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Fourth edition of ‘Make it in the Emirates’ to launch May 19

DUBAI / WAM The Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology (MoIAT) has announced the agenda and official slogan for the fourth edition of ‘Make it in the Emirates’, one of the UAE’s comprehensive economic programmes. The event will take place from 19-22 May 2025 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre under the theme “Advanced Industries. Accelerated”. The announcement was ...

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Mansour bin Zayed chairs Ministerial Development Council meeting

ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister, and Chairman of the Presidential Court, has chaired the Ministerial Development Council meeting, held at Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi. The meeting reviewed various development proposals and projects submitted by ministries and federal entities across all governmental work sectors. During the meeting, ...

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SBA participates in World News Media Conference 2025 in Poland

SHARJAH /WAM The Sharjah Broadcasting Authority (SBA) recently took part in the 76th World News Media Congress, which took place in Krakow, Poland, from May 4-6. The SBA team included Salem Ali Al Ghaithi, the Director; Faisal Ali Al Hammadi, who oversees Digital Media; Khalid Ahmed Al Zarouni, the head of the News Center; and Saeed Ahmed Bou Ghazin, in ...

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Space42 bolsters D2D messaging through Gatehouse Satcom pact

ABU DHABI / WAM Space42 has announced a successful collaboration between its mobile satellite services subsidiary Thuraya and Gatehouse Satcom, a Danish-based software company specialising in mission-critical satellite communications, to advance direct-to-device (D2D) connectivity. The project demonstrated NB-IoT applications over Space42’s L band geostationary satellites using 3GPP-compliant release 17 technology, ensuring alignment with global standards and future scalability. This will ...

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Federal Tax Authority to waive penalty for late corporate tax registration

ABU DHABI / WAM The Federal Tax Authority (FTA) has today announced that it has begun implementing the UAE Cabinet Decision to exempt certain corporate taxpayers from administrative penalties resulting from the late submission of registration applications, within the specified deadline. To qualify for the waiver of the penalty, the taxable person (or exempted categories) must submit their Tax Return ...

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President of Malawi receives Abdullah bin Zayed

LILONGWE / MALAWI / WAM Dr Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, President of Malawi, received HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, in the presence of Nancy Tembo, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malawi, at the beginning of Sheikh Abdullah’s working visit to the capital, Lilongwe. During the meeting, HH Sheikh Abdullah conveyed the ...

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UAE launches first National Food Loss, Waste Baseline Study

ABU DHABI/WAM ne’ma- the National Food Loss and Waste Initiative- has launched the country’s first National Baseline Study to measure actual food loss and waste. This first-of-its-kind study, which involves 3,000 participants, marks a pivotal milestone in national efforts to halve food loss and waste by 2030, in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12.3. The pioneering ...

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