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  Abu Dhabi / WAM Health Authority – Abu Dhabi (HAAD), the regulator of the healthcare sector in Abu Dhabi, and TCA Abu Dhabi signed an agreement on Wednesday to establish a medical tourism network for international patients travelling to Abu Dhabi for healthcare and treatment services. The agreement was signed during TCA Abu Dhabi and HAAD’s participation at the 2017 ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Emirates Youth Council and Mubadala Development Company, the Abu Dhabi-based investment and development company, signed an MoU aimed at developing the nation’s youth and equipping them with the skills required to become future leaders. This will be achieved through cooperation on the “100 Mentors” initiative which will deliver a series of leadership talks with ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Lt General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, has inaugurated the 27th edition of the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair (ADIBF), at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Centre (ADNEC). This year’s exhibition will see 1,320 exhibitors participating from 65 countries, and over 500,000 titles in more ...

  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, visited the Burjeel Hospital on Wednesday morning. He was accompanied by Dr Mugheer Khamis Al Khaili, Chairman of Health Authority – Abu Dhabi (HAAD) and Prof. Maha Taysir Barakat, Director General of HAAD. Sheikh ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) the largest Islamic bank in the UAE, announced that it hosted the second UAE Sharia Departments Forum. The event, which was established a year earlier, serves as a platform for Sharia departments of Islamic financial institutions to conceptualise, evolve and drive the development of Sharia compliance in the UAE. This year, the forum ...

  Dubai / WAM Emirates NBD, a leading banking group in the region, has signed a Premier Partnership agreement with Expo 2020 Dubai to become its Official Banking Partner. The partnership marks Emirates NBD’s long-term commitment to supporting the growth and development of the UAE, in line with the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai is poised as the first Arab city to lead the region at par with top global players and ranked fifth on the list of the world’s most competitive and attractive maritime clusters, according to an international survey conducted by Menon Business Economics Group, the globally renowned organisation for benchmarking leading maritime capitals of the world. The ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing, (DTCM) Dubai Tourism, announced the launch of “Dubai Expert,” an innovative online educational game created exclusively for travel agents. The announcement was made to travel professionals attending this year’s Arabian Travel Market in Dubai. Created in collaboration with the Dubai College of Tourism (DCT) and KTM Advance, a specialist in e-learning, ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Emirates Red Crescent received a donation of AED3 million from the Emirates Islamic Bank in response to the humanitarian agency’s ‘For You, Somalia’ campaign, launched to raise funds to help people suffering from famine and drought in the Horn of Africa country. The charity telethon was launched earlier this month by the Emirates Red Crescent ...

  Dubai / WAM The General Department of Organisations Protective Security and Emergency (OPSE), Event’s Security Committee is participating in the inaugural edition of the Major Events Safety and Security Summit (ME3S), organised by Reed Exhibitions, in collaboration with Major Events International (MEI). The two-day summit is the first-of-its-kind ‘community experience’ summit that addresses safety and security challenges specific to major ...