ABU DHABI / WAM UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan awarded the First Class Medal of Independence to Jiri Slavík on the occasion of the end of his tenure as ambassador of the Czech Republic to the UAE. Reem bint Ebrahim Al Hashimy, Minister of State for International Cooperation, presented the medal to Ambassador Slavík during ...

ABU DHABI / WAM  Two of the United Arab Emirates’ Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreements (Cepa) will come into force on September 1, promising to deliver a new era of trade and investment cooperation with two rapidly emerging global economies. The UAE-Türkiye Cepa and the UAE-Indonesia Cepa will now remove or reduce tariffs on a vast array of goods, eliminate unnecessary ...

DUBAI / WAM  Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) on Thursday reported competitive financial performance for the aluminium sector in the first half of 2023, announcing a net profit of AED2.0 billion ($533 million). EGA announced H1 2023 adjusted Ebitda of AED4.2 billion ($1.1 billion). EGA’s aluminium segment adjusted Ebitda margin was 27 percent, leading global industry peers. The company also reported ...