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DUBAI/WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Sunday met with a number of local dignitaries, senior officials of government and semi-government entities, heads of private sector entities, business leaders and investors at his weekly Majlis at the Union House in Dubai. The meeting was held ...

ABU DHABI/WAM UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a congratulatory message to King Philippe of Belgium on the occasion of his country’s National Day. 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 Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice ...

ABU DHABI/WAM HH Sheikh Theyab bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Court for Development and Fallen Heroes’ Affairs, has attended the graduation ceremony of the 20th UAE National Service programme cohort (2023-2024), held at the Sweihan Training Centre in Abu Dhabi. Sheikh Theyab bin Mohamed extended his best wishes to the graduates for their future ...

ABU DHABI/WAM UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Friday received HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister of Defence, at Qasr Al Shati in Abu Dhabi. The meeting was attended by His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister, ...

ABU DHABI/WAM His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Presidential Court, on Friday received Nabil Abdul Khalek, Ambassador of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the UAE, at Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi. During the meeting, they discussed UAE-Venezuela relations and ways to enhance them in all fields, including ...

ABU DHABI/WAM Khaled Mohamed Balama, Governor of the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE), and Caroline Abel, Governor of the Central Bank of Seychelles (CBS), signed on Friday in Abu Dhabi two Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) regarding enhancing the use of local currencies in settling cross-border financial and commercial transactions and interlinking payment and messaging systems between the two countries. ...

ISTANBUL/WAM DP World and Evyap Group have completed a strategic merger, bringing together the strengths of two major ports on the Marmara Sea to create a new international logistics hub that will elevate Türkiye’s pivotal role in global trade. The completion follows regulatory approval from the Turkish Competition Authority. The newly formed entity, DP World Evyap, sees DP World assuming ...

DUBAI/WAM An Emirates spokesperson confirmed that there has been no impact on Emirates’ flight operations. In a statement on Friday, the spokesperson said, “We are aware of the global IT disruption and are monitoring the situation closely. At this time, there has been no impact on Emirates’ flight operations.” He noted, “There could be delays to some flight timings later ...

ABU DHABI/WAM His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of the Presidential Court and Chairman of the Emirates Racing Authority (ERA), has approved the official fixture list of the UAE racing season 2024-2025. His Highness Sheikh Mansour said, “Today, we are launching an exceptional racing programme for the 2024-2025 season, marking a significant ...

ABU DHABI/WAM UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, awarded the First-Class Medal of Independence to Jakub Kasper Sławek, Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to the UAE, on the occasion of the end of his tenure as ambassador to the country. Reem Al Hashimy, Minister of State for International Cooperation, presented the medal to Slawek during ...