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  Dubai / WAM Emirates Telecommunications Group Company PJSC (Etisalat Group) on Friday announced that, further to the announcement on November 18, 2021, it has completed the acquisition of elGrocer DMCC. Founded in 2015, elGrocer is a leading online marketplace for groceries operating in all seven Emirates of the UAE. It brings together major retailers and specialty stores on a ...

  GAZA / WAM The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip has received a medical supplies convoy provided by the UAE, containing one million doses of the Sputnik V vaccine to fight Covid-19. The convoy arrived in the Gaza Strip through the Rafah Border Crossing, and is the largest medical support of its kind provided by the UAE to ...

  Sharjah / WAM The sixth edition of Xposure International Photography Festival will host its first-ever Conservation Summit on February 10, under the theme ‘Saving our Oceans’, to explore hope and solutions for ocean conservation. A distinguished panel of conservationists, biologists, ocean explorers, researchers and photographers will shine a light on conservation stories through exhibitions and numerous panel discussions to ...

  SHARJAH / WAM The Emirates Publishers Association (EPA) hosted a virtual brainstorming session titled, ‘The Future Prospects of Publishing’, to engage local publishers in the process of setting priorities and developing the entity’s strategic five-year plans. Ali Bin Hatem, President of EPA and Rashid Al Kous, Executive Director of EPA, participated in the virtual session that was also attended ...

  Dubai / WAM The Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Centre (FCSC) revealed that the number of medical personnel in the UAE grew between 104 percent and 140 percent on average over a period of ten years. The number of physicians working in the public and private sectors in the country increased to 26,151 by the end of 2020, compared to ...

  Bloomberg The euro area economy kicked off 2022 on a weak footing, with pandemic restrictions taking a toll on confidence and growing fears that Germany may be on the brink of a recession for the second time since the crisis began. A sentiment gauge by the European Commission fell to 112.7 in January, the lowest in nine months, driven ...

  Bloomberg The Spanish economy beat expectations at the end of last year, benefiting from a surge in investment and strong export demand. Gross domestic product rises 2% in the fourth quarter following growth of 2.6% in the previous three months. That beats economist estimates for an increase of 1.4%. It’s also better than France’s 0.7% expansion and the contraction ...

  Bloomberg Swiss watch exports had a record year amid booming demand in the US, which overtook China to become the industry’s top market for the first time in more than a decade. Shipments rise 31% to 22.3 billion francs ($24.1 billion) last year, the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry said. The industry has recovered from a 22% decline ...

  Bloomberg Business closures in the UK jumped by 14% from a year ago in the fourth quarter as the coronavirus pandemic took a brutal toll. Almost every industrial group saw the number of closures rise, with the transport and storage sector posting the largest increase, the Office for National Statistics said. Only finance and insurance bucked the trend. Meanwhile, ...

  Bloomberg Donald Trump is planning a significant expansion of his Trump National Doral Miami resort, which is located in one of hottest real estate markets in the US. The former president said that he plans to apply to create 2,300 luxury homes as well as retail and commercial space in the first phase of construction at Trump National Doral. ...