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  Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE’s excellent handling of the pandemic and the implementation of key business accelerators are being seen by economic experts as strategic factors in the continued growth of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into the country. Looking to create more interest in investing not only in the UAE but also across the globe, the 2022 edition ...

DUBAI / WAM Emirates Health Services (EHS) has earned four International Standardisation Organisation (ISO) certificates, reaffirming its status as a leader in health services and its commitment to enhancing the health services provided by its hospitals and healthcare centres. EHS received the ISO certifications for Innovation Management, Knowledge Management, Management System for Educational Institutions, and finally Guidance for Managing Competencies ...

  DUBAI / WAM Liberia celebrated its Expo 2020 Dubai National Day with a visit by Dr George Manneh Weah, President of the Republic of Liberia. Dr Weah was welcomed by Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, UAE Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence and Commissioner General of Expo 2020 Dubai, and Reem Al Hashemy, UAE Minister of State for International ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Make-A-Wish Foundation UAE has fulfilled the wishes of eight critically ill children at the Cairo University Specialised Paediatric Hospital — Abolreesh (CUSPH) — in Egypt. The ceremony was attended in the presence of Sheikha Shaikha bint Saif bin Mohammed Al Nahyan, the wife of HH Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, Adviser to the ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has congratulated the UAE on doubling the amount of zero-carbon electricity produced at the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant with the start of commercial operations from Unit 2. In a statement on this occasion, he said, “The UAE has provided an example to nuclear newcomers ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a message of condolences to King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain on the death of Sheikha Sheikha bint Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa. In his message, President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa expressed his sincere condolences and solace on the death of Sheikha ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Adnoc Distribution shareholders have approved a consistent and fully maintained second and final dividend payment of AED1.285 billion (10.285 fils per share) for the year ended December 31, 2021, during the Annual General Assembly Meeting. This dividend payment comes on top of an interim AED1.285 billion (10.285 fils per share) dividend payment for the first ...

  Dubai / WAM The real estate and properties transactions valued at AED6.8 billion in total during the week ending March 25, according to Dubai Land Department (DLD). The DLD weekly real estate report said that the sum of transactions was 2,461. 330 plots were sold for AED1.65 billion, 1,653 apartments and villas were sold for AED3.42 billion. The top ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) and the government of Bangladesh have enjoyed close relations for more than 40 years. The ties enabled ADFD to drive development in Bangladesh through financing major developmental projects amounting to AED692 million. The initiatives covered sectors such as agriculture, energy, industry, transport and water. Moreover, ADFD also holds a ...

  DUBAI / WAM Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the UAE have taken on a critical and highly essential role in the move towards achieving economic growth and diversity. SMEs represent more than 94 percent of companies operating in the country, ably providing jobs to more than 86 percent of private sector’s workforce. In Dubai alone, they make up ...