Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company Masdar announced the winner of its fifth Engage Social Media Contest. This year’s winning post was submitted by Seva Karpauskaite from Kaunus, Lithuania. Her video, featuring the iconic Washington, D.C., monuments as a backdrop, explored the need to develop green structures that would allow clean technologies to expand and scale in …

  Dubai / WAM The Department of Economic Development (DED) in Dubai issued a record number of 26,707 new business licences in 2016 as the improved ease of doing business and increasing competitiveness in the emirate spurred optimism among investors and entrepreneurs. The results achieved by the Business Registration and Licensing (BRL) sector in DED point to commercial activity in the …

  Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, stressed the UAE, led by President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, would not deviate from the path and the firm approach to serve humanity. His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed made …