March, 2022

• 17 March

  Adnic shareholders okay AED228m cash dividends

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi National Insurance Company (Adnic) approved the distribution of 40 percent cash dividends (AED0.40 per share, implying total cash dividends of AED228 million) for the financial year ended December 31, 2021, after concluding it Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Wednesday. All items on the agenda for the AGM were discussed and approved. Shareholders also approved ...

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• 17 March

  Abu Dhabi, Kazakhstan to expand business ties

  

    ABU DHABI / WAM Chairman of Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Abdullah Mohamed Al Mazrui, and Ambassador Madiar Menilikov of Kazakhstan to the UAE, discussed the latest developments in economic cooperation between Abu Dhabi and Kazakhstan. Held at the chamber’s tower in Abu Dhabi, the meeting highlighted the development in cooperation ties between the two sides over ...

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• 17 March

  UAE to join Singapore convention to help boost international trade

  

    ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE will join the Singapore Convention on Mediation to help facilitate international trade and investment and promote the appeal of mediation as a mechanism of resolving commercial disputes with a cross-border dimension. Supported by the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC), Ministry of Justice (MoJ), and Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), ...

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• 17 March

  FTA launches new website

    ABU DHABI / WAM The Federal Tax Authority (FTA) has launched its newly developed website www.tax. gov.ae to further improving tax system efficiency in the country. The website has unique features to enable people of determination to access services and information with complete ease. It provides sign language to obtain a virtual assistance service that directly answers the questions ...

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• 17 March

  Sheikh Mohamed, UK’s Boris Johnson discuss partnership

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, on Wednesday discussed with Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (UK), the historical friendly relations between the UAE and the UK, the joint cooperation and coordination in various fields, in addition ...

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• 17 March

  Airport Show to highlight latest technology for green airports

  

    Dubai / WAM With officials becoming focused on sustainability to ensure a better future for the airport industry, Reed Exhibitions Middle East is focusing on sustainability at the world’s largest airport industry B2B platform that will be organised from May 17-19 at the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC). The 21st edition of Airport Show, under the patronage of HH ...

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• 17 March

  Mauritius opens its representative office in Dubai to boost trade

  

    DUBAI / WAM The Economic Development Board (EDB), the national investment promotion agency of the government of Mauritius, has opened a new representative office at headquarters of Dubai Chambers, with the aim of promoting bilateral ties and identifying opportunities in the UAE that Mauritian companies can benefit from. The new office is part of joint cooperation efforts between Dubai ...

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• 17 March

  UAE, Argentina have deeply rooted strategic relations

  

    Abu Dhabi / WAM Gerardo Zamora, Governor of Santiago del Estero, Argentina, said his country and the UAE have deeply rooted strategic ties that are advancing in many areas, including the economic, investment and commercial sectors. In an interview with the Emirates News Agency (WAM), Zamora, who is visiting the country leading a trade delegation from Argentina, stressed that ...

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• 17 March

  Q Holding launches its operations

  

    ABU DHABI / WAM Q Holding PJSC, based in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, launched on Wednesday as a leading global investment holding company, powerful business enabler and strategically astute platform redefining the future of successful, sustainable growth for stakeholders while enabling businesses to build their networks locally, regionally and globally on solid foundations of innovation. Abdulla Mohamed Butti ...

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• 17 March

  A limited Ukraine policy might seem to be rational

  

  Driving into Washington over the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge the other night, I looked over at the Kennedy Center, all lit up in the blue and yellow of the Ukrainian flag. For a moment I was proud: Yes, America stands with Ukraine. Then I remembered: At that moment, Russia was shelling residential areas, mothers and their children were cowering in basements, ...

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