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  Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE will celebrate the annual World Teachers’ Day on October 5, in recognition of the role of teachers in encouraging innovation. Emirati teachers have received significant attention and appreciation from community due to their efforts to prepare an aware and educated generation. Over the first 50 years of the UAE’s history, the number of ...

  Abu Dhabi / Gulf Time Wizz Air Abu Dhabi, the ultra-low-fare national airline of the UAE, announced the launch of its first flight to Male in the dreamy islands of the Maldives on the October 4. The route will be operated four times per week in October, every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, increasing to six times per week ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) in association with the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (Added) unveiled the ‘Abu Dhabi Finance Week (ADFW)’, which is set to run between November 14 and November 18. Following the global success of ADGM’s popular Fintech Abu Dhabi festival, ADFW will further build on the emirate’s position as a ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a message of congratulations to President Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany on the occasion of his country’s Unity Day, which is marked on October 3. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, ...

  Dubai / WAM DP World has launched the Global Business Corporation (GBC), a new strategic arm focused on supporting large companies in achieving their growth ambitions. The initiative, which is set to further raise Dubai’s profile as a preferred global business destination, invites companies to enhance their international operating models with a base in the emirate. Driven by the ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Abdulaziz Asaad Abdel Aziz Al Sanad, Chairman of the Gulf Investment House (GIH), said that the GIH, which is based in Kuwait, aims to list three affiliate companies in the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX), as well as another company in the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul). In a statement to the Emirates News Agency (WAM), ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM AD Ports group’s Safeen group and Amaan Baghdad company signed an agreement to support a new project relating to fuel oil transport and storage from Khor Al Zubair and Umm Qasr oil terminals in Iraq. The project represents a significant extension of Safeen group’s portfolio of dedicated products and services in the oil and gas ...

  Dubai / WAM DP World has launched the Global Business Corporation (GBC), a new strategic arm focused on supporting large companies in achieving their growth ambitions. The initiative, which is set to further raise Dubai’s profile as a preferred global business destination, invites companies to enhance their international operating models with a base in the emirate. Driven by the ...

Dubai / WAM The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) has announced the launch of the Customer First Forum, which comprises virtual sessions scheduled on a weekly basis to respond to queries of the employers and employees in the private sector and UAE nationals seeking employment. The Customer First Forum aims to listen to the feedback of all parties ...

  Dubai / WAM DMCC – the world’s flagship Free Zone and Government of Dubai Authority on commodities trade and enterprise – has been named Global Free Zone of the Year 2022 by the Financial Times’ fDi Magazine for the eighth consecutive year. The award, among the most prestigious of accolades a free zone can earn, is decided by the ...