Sharjah / WAM The Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority (SCTDA) headed to Moscow from Berlin to continue promoting international travel to the emirate. The Authority is heading a delegation, which includes key representatives from Sharjah tourism and travel players, to Moscow International Trade and Tourism, MITT, Russia’s leading and largest travel exhibition and one of the five largest exhibitions ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Land Department (DLD) will highlight several of its pioneering initiatives during the first day of the Dubai Property Show in Shanghai as the strategic partner of the event, which will be inaugurated on Friday and will run for three days until March 26. DLD’s participation is taking place at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention ...

  Singapore / WAM Singapore named a rare kind of Orchid flower in the National Botanic Gardens in Singapore after H.H. Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union, Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation and President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, the Mother of the UAE, as an example of the Arab woman, and ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) is celebrating Earth Hour 2017 on Saturday March 25, under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council. Earth Hour 2017 is one of the largest environmental initiatives in the world aimed at tackling climate change. Earth ...

  ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi) announced that preparations for Mother of the Nation Festival are in their final stages. The Festival will open its doors from 4pm until midnight on Sunday March 26 and run daily until April 4 on Abu Dhabi Corniche. The Festival will offer four diverse activity zones ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business For the second year in a row, the Ministry of Economy (MoE) is organizing a promotional roadshow under the slogan ‘Visit UAE’ in the People’s Republic of China from March 27 to 28 in Shanghai and Beijing to showcase the UAE’s world-class tourism destinations. The delegation will be headed by Mohammed Khamis Al Mheiri, ...

  Dubai / WAM Eng. Hussain Nasser Lootah, Director-General of the Dubai Municipality, issued a circular requiring all buildings and shopping centres to provide adequate safety requirements that would ensure public safety, especially for children. Khalid Mohammed Sharif, Assistant Director-General for Environment, Health and Safety Sector, explained that the municipality is keen on achieving strategic objectives of safety while ensuring ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business ADNOC Distribution announced the opening of Gutouf service station in Al Rahba area of Abu Dhabi as part of the company’s strategic expansion plan to meet the growing demand for its high-quality products and services. Located near Golden Stars Stadium, the latest addition to ADNOC Distribution’s network takes the total number of stations in ...

  Bloomberg Confusion over a law allowing foreigners to buy condominiums in Myanmar is prolonging a slowdown in its residential property sector, highlighting the challenges of regulatory flux in the frontier market. The legislation adopted in January 2016 leaves unanswered questions such as whether it applies to existing apartments, hurting efforts to woo investors. The outlook now depends partly on ...

  Bloomberg Franklin Templeton Investments bought about 80 billion rupees ($1.2 billion) of Indian government bonds in two days this week, a person with knowledge of the matter said. The purchases, made on Tuesday and Wednesday, were largely for tenors maturing in 2021-2023, said traders who asked not to be identified because they aren’t authorized to speak publicly. JPMorgan Chase ...