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DUBAI / WAM The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) has organised 100 recruitment open days across the UAE from January to May 2023, with the participation of over 340 private sector companies that offered Emiratis job opportunities. The open days were held in partnership with local human resources departments, Majalis across the UAE, as well as the Higher ...

ABU DHABI / WAM On the sidelines of the UAE Space Agency’s participation in the 66th session of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) in Vienna, Austria, the agency organised a gala dinner sponsored by the Abu Dhabi Space Debate. The event, which was attended by senior officials and decision-makers from countries participating in COPUOS, took ...

LATTAKIA / WAM Operation “Chivalrous Knight/2”, which was launched by the Joint Operations Command of the Ministry of Defence under the directives of UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, announced a number of new humanitarian initiatives, in continuation of the UAE’s efforts for Syrian people to alleviate their suffering in the aftermath of the earthquake that ...

RAS AL KHAIMAH / WAM H.H. Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, today received at his palace at the Saqr bin Mohammed City, Alison Milton, Ambassador of the Republic of Ireland to the UAE. During the meeting, Sheikh Saud welcomed Milton and her delegation, and the two sides discussed ways to ...

DUBAI / WAM HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Chairman of Dubai Executive Council and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Dubai Future Foundation (DFF), Thursday announced the launch of the Dubai Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DCAI) at Emirates Towers, AREA 2071. The new Centre aims to assist government entities in ...

ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Chairman of the Executive Council of Abu Dhabi, has attended the graduation ceremony of the 10th National Defence Course cohort (2022-2023), held at Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi. His Highness congratulated graduates and wished them success in their mission ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Emirates News Agency (WAM) on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Czech News Agency (CTK), aiming at strengthening and developing cooperation in news exchange. The MoU was signed virtually by Mohammed Jalal Al Rayssi, Director-General of WAM, and Jiri Majstr, CEO of CTK. The WAM-CTK collaboration is part of WAM’s efforts to ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Adnoc Logistics and Services plc, a global energy maritime logistics leader, announced on Thursday that it has been awarded a $975-million artificial island construction contract by Adnoc Offshore. As part of Adnoc’s In-Country Value programme, at least 75% of the total contract value for dredging, land reclamation and marine construction of an artificial island “G” for ...

ABU DHABI / WAM UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, in his capacity as Ruler of Abu Dhabi, has issued a law establishing the National Academy for Childhood Development, to be headquartered in Abu Dhabi as part of the Abu Dhabi Early Childhood Authority. The academy aims to offer education, training and lifelong learning programmes related ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) has announced that Unit 4, the fourth and final unit at the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant in Abu Dhabi, has begun its operational readiness preparations. The operations team at Barakah have now commenced the operational readiness testing required to demonstrate the unit is ready to receive the Operating License from ...