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Abu Dhabi / WAM Wizz Air Abu Dhabi, a national airline of the UAE, has announced its latest route to Baku, Azerbaijan starting August 14. The launch of the new route will see the airline now fly to 29 destinations. Azerbaijan is currently on Abu Dhabi’s green country list meaning that travellers will not be required to quarantine upon arrival ...

Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, stressed that the Expo 2020 Dubai will be a global platform for foreseeing a future full of opportunities for generations to come. The UAE, which has a unique international developmental legacy established by the late Founding Father, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has completed 84.52 percent of the 829 megawatts (MW) 4th phase of the H-Station power plant in Al Aweer with investments totalling AED1.1 billion. This phase will increase the station’s total capacity to 2,825MW under climate conditions of up to 50 degrees Celsius. The project is expected to be operational by ...

DUBAI / WAM Global Village announced that its gates will re-open to the world on Tuesday, October 26, to operate over 167 days until April 10, 2022. Interested parties can register now as final touches are made to the Season 26 master plan. Prospective partners for kiosks and food carts have until 1st August 2021, to submit their concepts and ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi National Insurance Company (Adnic), a leading regional multi-line insurance provider for both corporate and individual customers, has partnered with Ajman Free Zone (AFZ) to provide health insurance plans for registered investors and entities. The agreement was signed by Alya Al Tamimi, Vice President – Branches and Direct Sales of Adnic and Ali AlSuwaidi, Director-General ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Media Regulatory Office of the Ministry of Culture and Youth on Wednesday announced a decision to resume the distribution of newspapers and magazines across the UAE’s public places, provided it is done in full compliance with precautionary and preventative measures regarding Covid-19. The decision follows a series of meetings held by the office with major ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s international offices recently organised a webinar in cooperation with UAE homegrown marketplace on-demand delivery app InstaShop, which identified new business opportunities opening up within the UAE’s food e-commerce sector that companies in emerging markets can capitalise on. The webinar, titled Food E-commerce Awareness Webinar, attracted 84 participants from 33 countries, representing ...

Bloomberg The UK faces three potentially catastrophic risks to its public finances, the government’s budget watchdog said, underlining the challenge confronting Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak to restore fiscal restraint. Unfunded pressures on government departments total some 30 billion pounds ($42 billion) over the next three years as a result of the pandemic, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) ...

Bloomberg Canadians are entering the second half of the year more confident about their economic prospects than they’ve ever been. Consumer sentiment marched higher to a new record last week, according to polling by Nanos Research Group for Bloomberg News, driven by optimism about the outlook for the economy and growing job security. The numbers will stoke confidence among economists ...

Bloomberg President Joe Biden’s pledge to refrain from pursuing new trade deals is leaving a key training and assistance program for workers, who the administration says are at the center of its agenda, without a clear path for renewal. Biden on July 1 officially lost Trade Promotion Authority, or TPA — the fast-track deal-making ability Congress delegates to a president ...