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DUBAI / WAM Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) received Nam Duk Heo, South Korean Consul-General in Dubai, as part of an introductory meeting on the occasion of the Consul assuming his new position. Al Tayer welcomed the South Korean Consul-General, wishing him success in his new diplomatic mission, and talked about ...

DUBAI / WAM Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has set a new bar for community engagement through interesting and relevant content on LinkedIn’s Influencer publishing platform. According to LinkedIn data, his recent Influencer post, in the form of an open letter and titled “Why Ministers for Happiness, Tolerance, ...

DUBAI / WAM HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy (DSCE) has chaired the 39th meeting of the council at its headquarters. Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Vice Chairman of the Supreme Council of Energy, attended the meeting. “In support of the Dubai Clean Energy Strategy 2050, launched by Vice President and Prime ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The General Authority for Regulating the Telecommunications Sector (TRA) announced supporting the efforts exerted by the National Academic Institutions (NAI), authorities and universities to participate in the activities of the ITU’s three sectors: the Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU–T), the Telecommunication Development Sector (ITU–D), and the Radio communication Sector (ITU–R). TRA has recently approved the joining of ...

DUBAI / WAM The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with The Netherlands Chamber of Commerce and Rotterdam Partners Foundation to enhance mutual cooperation and bilateral trade ties, as well as to stimulate innovative economic partnerships between the business communities of the two countries. This came on the sidelines of a visit by ...

GENEVA / WAM The Emirates Policy Centre (EPC) has signed a partnership agreement with the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) to strengthen research and intellectual’s cooperation between the two centres. The agreement was signed by Dr. Ibtisam Al Ketbi, Head of the Emirates Policy Centre, who was visiting the Geneva Centre to deliver a lecture about the security challenges ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) on Sunday held an event to launch a smart tool that will allow current and further healthcare investors to utilize the financial data using the Health Accounts System of Dubai (HASD). The tool provides round-the-clock access to vital information to help enhance better decision-making in the health sector by comparing the ...

Dubai / WAM The Road and Transport Authority (RTA) has awarded a contract for constructing Sheikh Rashid Road – Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Road Interchange Project costing AED611 million which is set for completion during the last quarter of 2017. Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the RTA, said, “The Sheikh Rashid Road ...

Nakheel’s current projects span more than 15,000 hectares and provide homes for over 270,000 people, with new master communities and a growing collection of residential, retail and hospitality developments in the pipeline. Some 3,600 investors from Europe have already bought 4,700 land plots or residential units – collectively worth AED 7 billion (EUR 1.7 billion) – from Nakheel. British citizens ...

Sharjah / Emirates Business Sharjah’s best known biannual event is set to spring a big surprise for jewellery lovers this season. Celebrating 40 glorious editions, the MidEast Watch & Jewellery Show will present a festive atmosphere and an exclusive jewellery showcase, which will catapult Expo Centre Sharjah into a focal point of global jewellery industry from April 5 to 9. ...