Abu Dhabi / WAM Yas Island, the UAE’s premier entertainment destination is set to host thousands of visitors for the eighth annual Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix for what is anticipated to be the island’s best Race Weekend to date. Yas Island’s 16 attractions will host a full schedule on and off track entertainment, activities and offers ...

  Ajman / Emirates Business The Ajman Tourism Development Department (ATDD) announced a number of unique events to celebrate the 45th National Day of the United Arab Emirates, to be highlighted by a time capsule that will tour a number of important places and dignitaries across the emirate. Starting from November 24, the time capsule was showcased to the audience ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business As part of the UAE’s Innovation Week, Etihad Aviation Group (EAG) launched Fikra, a UAE-based competition aimed at fostering entrepreneurship and innovation across the country. Fikra means ‘idea’ in Arabic and the competition aims to encourage students to deliver solutions to some of the major challenges facing the aviation industry in today’s ever-competitive environment. ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) organised the 6th Creativity and Innovation Conference as part of DEWA Innovation Week. This takes place in conjunction with the 2nd UAE Innovation Week, which is organised annually in adherence with the directives of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE ...

  Dubai / WAM The Dubai Municipality on Thursday honoured the winners of the fifth Innovations from Waste contest, which was organised by the Municipality’s Waste Management Department in co-operation with Dubai Educational Zone and the Knowledge and Human Development Authority. The winners were announced at a special ceremony held at the Children’s City in the Creek Park after a special ...

  Sharjah / WAM The Sharjah Department of Statistics and Community Development (DSCD) developed an e-application to help government entities identify different sectors of community for added social assistance. The announcement was made during the UAE Innovation Week, which runs from November 20-26, at the Expo Centre Sharjah. Set to be launched in the near future in collaboration with a software ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Rabdan Academy is participating in providing the latest scientific innovations in safety and security, emergency risk management, crisis management while providing lectures and practical training, during the Emirates Week for Innovation 2016, organised by the UAE government. The event includes a demonstration of the security devices and their latest technology with the participation of Ministry ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business In celebration of the UAE Innovation Week, the Secretariat of the Supreme Legislation Committee (SLC) held a ‘Reading Day’ recently as part of the national efforts to promote science, innovation and reading and place the UAE as one of the leading capitals in culture, knowledge and innovation. This move is part of a series ...

  Istanbul / AFP One year after the crisis that plunged relations between Russia and Turkey to a post-Cold War low, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan have overseen a spectacular revival in ties at a time when both are facing new tensions with the West. The shooting down of a Russian military jet over the Syrian border by the ...

  Istanbul / AFP Two people were killed and 21 wounded on Thursday when a car bomb exploded outside a local government building in the southern Turkish city of Adana, the latest attack to rock Turkey this year. The bomb exploded in the car park of the governor’s office for the Adana region, the governorate said in a statement.The explosion ...