SOFIA / WAM Abdulrahman Ahmed Al Jaber presented his credentials as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the UAE to the Republic of Bulgaria, to Rumen Radev, President of the Republic of Bulgaria, during an official ceremony at the Presidential Palace in the capital, Sofia. Al Jaber conveyed the greetings of the UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al ...
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Mohammed bin Rashid visits Zayed International Airport
ABU DHABI / DUBAI MEDIA OFFICE His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, and Ruler of Dubai, on Tuesday visited the Zayed International Airport in Abu Dhabi. His Highness stated that the UAE continues to consolidate its status as a key hub for international travel, supported by a robust and reliable ...
Read More »Yalla Group announces strong financial results for Q1
DUBAI / WAM Yalla Group Limited, the largest Middle East and North Africa (Mena)-based online social networking and gaming company, has announced its unaudited financial results for the first quarter of the fiscal year 2024, ending on March 31. The financial results revealed that Yalla’s quarterly revenues surpassed the AED 289 million mark ($78.7 million), marking a 7.1% increase from ...
Read More »UAE to participate in GCC Information Ministers Meeting in Doha
ABU DHABI / WAM The United Arab Emirates will take part in the 27th GCC Information Ministers Meeting, which will be hosted by Qatar on May 23. The UAE delegation will be led by Sheikh Abdulla bin Mohammed Al Hamed, Chairman of the National Media Office (NMO) and Chairman of the UAE Media Council. During the meeting, the information ministers ...
Read More »Dubai International welcomes 23 million passengers in Q1
DUBAI / WAM Dubai International (DXB) made a stellar start to the year by recording its busiest quarter in history, with 23 million guests passing through its terminals, marking an 8.4% increase compared to the same period last year. In a statement, Dubai Airports said that the total passenger traffic for the quarter reached 23,052,060 guests, with January recording the ...
Read More »UAE leaders congratulate President of Montenegro on Independence Day
ABU DHABI / WAM UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a message of congratulations to President Jakov Milatović of Montenegro, on the occasion of his country’s Independence Day. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai; and His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin ...
Read More »XCath successfully performs world’s first telerobotic mechanical thrombectomy demo
ABU DHABI / AD MEDIA OFFICE XCath, an early-stage medical device company dedicated to expanding endovascular treatment procedures through smart steerable guidewires and robotic systems, part owned by UAE-based Crescent Enterprises, showcased a first-of-its-kind live telerobotic trial for stroke treatment between Abu Dhabi and Korea. In a presentation at Abu Dhabi Global Healthcare Week (ADGHW), Dr Vitor Mendes Pereira, neurosurgery ...
Read More »UAE e-commerce market to reach AED48.8 billion by 2028
DUBAI / WAM The total size of the e-commerce market in the UAE reached AED 27.5 billion in 2023, with projections to exceed AED 48.8 billion by 2028, according to the fourth edition of the E-commerce in the Middle East and North Africa 2023 report by EZDubai, a dedicated e-commerce zone in Dubai South. The report was prepared in partnership ...
Read More »Inaugural UAE Games for People of Determination begins in Abu Dhabi
ABU DHABI / WAM Special Olympics UAE announced that the inaugural UAE Games for People of Determination will begin on Tuesday in Abu Dhabi. More than 1,000 athletes with intellectual and developmental disabilities, students of determination, unified partners, coaches, technical staff and supervisory teams will participate in the event, the organisers said at a press conference at Fatima bint Mubarak ...
Read More »Abu Dhabi’s Tadweer, DUBAL Holding acquire Enviroserve
ABU DHABI / AD MEDIA OFFICE Tadweer group and DUBAL Holding have signed an agreement to acquire 100 percent of e-waste specialist Enviroserve, with equal ownership of shares among the two entities. Established in 2004, Enviroserve is the only integrated e-waste processing hub in the Middle East, Africa and Caucasus region. The state-of-the-art facility is mainly regarded for its capacity ...
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