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  Guatemala City, Guatemala / AFP Business chiefs from across Central America made a joint plea to the region’s political leaders to ratify a WTO agreement aimed at reducing poor infrastructure and other barriers to trade. “There is consensus in the Central American private sector that the governments of the region urgently need to take action so all Central American countries ...

  Bloomberg Tesla Motors Inc., the electric-car maker run by billionaire Elon Musk, hired Audi AG’s Peter Hochholdinger to help oversee production as it seeks to boost vehicle output about 10-fold by 2018. Hochholdinger will be vice president of vehicle production, Tesla said. He’ll be expected to boost production of Model S and Model X cars while building a manufacturing ...

  ABU DHABi / WAM The United Arab Emirates condemned, in the strongest terms, the terrorist massacres in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, which claimed the lives of dozens of innocent people. The UAE has announced its solidarity with Iraq and its people against organised terrorist attacks, targeting its institutions and its religious, cultural and civilisational fabric. The Ministry of Foreign ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Ministry of Economy issued a report on monitoring, following-up and analysis of the development of the UAE’s Foreign Trade for the first quarter of 2016. The report, which was prepared by the Trade Policy Department at the Ministry, includes a number of important themes that together constitute the components and key elements of the report, ...

  Dubai / WAM Suhail bin Mohammed Faraj Faris Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy, and Matar Hamed Al Neyadi, Undersecretary for the Ministry of Energy, visited the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, along with the control-centre compound at Warsan. They were received by Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Managing Director and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), Mohammad ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM HH Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, inaugurated the Parliamentary Digital Library of the Federal National Council (FNC) at the Council’s headquarters in Abu Dhabi, in the presence of Dr. Amal Abdullah Al Qubaisi, Speaker of the Federal National Council, and Dr. Mohammed Salem Al Mazroui, ...

  Dubai / WAM The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry shared its expertise in international relations with GCC Chambers during the consultative meeting held recently at the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry to exchange experiences and knowledge of their respective international relations departments. With its objective of strengthening the role of GCC Chambers in the Arab, regional and global ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) 2016 honoured the UAE’s Ministry of Interior (MoI) in a ceremony held recently in Geneva, in recognition of its efforts to participate in several distinct projects. The Ministry of Interior reached the final competition among 15 Emirati projects and among 88 projects from around the world, in a ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business ADNOC Distribution announced the re-opening of the Embassies Area service station, located on the Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Road (formerly known as Old Airport Road) in Abu Dhabi. The reopening took place following a brief period of time allocated to complete the development of services to transform the facilities into a smart service station. ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Interior (MoI) represented by the General Directorate of Naturalisation, launched a new initiative under the theme, “My Documents, My Responsibility” at its Abu Dhabi headquarters. Launching the initiative aims to promote communication and sustainable relations with the community to achieve the MoI’s goals and values, notably boosting the public’s trust in the efficiency ...