Vienna / WAM Abu Dhabi’s state-owned oil and gas investment company, International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) and the Austrian state holding company, Osterreichische Bundes- und Industriebeteiligungen GmbH (OBIB) on Wednesday agreed to extend their cooperation as the two core shareholders of the Austrian oil and gas company, OMV Aktiengesellschaft (“OMV”). The announcement comes after the conclusion of successful talks in …

  Dubai / WAM The UAE’s General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have signed and initiated an agreement on air transport services. The agreement was signed by Omar bin Ghalib, Deputy Director General of the GCAA, while the advisor of Minister of Transport and Channels of Communication of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, signed …

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Government of Japan announced that it has conferred the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, by the Emperor of Japan on Nasser Ahmed Alsowaidi, Chairman of the National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD), in recognition of his outstanding contribution to promoting economic relations between Japan and the United Arab Emirates. The …