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  Emirates Business Etihad Airways and Arab Film Festival Australia are joining forces again in 2016 to bring the best of contemporary Arab cinema to Australian audiences. The 13th annual Arab Film Festival Australia opened last night in Sydney showcasing diverse films from Australia, Lebanon, Egypt, Iraq, Palestine and Syria. The festival program ranges from a powerful story of a ...

  DUBAI / WAM Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), revealed RTA’s intention to launch an Integrated Mobility Platform in Dubai, enabling customers an easy access to all mass transit systems through a single window (smart app). In this transit hub, RTA’s multi-modal transit systems (metro, tram, buses, marine ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business The Awqaf and Minors Affairs Foundation (AMAF) received a donation of AED500,000 from Emirates Islamic Bank in support of the salma Humanitarian Relief programme that aims to distribute millions of halal meals to victims of conflicts and wars globally, and is implemented in cooperation with several national entities. Awatif Al Harmoodi, General Manager – Operational ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Organisers of the Etisalat Award for Arabic Children’s Literature have called for applicants who are considering entering the prestigious award programme for this year to ensure that they don’t miss the submission deadline. Sponsored by Etisalat Group (Etisalat) and organised by the UAE Board on Books for Young people (UAEBBY), the award’s eighth edition is ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The Ministry of Finance (MoF) reviewed the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Article IV Mission to the United Arab Emirates report, which evaluates the UAE’s economic performance in 2016. The Executive Board of the IMF discussed the report during its last meeting, praising the country for its UAE Vision 2021, government strategies and ability to ...

  Yerevan / WAM The United Arab Emirates and the Republic of Armenia signed in Yerevan an agreement for promotion and mutual protection of investments. The agreement was signed by Younis Haji Al Khouri, Under-secretary of the UAE’s Ministry of Finance and Garegin Melkonyan, Armenian Deputy Economy Minister, in presence of Artsvik Minasyan, Armenian Economy Minister and Dr Jassem Mohammed Al ...

  Dubai / WAM Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), received a delegation headed by Abdullah Al Musleh Al Ahbabi, Chairman of Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority (ADWEA), at DEWA’s head office in Dubai. These ongoing visits aim to consolidate cooperation among government organisations in the UAE to identify international best practices. ...

  Al Ain / WAM Abu Dhabi General Services Company, Musanada, has so far completed 32 percent of Al Ain Hospital, which will be handed over to Abu Dhabi Health Services Company – (SEHA). This forms part of Musanada’s efforts to realize the vision of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and to carry out the projects that ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business The Sovereign Art Foundation launched its coveted Art Prize in the MENA region, the most prestigious art prize for contemporary artists, in association with START. Having executed 12 successful years of Art Prize events in Asia, most notably Hong Kong, this year the competition will arrive in the UAE for the very first time, culminating ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM A new decree has been set by the Ministry of Human resources and Emiratisation to exempt small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from bank guarantees by the beginning of October 2016. The new decree supports the initiation of fresh projects and classifies them within the ministry’s first category, according to the stipulated conditions. Saqr Ghobash, Minister of ...