ABU DHABI / WAM Abdulla Al Remeithi, a Fellow of the UAE National Experts Programme and Senior Advisor at the Office of the UAE Special Envoy for Climate Change, has been named as UAE Liaison on behalf of the COP28 Presidency at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bonn, Germany. The UNFCCC Secretariat (UN Climate Change) ...
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ABU DHABI / WAM The Integrated Transport Centre (ITC) of the Department of Municipalities and Transport in Abu Dhabi has signed two agreements with Google. The agreements showcase UAE’s efforts that aim towards advancing the country’s key AI priorities in the fields of research and sustainability. The announcement was made during an event at the Mohamed bin Zayed University of ...
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DUBAI / WAM Digital Dewa, the digital arm of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, has been recognised as the winner of the GovTech Innovation Award for being the Innovative and Sustainable Future Accelerator of the Year. The award was presented to Marwan bin Haidar, Vice Chairman and Group CEO of Digital Dewa, in acknowledgment of the company’s remarkable efforts in ...
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ABU DHABI / WAM Democratising knowledge and wisdom preserved in the great masterpieces created in the Middle Ages is the great bet made in 1990 by the Spaniard Manuel Moleiro when he decided to open a publishing house specialising in the cloning of rare manuscripts and codices, only exhibited in the prestigious libraries and museums of the world. Today, more ...
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ABU DHABI / WAM UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a congratulatory message to President Salome Zourabichvili of Georgia on her country’s Independence Day, marked on May 26. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin ...
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ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (Added) has unveiled Industrial Talent Programme to develop, attract, and upskill human capital in the industrial sector to meet the rising demand for knowledge-based jobs. The announcement was made by Rashed Abdulkarim Al Blooshi, Undersecretary of Added at the first edition of the Abu Dhabi Industrial Talent Majlis, which ...
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ABU DHABI / WAM The Ministry of Finance has issued ministerial decision No 120 of 2023 on transitional rules for corporate tax, providing guidelines for adjusting a taxable person’s opening balance sheet under the corporate tax law. Younis Haji Al Khouri, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Finance, said, “Transitional rules for corporate tax provide important clarifications for businesses that need ...
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RAS AL KHAIMAH / WAM For the second year in succession, Ras Al Khaimah’s credit rating has been affirmed at ‘A’ with a Positive Outlook, according to international credit rating agency Fitch. US-based Fitch Ratings, one of the “big three†credit ratings agencies, stated that the Emirate’s positive outlook reflected strong foundations of “solid fiscal metrics; the benefits of its ...
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ABU DHABI / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a message of congratulations to President Alberto Fernández of Argentina on the occasion of his country’s National Day. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy ...
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ABU DHABI / WAM UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a written message to Katalin Novák, President of Hungary, with an invitation to the COP28 climate conference to be held at Expo City Dubai in November. The invitation was delivered by Saud Hamad Al Shamsi, UAE ambassador to Hungary, to Kristóf Altusz, diplomatic advisor ...
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