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ABU DHABI / WAM AD Ports Group announced that more than 2.2 million square metres of its Industrial Cities and Free Zone Cluster have been leased during the first half of 2021 to local, regional, and international businesses, a clear indication that demand for industrial land continues to accelerate despite the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on businesses. AD Ports ...

Bloomberg Russia is mobilising as many as 200,000 troops in wargames with Belarus, including thousands along their borders with the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato), as Moscow tightens military links with its isolated ally. Citing what he called “unending hybrid aggression from the West towards Belarus and Russia,” Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko told troops at the Zapad-2021 wargames that “we ...

Bloomberg The global shipping industry is getting its biggest payday since 2008 as the combination of booming demand for goods and a global supply chain that’s collapsing under the weight of Covid-19 drives freight prices ever higher. Whether it’s giant container ships stacked high with of 40-foot steel boxes, bulk carriers whose cavernous holds house thousands of tons of coal, ...

Bloomberg Two of the leading investors at Italy’s Assicurazioni Generali SpA are escalating their battle with the insurer’s management in a push that could include replacing Chief Executive Officer Philippe Donnet. Construction magnate Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone and Luxottica founder Leonardo Del Vecchio, who together own about 11% of Generali, reached an agreement to work toward “a more profitable and effective ...

Bloomberg UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson risks strangling growth with higher taxes on business to fix the public finances in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the country’s biggest business lobby said. The blunt criticism comes less than a week after Johnson and Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak raised payroll levies on workers and companies to help fund health ...

Bloomberg Uber Technologies Inc lost another suit over its drivers’ working rights after an Amsterdam court ruled workers who ferry passengers using the Uber app in the Netherlands are covered by a local collective labour law. The legal relationship between Uber and its drivers meets all of the characteristics of an employment contract, the court said in its judgement. Uber ...

Bloomberg The Greek government raised its growth estimate for 2021, with the country set to repeat the economic performance not seen in about two decades. The revised forecast came after a stronger-than-expected expansion in the second quarter, paving the way for the government to roll out $4 billion of additional tax-relief measures and other assistance to combat rising prices. “Today ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The United Arab Emirates on Sunday unveiled a sweeping programme of reforms and financial incentives to drive new private sector opportunities for both young and experienced Emiratis, with an investment of AED24 billion to create 75,000 new private sector jobs for Emiratis. The new announcements include grants for students and fresh graduates to take up private ...

Dubai / WAM Margarete Schramböck, Austria’s Minister of Digital and Economic Affairs, has said that Expo 2020 Dubai paves the way for opening new markets, enhances international cooperation, and provides the opportunity to highlight the quality of research and development of Austrian innovations. On the occasion of the approaching inauguration of Expo 2020, the minister stated that Austria’s participation focuses ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The value of humanitarian, relief and development projects carried out by the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) in Afghanistan over the past decades totals more than AED320 million, and has benefitted over 8 million people. This aid includes development projects, seasonal programmes and other aid worth over AED242 million that helped over 5 million people, while the ...