Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Member of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council, Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Office, and Chairman of the Board of Abu Dhabi’s Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC) led the first board meeting for ATRC, to set the R&D priorities for the emirate. ATRC is mandated to guide ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) and ADQ on Tuesday announced a new collaboration to further strengthen Abu Dhabi’s digital economy and start-up ecosystem, including transferring the Ventures Fund, a flagship Ghadan 21 initiative, to ADQ. As part of their collaboration, ADQ and ADIO will also create winning propositions for companies using a combination of equity ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai Customs Passenger Operations Department revealed that it has handled 10.2 million pieces of baggage for five million passengers through 44,358 Dubai-bound flights during the first half of this year. Thanks to the vigilance of customs officers with support from the sophisticated scanning equipment, as many as 472 seizure reports were issued during the same period, including ...