC (Mubadala), has signed a landmark memorandum of understanding with Indonesia’s GMF, the country’s largest aircraft maintenance company, at the UAE Business Forum which took place on the sideline of this week’s B20 Summit ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Further to the announcements by Federal Tax Authority (FTA) during past weeks, the FTA confirmed its intention to launch the EmaraTax platform on December 5. The migration to EmaraTax will commence from the end of day on November 30 and EmaraTax will be available for use from December 5. To minimise disruption to taxpayers the ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, chaired the UAE cabinet meeting at Qasr Al Watan Abu Dhabi, in the presence of HH Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister of Finance; HH ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Further to the announcements by the Federal Tax Authority (FTA) during the past weeks, the Federal Tax Authority confirmed its intention to launch the EmaraTax platform on December 5. The migration to EmaraTax will commence from the end of day on Wednesday, November 30 and EmaraTax will be available for use from December 5. To ...

  DUBAI / WAM Highlighting the importance of integrating education and climate to achieve global education transformation, Dubai Cares, a civil society organisation formally associated with the United Nations Department of Global Communications, participated at the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27). Marking the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, COP27 ...

  Sharjah / WAM The Drivers and Vehicles Licensing Department of Sharjah Police has completed 724 transactions for the “drivers’ road driving tests” service, from their locations, during the past eight months, with the aim of enhancing the happiness of customers with the services provided, in line with the quality of life of the UAE community. Commenting on this, Lt. ...

  Dubai / WAM Within its efforts to combat counterfeiting and protect the environment and society from the hazards of counterfeit goods, Dubai Customs, represented by the Intellectual Property (IPR) Department, recycled 22,436 counterfeit items for 24 brands. The brands were from Germany, the United States (US), Italy, the United Kingdom (UK), Switzerland, France, South Korea and Japan and included ...

  Dubai / WAM The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) Innovation Centre, in collaboration with the Arab Youth Centre (AYC), organised a series of virtual technical training workshops on clean and renewable energy using artificial intelligence (AI) and latest technologies to enhance the efficiency and sustainability of energy. The two-day workshop was attended by 57 young men and women ...