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DUBAI / WAM Seventeen new judges including five Emiratis at the Dubai first instance courts have sworn-in before His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, at Zabeel Palace. HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, and ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Travel is expected to peak once again at the end of the year for Emirates, as the airline expects yet another busy period with visitors flocking into Dubai for New Year’s celebrations. Over 250,000 people are expected to arrive into Dubai from December 28 until just after New Year’s Day, while 200,000 travellers will be departing ...

Fujairah / WAM Total refined product stocks at the Port of Fujairah stood at 16.952 million barrels in the week to December 25, edging up 2% or 326,000 barrels from the previous week, according to data from the Fujairah Energy Data Committee, FEDCom. The rise was largely on the back of a significant increase in middle distillates, rising by almost ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Emirates Post Group (EPG), encouraged customers to renew their Post Office Box subscriptions before January 31, 2018, to avoid late renewal penalties. Obaid Mohammed Al Qatami, Acting Chief Commercial Officer of EPG, said, “We urge all our customers to renew their P.O. Box subscriptions before the above mentioned date by visiting any of EPG’s post offices ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Emirates News Agency (WAM), is will launch a ‘Kids’ Bulletin’ from next month. The new service comes as part of WAM’s development process and its support for the strategic partners and is designed to enhance its effectiveness in promoting national identity. As of January, strategic partners in news agencies, newspapers, magazines, radio stations, television channels ...

Sharjah / WAM A high-level delegation from the Sharjah Consultative Council (SCC), visited the mountainous area of Shis in Khorfakkan. During the visit, the delegation inspected several development projects including the Khorfakkan-Sharjah Road and Tunnels Project. Headed by Khawla Al Mulla, Chairperson of the SCC, the delegation was received by Mohammed Khamis Al Naqbi of Wadi Shis area, several government ...

DUBAI / WAM The Library of Alexandria has established the Arab Reading Challenge (ARC) wing with 150,000 books in various genres including fiction, history, science and more. The initiative was launched under the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, with the signing of an agreement between Arab Reading Challenge and the Library of Alexandria. Saeed Al Eter, Assistant Secretary-General ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Emirates NBD on Wednesday announced the signing of an agreement to offer clearing services to UAE-based brokerage firm Shurooq Stocks and Bonds. Emirates NBD is the first UAE-based financial services entity to be approved by the Securities and Commodities Authority, SCA, as a ‘General Clearing Member’ providing clearing and settlement services to trading participants of the ...

Ajman / WAM HH Sheikh Ammar bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, Crown Prince of Ajman, has issued Emiri Decree No. 28 of 2017 on the establishment of the Ajman Statistics and Competitiveness Centre, which is effective from the date of signing. The Decree, which included 16 articles on the definitions and legislations, stipulates that a centre called the Ajman Statistics and ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Airports signed on Wednesday a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), between Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH), and Beijing Capital International Airport (BCIA), to become sister airports, strengthening the cooperation and ties between the two international aviation hubs. Abdul Majeed Al Khoori, Acting Chief Executive Officer of Abu Dhabi Airports and Liu Xuesong, Chairman of BICA ...