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  Abu Dhabi / WAM In his inaugural State visit as President of the United Arab Emirates, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan is looking forward to meeting with the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, in Paris. His Highness will be received at the Elysée Palace on Monday, July 18. The visit is an opportunity to ...

  Bloomberg Relieving poor countries of their debt burdens and creating innovative financial instruments could help free up more than $400 billion to help people suffering the most from warming temperatures, according to a new study. Immediate debt relief would unlock about $105 billion that could be directed toward mitigating climate change and preparing developing nations for its effects, the ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) and the Abu Dhabi Exports Office (Adex) signed two loan agreements with the Electricity and Water Authority in Bahrain to finance a water supply network project. Under the agreements, ADFD has committed to provide a loan of AED150.6 million, and Adex to provide a loan of AED187.32 million. The ...

  Dubai / WAM A UAE delegation, led by Dr Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, has concluded a two-day visit to Turkey, to enhance cooperation and explore new areas for future collaboration, especially in the energy, industry and advanced technology sectors. The visit also included meetings with senior government and private sector officials and ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB) joined the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF)’s Buna system to provide its customers with an enhanced regional cross-border payments system – a move that is in line with ADCB’s digital transformation strategy. Buna is a state-of-the-art cross-border payments platform for the Arab region, which enables financial institutions and central banks to ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan affirmed that the UAE will continue its firm approach to support every step towards promoting coexistence and constructive cooperation, building on its belief in peoples’ right to have peace, stability, development and prosperity, and to achieve a better future for the generations to come. His Highness Sheikh ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) collaborated with AD Ports group in launching its new ‘Clean Your Perimeter’ campaign, as part of the Green Business Network initiative. The initiative empowers industrial entities to adopt more sustainable waste management practices and minimise single use plastics consumption. The ‘Clean your Perimeter’ campaign started this May and ...

  Dubai / WAM Al Etihad Credit Bureau (AECB) announced it has integrated with UAE Pass in order to ease the customer registration process on its Credit Report App and enable fast authentication to access an individual’s credit report. Marwan Ahmad Lutfi, CEO of AECB, said, “AECB credit reports and scores are now extensively used in our day to day ...

  Abu Dhabi / Gulf Time The UAE based company, Tawasal Information Technology LLC announced that it has succeeded in attracting more than 1 million user downloads on Tawasal SuperApp since its launch in March 2022. The company thanks all its users for their confidence in using the application. Tawasal SuperApp is the first application of its kind in the ...

Dubai / Gulf Time flydubai, the Dubai-based airline, announced on Thursday the launch of flights to Samarkand in Uzbekistan from September 20 with a twice-weekly service. With the addition of flights to Samarkand, flydubai grows its operations in the market to two points including the capital, Tashkent. Flights to Samarkand International Airport (SKD) will operate from Terminal 3 at Dubai ...