Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Courts launched on Monday its Annual Report 2015, reflecting a significant improvement in the performance of the three courts; namely, First Instance, Appeal and Court of Cassation and a remarkable progress in Dubai Government’s Unified Customer Complaints’ Portal, smart transformation, and Emiratization. It also achieved the targets of its Operational Plan 2015 which aimed ...
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New charitable plan to give children a summer boost
Dubai / Emirates Business A non-profit programme set up to offer children from low income families the chance to attend life-changing camps is hoping to increase the number of spaces available this summer. BOOST, in collaboration with the Dubai Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), was set-up to tackle the problem of children being confined to cramped indoor spaces during the ...
Read More »Mohammed opens ‘Office of the Future’
DUBAI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed opened the ‘Office of the Future’, the first 3D-printed office in the world. The office space covers up to 250 square metres, while the exterior design reflects the most innovative forms of future work place. The design has been conceived to achieve a shift from the traditional form of work environments and ...
Read More »UAE, India review coop in defence and military
ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, on Monday received visiting Indian Defence Minister, Manohar Parrikar. Sheikh Mohamed and Minister Parrikar discussed bilateral relations between the UAE and India and ways to enhance them in the light of the distinguished ...
Read More »UAE reviews World Bank’s ‘Doing Business in Abu Dhabi 2016’ report
ABU DHABI / WAM The Economic Development Committee of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council examined the findings of the “Doing Business in Abu Dhabi 2016†report during a workshop held at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of Abu Dhabi Executive Council. The report was prepared by the World Bank (WB), in coordination with the Competitiveness Office of Abu ...
Read More »Khidmah showcases FM services at industry expo
ABU DHABI / WAM As a leading, fully-integrated property service solutions provider in the UAE, Khidmah is showcasing its services in general and specifically, in the Facilities Management area at leading event, FM Expo. The event is taking place from May 23- 25 and is bringing together key players in the industry. In addition to the exhibition section, it ...
Read More »â€˜Business Continuity’: Need of the hour in Middle East
ALKESH SHARMA/ Emirates Business Bad companies are destroyed by crisis, good companies survive them, great companies are improved by them’ — this golden saying of Hungarian-born American businessman Andrew Grove resounded during the 6th annual Business Continuity & Emergency Response Forum here in Abu Dhabi on Monday. “In case of any crisis, the company’s reputation, its revenues and the ...
Read More »Obama lifts Vietnam arms ban to blunt China’s Asia influence
HANOI / AP US President Barack Obama on Monday lifted a half-century-old ban on selling arms to Vietnam, looking to bolster a government seen as a crucial, though flawed partner in a region that he has tried to place at the center of his foreign policy legacy. Obama announced the full removal of the embargo at a news conference ...
Read More »No apology for A-bomb on Hiroshima visit: US Prez
Tokyo / AFP Barack Obama will not apologise for the atomic bombing of Hiroshima when he this week becomes the first sitting US president to visit the city, he told Japanese television. The comments are the clearest yet from his administration over an issue that raises hackles in the United States and has been the subject of heated debate ...
Read More »Greece eyes evacuation of Idomeni border camp today
Athens / AFP Greece is planning a police operation early Tuesday to evacuate the squalid migrant camp of Idomeni on its border with Macedonia, a report said on Monday. Citing police sources, Greek TV station Mega said police reinforcements had been dispatched from Athens to help relocate some 8,500 people from the camp where thousands of migrants and refugees ...
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