COPENHAGEN / WAM The Government of Fujairah has signed a partnership agreement with Minpoint Business Investments and NIRAS International Consultancy, to begin the first phase of construction of the Smart Logistics City in Fujairah. The agreement was signed in the Danish capital, Copenhagen, by Mohammed Saeed Al Dhanhani, Head of the Emiri Court in Fujairah, Director-General of the Fujairah Investment ...

Dubai / WAM Emirates Post Group has enhanced its Promotional Stamps Service, which targets public and private institutions to celebrate their special occasion and milestone achievements by creating postage stamps. The service enables government and private institutions to mark their historic occasions by issuing special stamps, designed in association with Emirates Post Group. Abdullah Mohammad Al Ashram, Acting CEO of ...

AJAMN / WAM Developing an innovation-based mechanism to everyday challenges was the core and crux of a workshop organised by the Ministry of Interior’s Innovation Bureau in the presence of a number of the ministry’s experts and strategic partners. The workshop, held in line with the directives of the HH Lt General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Department of Economic Development (DED), Abu Dhabi, has announced the enforcement of amendments made to its Table of Fines in line with the Abu Dhabi Executive Council Resolution No. 47 for 2017 on the violations relating to businesses or establishments licensed for economic activities as per Article 6 of Law No 2 of 2009. The ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Culture and Arts Authority, Dubai Culture, the emirate’s dedicated entity for culture, arts and heritage, has launched the second edition of its reading corner at Modhesh World, Dubai’s ultimate indoor fun destination for families and children. Following the success of last year’s reading corner, the new edition features an expanded range of educational and entertainment activities ...

Bloomberg Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro faced growing pressure to cancel plans to rewrite the constitution on Monday with an emboldened opposition calling for a 24-hour strike this week and US President Donald Trump warning of “strong and swift economic actions.” A day after 7.5 million Venezuelans participated in an unofficial referendum to reject the constituent assembly and to call for ...

Bloomberg Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will try his hand at mediating the Gulf crisis with visits to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar, even as his country entrenches its military presence on Qatari soil. “Qatar’s sovereign rights must be protected,” Defense Minister Fikri Isik said on Monday ahead of Erdogan’s July 23-24 visit. “On the other hand, we are saying ...

Bloomberg Brexit negotiators will get down to the technical details of the divorce on Tuesday, tackling issues from nuclear cooperation to residency rights, as Prime Minister Theresa May seeks to silence public sparring among her ministers. UK Brexit Secretary David Davis and EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier are leaving their teams to hash out the details and Davis is back ...

Bloomberg Iran’s foreign minister said his nation’s vow not to seek nuclear weapons “never expires,” even as the Trump administration accused the Islamic Republic of violating the “ spirit” of a 2015 accord easing sanctions. “Iran is committed to not producing nuclear weapons,” Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Monday at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. ...

Bloomberg Russia stepped up pressure on the US to return seized diplomatic compounds in one of the first tests of whether Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin can convert the personal rapport of their initial meeting into improved relations. After talks in Washington between US Undersecretary of State Thomas Shannon and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, the Foreign Ministry in ...