Dubai / WAM Domestic workers aged over 60 years shall be allowed to get their employment contracts renewed under three conditions, including medical fitness, payment of medical coverage and an official consent by competent departments allowing them to continue their residency visa, according to the UAE Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation. According to the ministry’s announcement, the auxiliary worker ...

STOCKHOLM / WAM An agreement signed by the UAE and Sweden for startups, innovation and entrepreneurship cooperation will take the two countries’ partnerships to a higher level, Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy. The MoU was signed by the Ministry of Economy and Swedish Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation during a visit by Al Mansouri and a top-level ...

Bloomberg The European Union (EU) is planning a 3.9 billion fund that will invest in early stage technology in an effort to increase the pipeline of innovations that might someday take on giants in the US and China. Traditional venture capital firms typically don’t fund “the famous innovation valley of death,” where science has produced a breakthrough, but a costly ...