Dubai / Emirates Business The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Regulatory Authority for Telecommunications and Posts of Senegal as part of TRA’s strategic partnership programme with telecoms regulatory authorities worldwide to share best practices in the sector. The MoU was signed on the sidelines of the 2016 session of the International Telecommunications ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) – organised a workshop to highlight the main findings of the Mercury Emissions Inventory project for Abu Dhabi, with participation from key stakeholders and experts involved in mercury emissions from the federal and local government, as well as from the private sector. During the workshop, relevant stakeholders and ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business A recent study on innovation readiness in federal government entities showed that employees consider innovation as a key element for success in government performance. The first-of-its-kind study was aimed at measuring the adoption of innovation in government services as part of the government’s commitment to promote innovation to achieve the best results. The results of ...

  Dubai / WAM HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy, attended on Tuesday the launch of the Demand Side Management programme ‘Taqati’ by the Supreme Council of Energy at an event at the Hyatt Regency Dubai Creek Heights hotel in Dubai. The ceremony was also attended by Dr Thani Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, ...

    Astana / WAM The Emirates Space Agency and the Space Committee of the Ministry of Investment and Development of Kazakhstan have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to determine frameworks of mutual cooperation in the field of exploration and the peaceful use of outer space, as well as the exchange of information and experiences, scientific research and space technology. ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Sultan Al Muhairi, Senior Vice President for Technical Affairs of Abu Dhabi Gas Industries (GASCO) affirmed that automation of operations in oil industries and associated innovations remain the driving force to address industry challenges and ensure safety of operations from any risks. “Progress in automation of operations constitutes a key part to maintain efficiency and productivity ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Centre of Waste Management – Abu Dhabi, Tadweer, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Universal Hospital, which aims to raise awareness of the staff about work related health risks through medical and awareness campaigns. The MoU, signed by Eisa Saif Al Qubaisi, General Manager of Tadweer, and Hamad Ahmad Al Hosani, CEO of Universal Hospital, ...

  Berlin / AFP Germany’s parliament votes Thursday on a resolution that qualifies the massacre of Armenians by Ottoman forces as “genocide”, despite a strong warning from Turkey. Drawn up by the ruling left-right coalition and the opposition Greens, the resolution entitled “Remembrance and commemoration of the genocide of Armenians and other Christian minorities in 1915 and 1916” also carries ...

  Kuala Lumpur / AFP Half a century after they died, the bodies of 32 Australian soldiers and their dependents, many of whom were killed in the Vietnam War, were returned home from Malaysia on Tuesday. In a sombre ceremony, their flag-draped coffins were loaded onto Australian airforce planes by a military guard of honour as a bugle sounded the ...

  Dhaka / AFP A Bangladesh court on Tuesday sentenced to death six suspected militants for a deadly bank robbery last year, as authorities crack down on local hardliners following a wave of killings. Dhaka judge SM Quddus Zaman convicted and sentenced the men over the robbery, which raised fears at the time of local groups raising funds to finance ...