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Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, has received Ioannis Kasoulides, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus, and discussed the UAE-Cypriot strategic relations, and ways to develop cooperation between the two friendly countries in various fields. During a dinner meeting in Abu Dhabi, the two ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) has officially unveiled, at a special ceremony, the 15 recipients of the 2021 Urban Treasures Award. DCT Abu Dhabi’s new initiative has been developed to award establishments the prestigious Urban Treasures accolade each year, recognising cafes, restaurants, bakeries, tailors, fabric stores, perfumeries, jewellers, ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Etihad Airways celebrated the arrival of its new Airbus A350-1000 in the United States following the inaugural commercial flight from Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH) to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) on June 30. The aircraft, which accommodates 371 passengers, is one of five new Airbus A350s to join Etihad’s fleet this ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan witnessed the signing of the UAE-Indonesia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, alongside Indonesian President Joko Widodo in Abu Dhabi on Friday. This is the third such deal signed by the UAE this year, following the CEPAs with India and Israel, and is designed to increase annual bilateral trade ...

  Dubai / WAM The Union Coop on Friday announced its intention to list its shares on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) on Monday, July 18, as the first retail cooperative in the UAE that takes this pioneering step. The listing is a part of the Securities and Exchange Higher Commission strategy aiming at increasing stock market size in the ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Emirates Mars Mission ‘Hope Probe’ has identified new observations, in addition to its nominal set of observations, about Mars’ atmosphere in its fourth batch of scientific data. Collected by the Hope Probe’s instruments during its mission in Mars’ orbit from December 2021 to February 2022, the latest data demonstrate the capabilities of the instruments, ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 300,076 additional Covid-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment. In a statement on Friday, the ministry stressed its aim to continue expanding the scope of testing nationwide to facilitate the early detection of coronavirus cases and carry out the ...

  DUBAI / WAM Emirates Health Services (EHS) announced that it has won the Smart Government Awards 2022 for Digital Government Content, announced by the International Excellence Foundation, which works to advance e-government and smart government websites from its base in Florida, USA. The win was announced at an awards ceremony held on 29th June at M?venpick Grand Al Bustan ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Etihad Airways celebrated the arrival of its new Airbus A350-1000 in the United States following the inaugural commercial flight from Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH) to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) on June 30. The aircraft, which accommodates 371 passengers, is one of five new Airbus A350s to join Etihad’s fleet this ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (Seha), the UAE’s largest healthcare network, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Jaheziya, the UAE’s largest and most comprehensive training initiative established on December 19, 2020. The agreement was signed at Seha’s headquarters in Abu Dhabi with the goal of fostering cooperation between the two entities to develop educational ...