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ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), the leading national entity for development aid, extended a $50 million (AED183.65 million) concessionary loan to the Maldivian government to develop the Velana International Airport in Male. The development project includes the construction of a new 3,400-metre runway with a breakwater and rehabilitation of the old runway. In addition, the ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority (ADWEA), and the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, Masdar, discussed the latter’s participation in the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW), as well as strengthening their mutual cooperation and coordination. Their discussion took place during a meeting with Abdullah Ali Musleh Al Ahbabi, Chairman of the Board of Directors of ...

SHARJAH / WAM Sharjah Archaeology Museum in partnership with Institut Francais in the UAE, and support of UNESCO on Wednesday opened an exhibition that celebrates a 40-year partnership with French archaeologists to unearth the hidden secrets of the UAE’s past. The exhibition was inaugurated by HH Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, ...

RAS AL-KHAIMAH / WAM Ras al-Khaimah is edging closer to its 900,000 visitor target for 2017, after producing record arrivals in the first nine months of this year. The latest results released by Ras al-Khaimah Tourism Development Authority (RAKTDA) show a nine-month growth in key categories including arrivals, hotel occupancy, guest nights and length of stay, with international arrivals registering ...

Dubai / WAM Hundreds of delegates from across the globe have gathered in Dubai to hear about the plans and progress of Expo 2020 Dubai and to help shape the first World Expo in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region. More than 500 representatives from almost 180 countries will attend the International Participants Meeting (IPM) on October ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The 3rd UAE Biosecurity Conference starts on Monday in Dubai to identify and discuss issues and concerns in areas of biosecurity and provide a scientific platform for discussions and exchange of knowledge in this field. Sponsored by the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, the two-day event will be opened by Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al-Zeyoudi, ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Dubai Investment Development Agency (Dubai FDI), an agency of Dubai Economy, and the MassChallenge, a non-profit start-up accelerator based in Boston (USA), signed a partnership to support global initiatives and projects that attract start-ups as well as investments to Dubai and the UAE. As part of the partnership, a roadmap will be established to expand MassChallenge’s ...

ABERDEEN / WAM Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Norway’s Minister for Energy and Petroleum, Terje Soviknes, attended the formal unveiling of the world’s first commercial-scale floating wind farm, a renewable energy project which paves the way for the development of wind energy resources in areas beyond the reach of existing offshore wind technologies, according to Abu Dhabi Future Energy ...

Dubai / WAM The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) announced that on December 7, in a ground-breaking and historic moment, the UAE will implement one of the largest airspace changes the region has ever seen. Specifically, the date will signal the completion of the UAE Airspace Restructuring Project (ARP), which will see the Emirates Flight Information Region (FIR) transformed into ...

Dubai / WAM Global trade enabler DP World is stepping up container handling productivity at its flagship Jebel Ali Port, by adding 1.5 million TEU, twenty- foot equivalent units, to Container Terminal 3 (T3). The expansion is in response to emerging market demand and increases the port’s capacity from 18 million TEU to 19.5 million TEU. T3 now has a ...