ABU DHABI / WAM Ahmed Ali Al Sayegh, Minister of State, has received Dan Tehan, Australian Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment, accompanied by a delegation including Heidi Venamore, Australian Ambassador to the UAE, and Ian Halliday, Consul-General. During the meeting, which was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in Abu Dhabi, Al Sayegh welcomed the ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has published its 6th Sustainability Report 2020, an annual publication reflecting its efforts in improving sustainability to become one of the most sustainable government organisations specialising in roads and transport worldwide. Releasing this report conforms to the UAE Vision 2021 and Dubai Plan 2021 and the sustainable development goals of the ...

Kuwait / WAM A delegation from the Federation of UAE Chambers of Commerce and Industry discussed, during a visit to Kuwait, means of boosting cooperation and promoting investment opportunities in the two countries. This came during a business meeting between Abdullah Mohamed Al Mazrouei, Chairman of the Federation of UAE Chambers of Commerce and Industry and Chairman of Abu Dhabi ...

Dubai / WAM As part of its sustainability roadmap, Enoc Group, the Official Integrated Energy Partner of Expo 2020 Dubai, extended its partnership with Etihad Esco, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa), to enhance energy saving across its operations in the UAE. Announced at Wetex, the partnership extension will enable Enoc to equip 10 of ...

Dubai / WAM Over 100 international officials, policymakers and innovators attended the first European Union event at Expo 2020 Dubai titled, “EU Green Deal: Research & Innovation as a driver towards climate neutrality”. The event was hosted in partnership with the Sweden Pavilion in the Sustainability District and featured a high-level hybrid workshop, and an EU projects’ networking village showcasing ...

Dubai / WAM The Commercial Compliance and Consumer Protection (CCCP) sector of Dubai Economy resolved over 560 consumer complaints on businesses operating in the various free zones in the emirate during past 14 months as its consumer protection services expanded to cover shoppers across emirate. Consumers in the free zones started submitting their complaints to Dubai Economy following its agreement ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE Space Agency on Tuesday announced the commencement of a new Emirati interplanetary mission, designed to further accelerate the young nation’s space engineering, scientific research and exploration capabilities and drive innovation and opportunity in the country’s private sector. The announcement was made during a ceremony attended by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, ...

Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy and Chairman of the Expo 2020 Dubai Higher Committee, on Tuesday inaugurated the 23rd Water, Energy, Technology, and Environment, Exhibition (Wetex) and Dubai Solar Show, at Dubai Exhibition Centre, Expo 2020 Dubai. Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) is organising the ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Mohamed Khalifa Al Mubarak, Chairman of the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi, has inaugurated the second exhibition by Louvre Abu Dhabi this year, titled ‘Dragon and Phoenix – Centuries of Exchange between Chinese and Islamic Worlds’. The exhibition opens to the public on Wednesday October 6 and will run until February 12, 2022. ...

Bloomberg UK oil-service provider Petrofac Ltd must pay a $95 million penalty by a London judge for failing to prevent bribery between 2011 and 2017. The penalty includes a $64 million fine and a $31 million confiscation order. The levy comes after the company pleaded guilty to seven bribery offenses, in a deal with the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO). ...