Abu Dhabi / WAM Helal Mohammed Al Hameli, Deputy Director-General of the Abu Dhabi Chamber of Centers and Advisory Councils, has discussed with Pavel Jablonsk, Deputy Foreign Minister of Poland, ways to further boost investment and business cooperation among entrepreneurs in Abu Dhabi and Poland. During the meeting, Al Hameli expressed his pleasure with the visit of Polish Deputy Foreign ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM A delegation of the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation, in collaboration with the UAE Embassy in Beirut, has provided vouchers to 35,600 families in Northern Lebanon, as part of the UAE’s endless efforts to support friendly countries. An official from the foundation stated that the humanitarian initiative was launched upon the directives of the UAE’s ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Etihad Guest, the award-winning loyalty programme of Etihad Airways, partnered with Air Arabia’s loyalty programme AirRewards, to allow members of both schemes to benefit from reciprocal points and miles transfers. These could be spent on flights with Etihad and Air Arabia, holidays, shopping and more. Kim Hardaker, Head of Loyalty & Partnerships, Etihad Airways, said: ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 217,849 additional Covid-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment. In a statement on Sunday, the ministry stressed its aim to continue expanding the scope of testing nationwide to facilitate the early detection of coronavirus cases and carry out the necessary ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) will divert three driver licensing services from customers happiness centres to smart and electronic channels as of mid-June 2021. Services to be diverted cover applications for renewing driver license, replacement of lost/damaged driver license, and the issuance of experience certificate for drivers. “From the middle of June 2021, RTA’s customer happiness ...

Dubai / WAM Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa), has announced that the authority will add 600 megawatts (MW) of clean energy capacity using photovoltaic solar panels and Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) during 2021. The move will increase Dewa’s total power capacity from clean energy to 1,613 MW compared to 1,013 MW ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM A delegation of the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation, in collaboration with the UAE Embassy in Beirut, has provided vouchers to 35,600 families in Northern Lebanon, as part of the UAE’s endless efforts to support friendly countries. An official from the foundation stated that the humanitarian initiative was launched upon the directives of the UAE’s ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Dr Abdullah Belhaif Al Nuaimi, Minister of Climate Change and Environment, stated that the Ministry of Climate Change plans to launch a new food safety standards system in the next two months. The new system will ensure that only top-rated food products that comply with the highest international standards can enter the country, he added, stressing ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai Economy and the Dubai Business Women Council (DBWC) hosted a webinar to highlight the packages of incentives, services, and benefits that can support all UAE-based businesswomen and entrepreneurs. The webinar was part of the monthly ‘Market Dialogue’ series conducted by Dubai Economy to provide an open platform to discuss subjects of interest to the business community. ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Writers and publishers are being invited to submit their entries for next year’s Sheikh Zayed Book Award (SZBA). The submission period for the 16th edition of the SZBA, will run from June until October 1. The announcement follows the success of the 15th edition’s virtual awards ceremony, which received widespread praise and publicity after it was ...