DUBAI / WAM The Ministry of Finance (MoF) organised a workshop to discuss a book entitled, “Breaking the Oil Spell – The Gulf Falcon’s Path to Diversification”, on its premises in Dubai. The book was launched in April on the sidelines of the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund(IMF) and the World Bank Group(WBG) in Washington DC. The ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has issued an Emiri Decree restructuring the Board of Directors of the Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority, ADWEA, under the chairmanship of Abdullah Ali Musleh Al Ahbabi. The Decree also named the following as members of the Board: Musabbah Mubarak Musabbah Al Marar from Abu ...

  DUBAI / WAM Expo 2020 Dubai will host its first International Planning Meeting (IPM), organised with the involvement of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), the governing body for World Expos. The two-day meeting, opening tomorrow, Monday, will bring together epresentatives of nations from around the world.

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Central Bank of the UAE said on Monday that Abdulrahim Mohammed Al Awadhi, Executive Director of Anti-Money Laundering and Suspicious Cases Unit and Talal Ali Al Sayegh, President of the Kuwait Financial Intelligence Unit and Chairman of National Committee of Combating Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism, signed MoU on Sunday.

  RIYADH / WAM The finance ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) will hold on Tuesday an extraordinary meeting at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the GCC in Riyadh. The meeting will discuss a number of topics including recommendations referred by the committee’s joint meeting with Under-Secretaries of the ministries of finance, the Customs Union Authority and ...

  Dubai / WAM The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) released an Expression of Interest (EOI) for the construction of 3D-printed Laboratories, to conduct research on drones and 3D-printing technologies, at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, the largest single-site project in the world. The Solar Park will generate 1,000 megawatts (MW) by 2020 and 5,000MW by 2030. ...

  Dubai / WAM The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) announced the establishment of the Portuguese Business Council in Dubai, under the umbrella of the Chamber, which will promote economic relations between the business communities of Dubai and Portugal. This is the Chamber’s 48th council. The 25 founding members of the Portuguese Business Council came together to consolidate their ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The working hours of private sector employees in the UAE will be reduced by two hours during the Holy Month of Ramadan, according to a circular issued by Saqr Ghobash, Minister of Human Resources and Emiratisation on Monday. The circular is in implementation of Article (65) of Federal Labour Law No. 8 of 1980 regarding work ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Courts launched on Monday its Annual Report 2015, reflecting a significant improvement in the performance of the three courts; namely, First Instance, Appeal and Court of Cassation and a remarkable progress in Dubai Government’s Unified Customer Complaints’ Portal, smart transformation, and Emiratization. It also achieved the targets of its Operational Plan 2015 which aimed ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business A non-profit programme set up to offer children from low income families the chance to attend life-changing camps is hoping to increase the number of spaces available this summer. BOOST, in collaboration with the Dubai Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), was set-up to tackle the problem of children being confined to cramped indoor spaces during the ...