RIGA / WAM The UAE is a strategic partner for Latvia which can serve as a gateway enabling Latvian companies to expand their presence in the GCC, Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis said during his meeting with a UAE trade delegation in Riga, led by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry. During the meeting, Vejonis said Latvian companies can benefit ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chief of the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince’s Court, on Monday officially inaugurated the Abu Dhabi Global Market Academy (ADGM), in Al Maryah Island in Abu Dhabi. The inauguration took place in the presence Saif Mohammed Al Hajeri, Chairman of the Department of Economic Development, Homaid Abdullah Al Shimmari, ...

Dubai / WAM Access World Logistics L.L.C. – a joint venture between RHS Group, Dubai and Switzerland-based Access World, inaugurated a state-of-the-art 3rd party logistics and warehousing facility in the Jebel Ali Free Zone. The facility, with a storage capacity in excess of 100,000 freight tonnes of multiple products, has a 15,200 m2 covered warehouse with Very Narrow Aisle (VNA) ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR), released a draft radiation safety regulation and invited public to review the draft and comment. According to a press statement, FANR revised Regulation No. 04 for Radiation Dose Limits and Optimisation of Radiation Protection for Nuclear Facilities, which establishes the radiation dose limits that are relevant to a nuclear ...

Dubai / WAM The First ICT Future Foresight Forum, a major ICT event in the UAE, was launched under the patronage of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA). The Forum aims to address future challenges of the ICT sector, as well as possible solutions in this regard. Hamad Obaid Al Mansoori, TRA Director-General, delivered the opening speech, highlighting the importance of ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy, met Angolan delegates to discuss mutual economic and trade cooperation led by Manuel Augusto, Minister of External Relations of Angola. During the meeting, the two sides tackled ways to enhance their partnerships in vital industries such as oil and gas, precious metals, agriculture, civil aviation, and telecommunications, economic, ...

Dubai / WAM Dozens of innovations, ranging from agricultural initiatives that empower women and farmers to novel products that could combat desertification or plastic waste, are among the latest to receive a major boost from global social impact programme, Expo Live, run by organisers of the next World Expo, Expo 2020 Dubai. Twenty-six projects from 22 countries have been selected ...

Bloomberg Tata Power Co., one of India’s largest private power utilities, is planning to invest as much as $5 billion to ramp up its renewable capacity fourfold, according to its top executive. The 103-year-old power utility plans to increase its clean-energy capacity to 12,000 megawatts by 2028, Chief Executive Officer Praveer Sinha said. That would require an investment of as ...

Bloomberg Oil steadied near $71 as OPEC signalled it could fill in any supply gap if renewed US sanctions curtail shipments from Iran, the group’s third-largest producer. Futures in New York were little changed after sliding 0.9 percent. Three members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries — Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates — together have enough ...

Bloomberg EDP-Energias de Portugal SA is poised to reject a 9.1 billion euro ($10.9 billion) takeover offer from China Three Gorges Corp on the grounds that it undervalues Portugal’s biggest energy company, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The board of EDP, which may meet as early as this week, views the current bid of 3.26 euros a ...