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  Dubai / Emirates Business The 3rd edition of Dubai Maritime Week kicks off today under the patronage of HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Dubai Executive Council. It will witness the participation of maritime industry leaders, decision-makers, and experts from the UAE and the rest of the world ...

  Dubai / WAM Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, inspected the finishing touches at LEGOLAND and Riverland Dubai at the Dubai Parks and Resorts, the largest joint theme park destination in the Middle East. The two parks will be opened to the public in the next two days. The ...

  Dubai / WAM The Mohammed bin Rashid Award for Tolerance launched the “Tolerance Sign”, announcing Dubai as the capital of the world for tolerance, during a press conference on Thursday at the Armani Hotel, Burj Khalifa, under the theme “Tolerance Unites Us”. “We are here today to announce the launch of the “Sign of Tolerance” and to celebrate Dubai, a ...

  Sharjah / Emirates Business Between September 22 and October 20, the Sharjah Environment and Protected Areas Authority (EPAA) confiscated 119 devices, because their owners had committed environmental offences in wilderness areas. EPAA work teams specialised in wilderness areas managed to file 12 different environmental offences during the period between August 23 and October 16. Nine of these offences were ...

  Sharjah / Emirates Business Sharjah’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) announced “Al-Dhaid Date festival” is now an annual event, as it described the event as one of the most significant in terms of reinforcing the role of heritage in creating an honorable and promising future for the central region of the UAE. The remarks were made during a ...

  Sharjah / Emirates Business Tilal Properties, a leading Sharjah-based real estate developer and the first to develop freehold and leasehold properties in the emirate, is set to showcase its flagship projects at Cityscape Jeddah 2016, taking place from November 2-4 at Jeddah Centre for Forums and Events. At the forefront of its participation, the latest updates, designs and progress ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Trade, the single window for cross-border trade and smart trading solutions, and Imdaad, a leading provider of integrated facilities management solutions in the GCC, have announced the integration of Imdaad’s website and Dubai Trade’s secured e-Payment gateway, ‘Rosoom’. Almost 3,000 of Imdaad’s customers can now process payments online eliminating the need to visit its ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the global financial services hub connecting businesses and institutions with emerging market opportunities across the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region, on Saturday announces the addition of Geneva-based Pictet Asset Management, a leading asset management company for institutional clients. A subsidiary of the Pictet Group, Pictet Asset Management ...

  Dubai / WAM In a nation-wide Can Collection Drive, the Emirates Environmental Group, collected on Saturday 6,250 kg of Aluminum Cans. Through this collection EEG has managed to mitigate 364 MTCO2 emissions and saved 589 cubic meters of landfill space. In its 20th year the Drive acts as a flagship programme to the Can Collection Campaign. The EEG organised and ...

  Bloomberg Senior officials from Italy, Greece, Cyprus and Israel agreed to advance talks on a pipeline from Israel to Europe after an EU-sponsored study showed the project would be “very feasible,” Israel’s Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz said in an interview. The study showed the pipeline, which would traverse Cyprus and Greece before reaching Italy, would cost about 5 billion ...