April, 2016

• 3 April

  Bahrain’s Abraaj announces UAE debut

  

  OUR CORRESPONDENT / Emirates Business Bahrain’s Al Abraaj group, a leading investor operating in global growth markets, announced their first venture in the UAE, with YaSalam! Restaurant in Jumeirah Lake Tower, Dubai. As the economy of F&B industry in the UAE is undergoing a significant growth, it has been estimated that the industry is to witness 1,600 new F&B outlets by ...

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• 3 April

  Hybrid-Electric Challenge to feature plug-in cars

  Abu Dhabi / EMIRATES BUSINESS Khalifa University and the Global Education Energy Environment (Global EEE), in cooperation with Launchpad, announced the 2016 Global Hybrid-Electric Challenge, which will debut to feature electric cars built by students on April 7 to 9 at the Al Forsan International Resort in Abu Dhabi. In two Grand Prix races, 17 teams from universities around the ...

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• 3 April

  Abu Dhabi eyeing Africa to drive tourism growth

  

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi) will be joined by key attractions and hotels at the World Travel Market Africa 2016 (WTM Africa) to capitalise on the surging growth in visitor numbers from the country into the emirate. Since TCA Abu Dhabi opened an office in Johannesburg, South Africa, last year to ...

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• 3 April

  Greece countdown begins for EU-Turkey migrant returns

  

  Lesbos / AFP Greek and EU authorities on Sunday fine-tuned an operation to expel to Turkey hundreds of migrants denied asylum in a landmark deal slammed by rights groups. Officials declined to comment on the details of the operation, which is believed to begin early Monday from the Greek island of Lesbos where there are over 3,300 refugees and migrants. ...

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• 3 April

  ‘EU must watch rights in Turkey despite deal’

  Berlin / AFP European Parliament President Martin Schulz said on Sunday the EU must make no concessions to Turkey over human rights but voiced confidence in a deal with Ankara to manage the refugee crisis. Under the controversial agreement, Turkey is due to take back illegal migrants from EU member Greece from Monday, when it will also start an orderly ...

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• 3 April

  Australia opposes Trump’s Asia nuclear policy: PM

  Sydney / AFP Australia opposes Donald Trump’s suggestion that Japan and South Korea should develop nuclear weapons since this would “add considerably” to the risk of regional conflict, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said Sunday. The Republican presidential front-runner had declared he would withdraw US troops from both countries and allow them to develop their own nuclear arsenals. But Turnbull said ...

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• 3 April

  Azerbaijan announces ‘unilateral’ ceasefire in Nagorny Karabakh

  

  Baku / AFP Azerbaijan on Sunday announced a unilateral ceasefire after the worst violence over disputed Nagorny Karabakh in more than two decades, but Armenian forces said clashes were continuing despite international appeals to stop fighting. “Azerbaijan, showing good will, has decided to unilaterally cease hostilities”, Azerbaijan’s defense ministry said in a statement, warning it would “liberate all (Armenian) occupied ...

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• 3 April

  Blast ahead of Serbian PM visit in Kosovo

  Belgrade / AFP An explosive device was thrown and automatic weapons were fired at a sports hall in northern Kosovo on Sunday some 12 hours before Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic was due to visit, Serbian media reported, adding that there were no casualties. The blast occurred outside a hall at Zubin Potok at around 3:00 a.m as workers were ...

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• 3 April

  All asylum children freed from mainland detention: Australia

  

  Sydney / AFP The last asylum-seeker children in Australian mainland detention have been freed, the government said on Sunday, although dozens of others are still being held on the remote Pacific island of Nauru. Under Canberra’s harsh immigration policy, asylum-seekers who try to reach Australia by boat are turned back or sent to Pacific camps in Nauru and Papua New ...

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• 3 April

  China’s intelligence shakeup mirrors its political tumult

  

  China’s intelligence service, the Ministry of State Security (MSS), offers a snapshot of the political intrigue taking place within the regime of President Xi Jinping. The MSS has replaced two vice ministers within the last four years, after reports of political infighting and scandal. The current minister is said to be a figurehead, with the real power held by a ...

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