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DUBAI / WAM The Department of Economic Development (DED) in Dubai has launched a package to make it further easier for businesses to clear fines and renew their licenses. The package will allow businesses to pay their fees and fines in easy installments, freeze their trade license for a year and seek an amicable settlement with DED on commercial violations. ...

Dubai / WAM The Board of Executive Directors of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), chaired by Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors, has endorsed the final design of public bus stations that serves Expo2020. The project covers the construction of 14 bus passengers’ stations in addition to one bus depot at Al Quoz. ...

DUBAI / WAM The Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Authority (FCSA), signed an agreement with DP World in Dubai to build a strategic relationship and support the UN World Data Forum 2018. Hosted by the UAE in October 2018, the second edition of the forum will see the participation of more than 1,500 leaders, decision-makers, experts and specialists in the field ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Emirates celebrated the inaugural flight of its new daily service from Dubai (DXB) to London Stansted (STN). The Emirates Boeing 777-300ER touched down just before 1400hrs local UK time on Friday, and marked London Stansted as the 7th airport in the UK from which Emirates operates. This brings to 10 the number of daily flights between ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Airport Freezone Authority (Dafza) announced the development of Dubai Blink, the world’s first B2B smart commerce platform. It will utilize artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain technology and virtual business licenses, allowing companies from around the world to connect and trade via Dubai. As one of Dubai 10X initiatives, Dubai Blink was presented to Dubai Free Zones ...

AL-DORIHMI / WAM Backed by the UAE Armed Forces, the Saudi-led Arab Coalition’s fighter jets bombarded positions of Houthi militias east of Hais, north of Zubaid, West of Bait Al Faqih and Al Hosaynia areas on Yemen’s Red Sea Coast, dismantling their bastions and reinforcements in precise offenses that inflicted heavy damage on the coup perpetrators as they lose their ...

Aden / WAM The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), organised an iftar for Aden TV employees as part of its continued efforts to distribute daily iftar meals during Holy Month of Ramadan, in Aden and other liberated Yemeni governorates. Mohammed Ahmed Ghanem, Chairman for Aden TV Channel, expressed his thanks and appreciation to the UAE leadership, government and people for their ...

BRUSSELS / WAM The UAE Minister of State for Defence Affairs, Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Bowardi, lead a UAE delegation during a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), defence ministers meeting, held in the Belgian capital, Brussels. The UAE delegation — which participated in meeting discussions revolving around global military affairs — included senior officers and officials of the Ministry of ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Following the approval by His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Council, of an economic package for Abu Dhabi, the Media Zone Authority – Abu Dhabi on Saturday announced a series of initiatives aimed ...

Bloomberg Venezuela wrote to fellow OPEC members urging them to unite against US sanctions, echoing a similar letter from Iran, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The two countries requested that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) should discuss the impact of American sanctions at its upcoming meeting on June 22, the people said. Both nations asked ...