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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 in ...

  Dubai / WAM The Arab Media Forum (AMF) kicked off on Tuesday with the participation of more than 3,000 government officials, leaders of Emirati, Arab and international media institutions, influential decision makers, opinion leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators, and those concerned with the media sector, within the most prominent media event of its kind in the region. The two-day forum ...

  Dubai / WAM Arada has awarded two major contracts to build nine premium apartment blocks in Aljada, the 24 million square foot mixed-use megaproject located in the Muwaileh area of New Sharjah. Consisting of 740 homes in total, the buildings include the five Sokoon blocks, two new apartment blocks located close to Aljada’s museum and the two Gate buildings, ...

  Dubai / Gulf Time Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Chairman of The Executive Council of Dubai and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Dubai Future Foundation (DFF), the DFF hosts the inaugural ‘Dubai Future Forum’, the world’s largest gathering of futurists, at the Museum of ...

  Ajman / Gulf Time As part of it­­­­s continuous efforts to enhance coordination with government agencies toward advancing digital transformation in the country, the Ajman Department of Finance (DoF) held a workshop for government agencies at its headquarters to introduce them to government credit cards. The workshop also sought to consolidate cooperation efforts between the government of Ajman and ...

  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, ...

Beijing / WAM China’s automobile manufacturing industry posted a 3.3 percent revenue growth in the first eight months of this year, Chinese news agency, Xinhua, reported. The sector raked in some 5.7 trillion yuan (about $802.84 billion) during the January-August period, up 3.3 percent, official data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed. In the first eight months of ...