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Sharjah / WAM The Department of Water and Desalination Plants at the Sharjah Electricity, Water and Gas Authority (Sewa) revealed the completion of a project to replace and develop Al Falaj water pumping station with a pumping capacity of 73.9 million gallons per day, contributing to saving 879 megawatts of electricity annually and reducing carbon dioxide emissions to 503 tonnes ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Judicial Department (ADJD) has announced the launch of a new initiative dubbed as “One Stop Shop for Litigation”, which allows judges of Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and Al Dhafra courts to hear disputes and render judgments from anywhere without being restricted by the geographical location of registered cases, by utilising video conference technology. ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Department of Municipalities and Transport (DMT) has announced that the 2021 first-half report for real estate transactions in Abu Dhabi reached AED23.57 billion. The H1 recorded value was achieved through 7,046 transactions, including transactions and mortgages of land, buildings and real estate units of all kinds. The report showed that the real estate sector in ...

ABU DHABI / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has received a letter of thanks from President Katerina Sakellaropoulou of Greece, in which the latter expressed her gratitude for UAE’s efforts in helping extinguish wildfires that swept Greece recently. In her message, President Sakellaropoulou voiced her country’s thanks and appreciation for UAE’s assistance in confronting these ...

Moroni / WAM The UAE has handed over educational curricula in the Arabic language for the Kindergarten stage to the Comoros Islands as part of its desire to support the teaching of the language in the country. This came during a meeting between Saeed Mohammed Murshid Al Maqbali, the UAE Ambassador to Comoros, and Jaafar Salam Al-Alaoui, the Minister of ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The central bank of the UAE (CBUAE) together with the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Innovation Hub Centre in Honk Kong, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the Bank of Thailand, and the Digital Currency Institute of the People’s Bank of China have issued the first Multiple CBDC Bridge (mBridge) Project report – a major milestone of ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Federal Tax Authority (FTA) has new services designed to help UAE Nationals reclaim the Value-Added Tax (VAT) they incurred on their newly built residences with smooth and efficient procedures. The new services offer four different services that aim to raise the target audience’s awareness, provide them with easy access to information, allow them to communicate ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) on Wednesday announced the launch of its “Al Ghaf Paperless Programme”, an initiative aimed at eliminating paper usage at branches through digital banking solutions. Al Ghaf programme – which is part of ADIB’s environmental and sustainable business strategy – reinforces the bank’s commitment to reduce carbon footprint, enhances customer experience, and ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The United Arab Emirates has strongly condemned the Houthi terrorist militias’ attempt to attack civilians and civilian objects in Saudi Arabia with an explosive drone, which was intercepted by the Coalition Forces. In a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC) on Wednesday, the UAE reiterated that the continuation of systematic terror ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 311,669 additional Covid-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment. In a statement on Wednesday, 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 necessary ...