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Abu Dhabi / WAM Obaid bin Humaid Al Tayer, Minister of State for Financial Affairs, on Wednesday held a virtual meeting with Anton Siluanov, Russia’s Minister of Finance, as part of the Ministry of Finance’s endeavour to deepen financial and economic cooperation with various countries of the world. The meeting discussed ways to strengthen bilateral relations between both countries in ...

Dubai / WAM flydubai, the Dubai-based carrier, has announced the start of flights between Dubai and Tel Aviv from November 26. The carrier will operate 14 flights a week offering a double daily service between Dubai International (DXB) and Tel Aviv Ben Gurion (TLV) and flights are now available to be booked on flydubai.com. This announcement follows the air transport ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Zaki Nusseibeh, Minister of State, on Wednesday hold a video conference with Maria Camilleri, Ambassador of Malta to the UAE. During the meeting, both sides discussed ways of developing cultural cooperation between the UAE and Malta, and stressed the importance of reinforcing their overall bilateral ties while highlighting the necessity of strengthening their diplomatic and cultural ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, has received aircraft wheel chocks from Zayed Higher Organisation for People of Determination. The wheel chocks bear the Bee Logo, a distinctive trademark that designates the wheel chocks as products by people of determination, said an Etihad press release issued on Wednesday. Wheel chocks are wedges of latex ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention, MoHAP, announced that it conducted 116,083 additional Covid-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment. In a statement, 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 treatment. As ...

Fujairah / WAM Oil product stockpiles at the UAE’s Fujairah port rebounded from a 13-month low, with middle distillates expanding to near the record high set in June. Inventories as of November 2 were at 20.243 million barrels, up 9.6% from a week earlier, according to data released on Wednesday from the Fujairah Oil Industry Zone. Stocks of jet fuel, ...

Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Wednesday met with His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces. During the meeting, both sides discussed several national issues related to ...

Dubai / WAM Dr Bernd van Linder, Chief Executive of Commercial Bank of Dubai (CBD) rang the market-opening bell at Nasdaq Dubai on Wednesday to celebrate the listing of a $600 million AT1 conventional bond. The six-year bond with a 6 percent interest rate was 2.1 times subscribed, and allocated to investors in the Middle East (61%), Europe (24%) and ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Dr Omar Abdulrahman Al Hammadi, Official Spokesman of the UAE Government said that this week, 803,579 tests were conducted around the country, a three percent increase compared to the previous week, adding that the data showed a 15 percent decrease in confirmed cases, amounting to 8,525. Dr Al Hammadi explained the data and statistics collected by ...

Dubai / WAM DP World, UAE Region has announced that its Mina Rashid has won the award for the Middle East’s Leading Cruise Port for the 13th consecutive year at the World Travel Awards (WTA), 2020. Considered as a noteworthy accolade in the travel industry, the award included nominations of cruise ports from around the world. Commenting on the announcement, ...