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  Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE’s history, folklore, customs and cuisine is on display at the Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival 2016. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, took a tour on Sunday of the festival, being staged in Abu Dhabi. The theme of the festival is “The UAE as ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, along with Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM President of Yemen Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi on Sunday visited Wahat Al Karama (Oasis of Dignity) memorial, to honour UAE’s martyrs and their sacrifices to defend the country and its achievements, in Abu Dhabi. Sheikh Khalifa bin Tahnoun bin Mohammad Al Nahyan, Director of the Martyrs’ Families’ Affairs Office at the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince’s Court, Ali ...

  Dubai / WAM The Knowledge Summit 2016 will kick off tomorrow in Dubai, under the patronage of Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. The two-day summit themed ‘Knowledge – Present and Future’, is being organised under the directives of H.H. Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business More than 161 youth participated in Lockheed Martin’s National Day Weekend Community Robotics Challenge, held on December, 1-3 at Lockheed Martin’s Center for Innovation & Security Solutions based in Masdar City, Abu Dhabi. Three teams were awarded for designing, building, and programming a robot to clear as much debris from the competition field within ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Emirates Classification Society ‘TASNEEF’ has been chosen to partner with the International Hospital Federation (IHF) to offer the Healthcare Leadership and Management Programme for the Middle East. The partnership agreement was signed by Rashed Al Hebsi, the CEO of TASNEEF, and Dr. Abdul Salam Al Madani, IHF Special Advisor for the Middle East, in the ...

  Dubai / WAM A first-of-its-kind national survey was launched on Sunday by the Government of the UAE to measure happiness and positivity across the country, identify priorities and sources of happiness for society, as well as create a database of the results to help local and federal government entities to develop legislation, policies, plans and services to achieve happiness for ...

  Dubai / WAM To bolster the diamond industry in South Korea and determine the role Dubai can play in supporting Seoul becoming a diamond trading center, the UAE Kimberley Process Chair met senior government and industry representatives in Seoul. As part of the ongoing efforts to engage countries across the diamond supply chain, Bin Sulayem met with Hong Dawoon, Assistant ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Dr. Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the Federal National Council (FNC) and HE Hakeem Bin Shammas, Head of the Moroccan Counselors’ Council accompanied by HE Matar Suhail Al Yabhouni, Member of the FNC and Chairman of the Higher Organizing Committee of Morocco in Abu Dhabi, officially inaugurated Morocco in Abu Dhabi. The event is ...

  Amritsar / WAM The UAE has taken note of the progress in Afghanistan in empowering women, fighting illiteracy, and rebuilding the war-torn country. Further, the United Arab Emirates has welcomed the positive progress made by the Afghanistan High Peace Council (HPC) in implementing the Peace and Reintegration Program, along with civil society and women’s organisations, based upon guidelines set at ...