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Dubai / WAM Dubai-based flydubai will operate up to 17 flights a day between Kuwait and Dubai between February 23 and 29. The 26 extra flights added to the schedule will accommodate the increase in passenger numbers between the two cities during Kuwait’s 55th National and Liberation Day Holiday. The carrier, which has been operating from the convenient Sheikh Saad ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Mubadala Development Company, the Abu Dhabi-based investment and development company, on Monday announced that wholly owned asset Strata Manufacturing PJSC (Strata), the advanced composite aero-structures manufacturing facility, has made a range of new leadership appointments in order support Strata’s next phase of growth, including its expanding portfolio of products and capabilities for global original equipment manufacturers ...

Brussels / AFP Top negotiators on a huge transatlantic trade treaty between the EU and US opened new talks on Monday with the aim to tackle one of the deal’s most controversial aspects. The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), under negotiation since July 2013, would create the world’s biggest free trade zone, removing tariffs and harmonising regulation between the ...

ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, on Monday received at his majlis in Al Bahr Palace, the visiting International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director, Christine Lagarde, and her accompanying delegation. Sheikh Mohamed welcomed Lagarde and discussed with her bilateral relations ...

ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, received on Monday at Zabeel Palace, Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The meeting was attended by H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, and H.H. Sheikh Maktoum bin ...

He added that the economic changes do not work in isolation from the political, social and cultural changes. Hence, there is a need for deep understanding of the economic issues on this basis, while new economic models should be developed in accordance with these perspectives. He said that the GCC economies experience significant transformation towards diversification of the economy and ...

ABU DHABI / WAM H.H. Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union (GWU), Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation (FDF) and President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, today received the visiting International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director, Christine Lagarde, at Al Bahr Palace. Lagarde hailed the role being played by Sheikha Fatima to ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Customs has attained the European Specification Certificate on Innovation Management System, TS 16555, after successfully passing the specification’s audit and technical review. Issued by the German certification body TUV INTERCERT, the Innovation Management System aims to nurture innovation and creative thinking on both individual and corporate levels, as well as to upgrade work mechanisms in a ...

DUBAI / WAM The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced the extension of the deadline set for submitting documents for pre-qualification of developers and potential bidders for the design, construction, financing, operation and maintenance of the Union Oasis project until the 28 February. RTA has also introduced extensive and significant financial enhancements to the investment structure of the Project through ...

DUBAI / WAM The Al Manal Initiative, launched by HH Sheikha Manal bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum to activate humanitarian work at a local, regional and international level, has announced the launch of its “Step Up For Girls’ Education” campaign in support of Dubai Cares girls’ education programmes in developing countries. The campaign, which donates AED 1 towards girls’ ...