Dubai / Emirates Business Azizi Developments, the biggest private developer in Al Furjan, awarded a contract worth AED200 million to Dubai-based Keilani Construction Company LLC to construct two new serviced residences in the area. The high-end serviced residences – named Roy-Mediterranean and Montrell – will comprise studios and one-bedroom apartments, each standing 9 storeys tall, including the ground level ...

DUBAI / WAM Foreign investors purchased AED 667.4 million worth of shares on Dubai Financial Market (DFM) and sold AED 561.3 million over the week, DFM said on Thursday. Net foreign investment on the market reached AED 106.1 million, as aggregate buy. Value of shares bought by foreigner investors comprised 50.2 per cent of the total value of stocks traded ...

  SHARJAH / WAM Abdullah Sultan Al Owais, Chairman of the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry(SCCI) said that the historical and fraternal relations between the UAE and the Sultanate of Oman is a starting point and an additional incentive to continue working hard for the development of bilateral economic relations to achieve a compatible system within the GCC’s common ...

  Dubai / WAM In line with the UAE’s signing of the Paris Agreement at the Climate Conference COP21, the latest edition of Dubai Green Leadership Series (GLS) organized by Dubai Science Park and Dubai Green Economy Partnership discussed ways to unite public and private sector efforts in achieving a low-carbon resilient development in the UAE. “As global citizens, we ...

  AJMAN / WAM HH Sheikh Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ajman, attended the graduation ceremony of the first batch of City University College of Ajman (CUCA). Some 235 students from various colleges were honoured. The honouring ceremony was attended by HH Sheikh Ammar bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, Crown Prince of Ajman, Sheikh Rashid bin ...

  Dubai / WAM The Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (TRA) signed a cooperative agreement with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the UN’s specialised agency for information and communications technologies, and Mohammed Bin Rashid Smart Learning Program (MBRSLP) during their participation at the SAMENA Telecom Leaders’ Summit 2016 held recently in Dubai. The agreement is aimed at coordinating joint efforts in assisting and ...

  DUBAI / WAM Suhail Mohamed Faraj Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy, visited Dubai Electricity and Water Authority’s (DEWA’s) Sustainable Building in Al Quoz and was received by Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of DEWA. Al Mazrouei was accompanied by Fatima Al Foora Al Shamsi, Assistant Undersecretary for Electricity, Clean Energy, and Desalinated Water, Talal Al Fulaiti, Director ...

  Dubai / WAM The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) said that the decision to revise the parking fee structure in Dubai Emirate was prompted by the need to find solutions for the problem of the decreasing number of vacant parking slots in congested parts of the city. It also stems from the need to encourage people to use more ...

  Dubai / WAM Offshore Arabia Exhibition witnessed the participation of 100 companies from 23 countries. The companies shared the latest trends in modern technologies, particularly in the marine and maritime industries. This year, Emirates Classification Society (Tasneef) and Aries Group got the largest local stand in the exhibition, and the largest international stand was for Meritatio Seahow. The higher ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Under the patronage of HH Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, attended the Zayed University 2016 graduation ceremony at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC). Present were Sheikha Lubna bint Khalid Al Qasimi, ...