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ABU DHABI / WAM Etihad Airways, the UAE national airline, and Garuda Indonesia, the national flag carrier of Indonesia, announced they are strengthening their partnership between Abu Dhabi and Jakarta and beyond their respective hubs. The scope of the partners’ codeshare agreement, first signed in 2012, will be significantly expanded to nearly double the number of combined destinations Etihad and ...

Solo, Indonesia / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Indonesian President Joko Widodo have inaugurated the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in the Indonesian city of Solo. The two leaders performed prayers together at the mosque before His Highness Sheikh Mohamed signed a commemorative plaque to mark the opening. Named in honour of the late Sheikh ...

Dubai / WAM Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI) held its third meeting in 2022, chaired by Abdullah bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy and Chairman of the Board of Directors of ECI. The meeting focused on the review of a series of ECI’s comprehensive programmes and initiatives, which are aligned with the National Agenda of bolstering the UAE’s non-oil foreign ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Reem bint Ibrahim Al Hashemy, Minister of State for International Cooperation, met with Dr Bharrat Jagdeo, Vice President of Guyana, during his visit to the UAE. During the meeting, which took place at the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in Abu Dhabi, the two sides reviewed cooperation between the UAE and ...

  Dubai / Gulf Time The Indian Homeopathic Medical Association (IHMA) is all set to organise its fourth international homeopathic conference, “Remedium 4.0”, dedicated to the field of homeopathy at Swissotel Al Murooj, Dubai, on November 20. The healthcare event comes after a gap of four years. It aims to gather like-minded intellectuals from the homeopathic fraternity globally to collaborate, ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) announced it has reached the milestone of 40 million tonnes of hot metal produced since its start-up in 1979. This means almost three percent of all the aluminium ever made has been produced by EGA in the UAE. Aluminium is an essential material for human progress, and EGA’s metal is used ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Etihad Airways, the UAE national airline, and Garuda Indonesia, the national flag carrier of Indonesia, announced they are strengthening their partnership between Abu Dhabi and Jakarta and beyond their respective hubs. The scope of the partners’ codeshare agreement, first signed in 2012, will be significantly expanded to nearly double the number of combined destinations Etihad ...

Rome / WAM Food import costs globally are projected to reach nearly $2 trillion this year, or higher than previously expected, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said in a report. The new forecast of $1.94 trillion would represent an all-time high and a 10 percent increase over the record level of 2021. However, the pace of increase is ...

  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 ...