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  ABU DHABI / WAM ADQ, an Abu Dhabi-based investment and holding company, on Tuesday announced that it has entered into an agreement to monetise a stake of 8.6 percent in Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (Taqa) to Multiply Group PJSC, Abu Dhabi Pension Fund and other prominent investors. Taqa is a diversified utilities and energy group headquartered in ...

  DUBAI / WAM Emirates Health Services (EHS) and Siemens Healthineers signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) of mutual cooperation with a focus on medical excellence, improving productivity and innovation in providing various health care services. The signing of the MoU came in the presence of Dr. Yousif Al Serkal, Director-General of EHS; Ole Per Maloy, CEO, Siemens Healthineers Middle ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC) and the Sharjah FDI Office (Invest in Sharjah) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote cooperation and capacity building. Both entities agreed to work together to position the UAE as an ideal destination for trade and investment, highlighting the country’s stable and secure environment, investor-friendly ...

  DUBAI / WAM Emirates airlines announced it will increase the frequency of its services to Algiers with the addition of a fifth weekly flight, effective 7th October, 2022. The newest service will complement Emirates’ existing operations between Dubai and Algiers, currently running at four flights a week. The latest addition of services to the airline’s schedule will provide additional ...

  DUBAI / WAM HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Dubai Future Foundation (DFF), on Tuesday launched Dubai’s Research and Development (R&D) programme during a meeting at the DFF headquarters. The initiative aims to support key economic sectors and ...

  DUBAI / WAM All preparations are complete for the 8th World Green Economy Summit (WGES), which is set to take place on September 28-29 at the Dubai World Trade Centre. Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Vice Chairman of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy, MD and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa), and Chairman of World Green Economy ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA) has announced that it attained membership in the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM). Through its membership, TDRA will support the implementation of EFQM’s leading approach, aimed at enabling organisations improve their own performance and objectives as well as develop their respective human resources. TDRA will utilise ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH) and the Institute for Health Improvement (IHI), a global not-for-profit organisation based in Boston, USA, launched a strategic cooperative agreement to advance and execute programmes for continuous improvement of the quality of healthcare. The cooperation seeks to set a solid framework and establish regulatory foundations to achieve ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE is set to host the Annual Meeting of the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) 2022 at the Adnoc Business Centre in Abu Dhabi from 19th to 23rd September, 2022. Organised by the Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology (MoIAT), the event will take place in the presence of Ulrika Francke, President of the ISO, ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts said the operator of the UAE’s Barakah Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), the first NPP in the Arab region, had strengthened operational safety by fully addressing the findings of an initial IAEA safety review mission five years ago. The Operational Safety Review Team (OSART) had concluded a ...