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Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Effective December 2, Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, will transfer all Russian operations to the new state-of-the-art International Terminal C at Moscow Sheremetyevo Alexander S. Pushkin International Airport (SVO). The first departure to SVO will take place on the 13th anniversary of Etihad’s first direct service to Moscow in December ...

Dubai / WAM The GCC’s petrochemicals, plastics and rubber producers will discuss innovation strategies at ArabPlast 2021, which will take place from November 15-18 at Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre, with the participation of six international pavilions namely Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Turkey, and India. The show will attract over 200 exhibitors from 30 global countries, 4 of them ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Etisalat on Tuesday announced the launch of ‘Business App Store’, a software-as-a-service (SAAS) platform that is the region’s first software marketplace dedicated to consolidate all business applications for small and medium businesses (SMBs). ‘Business App Store’ features a wide range of business applications namely sales, productivity, finance, marketing, customer management and human resources, among others. The ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA) announced a 50 percent increase, with 5.2 million visitors recorded, in the UAE national portal users in Q3 of 2021 as compared to the same period of 2020. They number of visits to the portal reached 7.7 million and while views of its pages reached 11.3 million. TDRA ...

GLASGOW / WAM The Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM for Climate) — a major new initiative led by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and United States (US) with the support of over 30 governments — officially launched on Tuesday and announced an “early harvest” of $4 billion of increased investment to accelerate innovation for climate-smart agriculture and food systems ...

WASHINGTON / WAM The UAE Embassy in Washington has launched a new campaign “50 Years | 50 Faces,” honouring the country’s 50th anniversary and telling the story of the UAE’s friendship with the US across five decades. The groundbreaking campaign is part of the UAE’s “Year of the 50th” celebration, which is taking place through March 2022. The celebration will ...

Dubai / WAM In the presence of His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Chairman of Dubai Airports and Chairman and Chief Executive of Emirates Airline and Group, FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. and the world’s largest express transportation company, has signed an agreement with Dubai South to build its new ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union (GWU), President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, and Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation (FDF), and the “Mother of the Nation”, congratulated the UAE leadership and people on the occasion of the UAE Flag Day, which is observed on November 3 ...

Dubai / WAM The Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, Tom de Bruijn, arrived in the UAE on Tuesday, leading a 50 Dutch company representatives. The minister wants to “make new partners for solving global challenges and deepen relations with existing partners in the UAE and broader Gulf region,” a press release by the Consulate General of the ...

Bloomberg Almost half of UK companies expect to increase prices, a record high, adding to inflation concerns that will weigh on Bank of England policy makers ahead of their meeting this week. A survey by Lloyds Banking Group Plc showed 45% of businesses expect to raise prices, which will buttress market expectations that the UK central bank will deliver its ...