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Dubai / WAM The Commercial Compliance and Consumer Protection (CCCP) sector of Dubai Economy resolved over 560 consumer complaints on businesses operating in the various free zones in the emirate during past 14 months as its consumer protection services expanded to cover shoppers across emirate. Consumers in the free zones started submitting their complaints to Dubai Economy following its agreement ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE Space Agency on Tuesday announced the commencement of a new Emirati interplanetary mission, designed to further accelerate the young nation’s space engineering, scientific research and exploration capabilities and drive innovation and opportunity in the country’s private sector. The announcement was made during a ceremony attended by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, ...

Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy and Chairman of the Expo 2020 Dubai Higher Committee, on Tuesday inaugurated the 23rd Water, Energy, Technology, and Environment, Exhibition (Wetex) and Dubai Solar Show, at Dubai Exhibition Centre, Expo 2020 Dubai. Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) is organising the ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Mohamed Khalifa Al Mubarak, Chairman of the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi, has inaugurated the second exhibition by Louvre Abu Dhabi this year, titled ‘Dragon and Phoenix – Centuries of Exchange between Chinese and Islamic Worlds’. The exhibition opens to the public on Wednesday October 6 and will run until February 12, 2022. ...

Bloomberg Opec+ agreed to maintain its schedule of gradual monthly production increases, triggering a surge in crude prices. Ministers ratified the 400,000 barrel-a-day supply hike scheduled for November after a short video conference on Monday. Going into the talks, there had been speculation that they could opt for a larger supply increase, but no such proposal was made, delegates said, ...

NEW YORK / WAM A UAE delegation, headed by Salem Mohammed Al Zaabi, Director of International Security Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, participated in the high-level side event on Sudan, convened by the UN and the Government of Norway on the margins of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly. In attendance were ...

ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Emirates Development Bank (EDB), fully owned by the UAE Federal Government and a key financial enabler of the country’s economic diversification and industrial transformation agenda, announced the signing of cooperation agreement with Abu Dhabi Exports Office (ADEX), the export-financing arm of Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), to boost the export potential of national businesses ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi Government is set to participate for the 10th time in Gitex Technology Week, at the Dubai World Trade Centre, from October 17-21, 2021. Thirty-one government and academic entities will be part of the Abu Dhabi Government pavilion to showcase more than 100 innovative initiatives and projects in digital transformation to create a unique ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Wizz Air Abu Dhabi, a UAE national airline, will commence seven new routes in the upcoming weeks bringing its third aircraft to full capacity after the eased travel restrictions were introduced in the Abu Dhabi Emirate recently. The national airline will operate routes to (Sarajevo) Bosnia and Herzegovina, Odesa (Ukraine), Muscat (Oman), Almaty (Kazakhstan), Sohag (Egypt), ...

Dubai / WAM Emirates National Oil Company Group (Enoc Group), the Official Integrated Energy Partner of Expo 2020 Dubai, has achieved AED 6.1 million savings from Energy and Resource Management (E&RM) projects in 2021; recording cumulative savings of AED 108 million from innovative energy efficiency measures implemented across the Group over the last five years. The announcement was made ahead ...