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Sharjah Airport records 7m passengers in 2021

  SHARJAH / WAM Last year, the Sharjah Airport served more than seven million passengers with more than 57,000 aircraft movements, and approximately 1.2 million passengers in December, consistent with the pre-pandemic levels. The Sharjah Airport Authority intensified efforts to strengthen its ambitious goals at various levels, launching numerous services and operations, attracting new airlines, initiating major programmes, and strengthening ...

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UAE, Slovenia to boost investment ties, unlock new opportunities

  ABU DHABI / WAM Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade, held a bilateral meeting with Zdravko PočivalÅ¡ek, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Development and Technology of Slovenia, to discuss strengthening economic relations and enhancing trade exchanges. During the meeting that took place at the Ministry of Economy headquarters in Dubai, the ...

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Art Dubai opens largest edition to date

  DUBAI / WAM Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, Art Dubai, the leading global platform for art and artists from the Middle East and Global South, returns to Madinat Jumeirah Dubai from March 11-13, 2022. Featuring more than 100 contemporary and modern galleries from more ...

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Sheikh Mohamed, German president discuss ways to boost bilateral ties

  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 Wednesday received a phone call from Dr Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President of Germany. During the call, Sheikh Mohamed and German President discussed strategic relations between the two friendly countries and ways of developing ...

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EGA, Taqa, Dubal Holding, Ewec to expand clean energy generation

  ABU DHABI / WAM Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (Taqa), Dubal Holding and Emirates Water and Electricity Company (Ewec) on Wednesday announced a major initiative that would unlock significant further development of solar power generation capacity in Abu Dhabi, progress power asset and generation optimisation, and decarbonise EGA’s aluminium production in the United Arab ...

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SEDD highlights aspirations of youth in industrial sector

  SHARJAH / WAM The Youth Council of Sharjah Economic Development Department (SEDD) organised a virtual discussion session in cooperation with Federal Youth Authority and Sharjah Foundation for Supporting Entrepreneurship (RUWAD). The session was aimed at highlighting UAE’s role in developing the industrial, specifying basic needs to run industrial projects, discussing challenges facing the entrepreneur sector, and discussing solutions to ...

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Ma’an invites its members to new social innovation space

  ABU DHABI / WAM In a bid to elevate community awareness about the importance of shared social responsibility and help advance social priorities that benefit the people of Abu Dhabi and the UAE at large, the Authority of Social Contribution – Ma’an is set to host the 2nd edition of the ‘Exchange’, a space designed to educate and empower ...

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Expo 2020 Dubai wins accolades over diversity

  DUBAI / WAM Reem bint Ibrahim Al Hashemy, Minister of State for International Cooperation and Director-General at Expo 2020 Dubai, has announced that the mega event has received an event-specific Gender Equality European and International Standard (GEEIS), a significant recognition of the World Expo’s ongoing commitment to workplace gender equality. In her speech during the “Break the Bias” forum ...

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