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DUBAI / WAM The UAE called for developing legislation on the entry of global e-commerce platforms to the region’s markets and the development of local and regional electronic platforms to enhance competition and break monopolies. In an opening address at the main session of the Fourth Annual Arab Fiscal Forum organized by the IMF, Arab Monetary Fund (AMF), and the ...

DUBAI / WAM DMCC, world’s flagship Free Zone and Government of Dubai Authority on commodities trade and enterprise, signed an MoU, with West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation (WBIDC), Government of West Bengal, in India. Feryal Ahmadi, Chief Operating Officer of DMCC, and Vandana Yadav IAS, Managing Director of WBIDC, signed the MoU at the 5th Bengal Global Business Summit in ...

DUBAI / WAM The seventh edition of the World Government Summit (WGS 2019) will host the first Astana Civil Service Hub (ACSH) meeting to be held outside of a founding member country on February 11, with the participation of 40 countries stretching across Europe, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the Caucasus and Central Asia as well as countries that ...

DUBAI / WAM Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of Climate Change and Environment, has expressed his appreciation for the active role of local agricultural companies and national farms and their efforts in supporting and strengthening the productivity of the agricultural sector in the country. This came during Dr. Al Zeyoudi’s field tour to underline the ministry’s role in ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, received Bruno Le Maire, French Minister of the Economy and Finance, at Al Shati Palace on Saturday. Le Maire is currently visiting the UAE to participate in the World Government Summit to be held ...

Sharjah / WAM His Highness Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of Sharjah and Chairman of Sharjah Executive Council, directed that an Innovation Award be launched at which he will honour the best three innovations presented by the participants as part of UAE Innovation Month in Sharjah starting next year. This was stated ...

Sharjah / WAM The Emirates Publishers Association (EPA), launched “Manassah”, a new cultural project , and platform to showcase its member publishers, in its ongoing efforts to support new and upcoming local publishers enhance their regional visibility, and boost the UAE’s book publishing industry. The unique platform was launched at the EPA’s seventh board meeting which was attended by Sheikha Bodour ...

Dubai / WAM The UAE is launching a fiscal risk management project with the IMF’s help and will produce its first fiscal stress test this year, according to Christine Lagarde, Managing Director and Chairwoman of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Speaking at the main session of the Fourth Annual Arab Fiscal Forum organized by the IMF, Arab Monetary Fund, AMF, ...

Sharjah / WAM The Big Heart Foundation (TBHF), a Sharjah-based global humanitarian organisation dedicated to helping people in need worldwide, announced the commencement of a project to establish the first Ready Made Garments (RMG) Factory for Kids Wear, in Upper Egypt. The project, to be implemented by Egypt Network for Integrated Development (ENID), under the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), ...

Bloomberg Chevron Corp. vowed to cut greenhouse gas emissions in alignment with the Paris Accord on climate change, potentially averting a shareholder rebellion at its annual general meeting. The US oil major pledged to reduce air pollution intensity by 25 to 30 percent by 2023, as recommended in the Paris agreement that took effect in 2016. The target applies across ...