ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE, represented by the Ministry of Finance, MoF, recently signed an agreement to encourage and protect mutual investments with the Gambia at the ministry’s headquarters in Abu Dhabi. Obaid Humaid Al Tayer, UAE’s Minister of State for Financial Affairs, and Mamboury Njie, Gambia’s Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, signed the agreement in the presence ...

HOUSTON / WAM Emirati astronauts, Hazzaa Al Mansoori and Sultan Al Neyadi began a training programme at NASA’s Lyndon B. Johnson Space Centre, JSC, as part of the preparations for the first Emirati astronaut to travel to the International Space Station (ISS), in approximately 10 weeks from now, aboard the Russian Soyuz-MS 15. The two-week programme includes training on various ...

ABU DHABI / WAM In 2018, the UAE occupied the first and second positions internationally in 47competitiveness indexes covering around 13 development sectors, reflecting its efforts to achieve comprehensive development and the UAE 2021 Vision. The UAE’s accomplishments were documented by several leading international organisations. In the labour sector, the UAE occupied the first position in the “Ease of Employment ...