Dubai / WAM Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI), the UAE federal export credit company, held its first board of directors meeting in 2022, chaired by Abdullah bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy and Chairman of the Board, at the company’s branch in Dubai. The meeting discussed key economic performance indicators in 2021, its achievements in accomplishing its targets and ...

  DUBAI / WAM His Highness Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, chaired on Sunday in Dubai a meeting of the interior ministers of the International Security Alliance states, which includes the UAE, France, Italy, the UK, Morocco, Spain, Israel, Senegal, Singapore, Slovakia. The Netherlands also joined the alliance, which ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE and Israel have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in the field of maritime transport, exchange of experiences, and strengthening strategic partnership, as part of the Abraham Accords Peace Agreement. The MoU was signed by Suhail bin Mohammed Al Mazrouei, the UAE Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, and Merav Michaeli, the ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The United Arab Emirates welcomed the announcement by Hans Grundberg, Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General for Yemen, to commence a truce and halt all forms of military operations in Yemen and on the Saudi-Yemeni borders. In a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC), the UAE welcomed the ...

  Sharjah / Gulf Time Sharjah Book Authority (SBA) organised a series of discussion panels and poetry readings that brought together a host of Emirati and Algerian authors and intellectuals as part of its participation at the 25th edition of the Algiers International Book Fair. During its participation, SBA highlighted its ongoing efforts to support Emirati and Arab publishers as ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Sheikh Zayed Festival concluded its activities, after four months of daily activities and events at Al Wathba, Abu Dhabi. The event was organised under the auspices of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 282,125 additional Covid-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment. In a statement, 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 treatment. As ...

  Bloomberg The UK will detail plans to broaden its energy sources as the war in Ukraine, sanctions on Russia and a cost-of-living crisis forces countries across Europe to urgently revamp how they generate electricity and heat homes. The main focus will be on nuclear and wind power, two industries that haven’t been short of controversy. Government minister Grant Shapps ...

  Bloomberg Shell Plc may have difficulty paying for Russian gas supplies this month because the Kremlin wants payments transfered through UK-sanctioned Gazprombank JSC, according to two people familiar with discussions in Russia. Gazprom PJSC, the single largest provider of natural gas to the European continent, now only accepts ruble payments for supplies of the fuel to so-called ‘unfriendly’ states, ...

  Bloomberg Japan’s energy importers are warning that the tumbling yen is exacerbating a surge in fuel costs, and may weigh on their bottom line and boost prices for consumers. While oil prices have slipped from the highs seen earlier from Russia’s war in Ukraine, the sharp weakening in the yen is likely to keep upward pressure on imported fuel ...