November, 2021

• 1 November

  Emirates-Seychelles deal to promote trade, tourism

  

  DUBAI / WAM Emirates signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Seychelles Tourism Board at Expo 2020, reaffirming its commitment to the island nation and outlining joint initiatives to promote trade and tourism to the country. The MoU was signed by Ahmed Khoory, Emirates’ SVP Commercial West Asia and Indian Ocean, and Sherin Francis, Principal Secretary Tourism Department, Tourism ...

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• 1 November

  Registration for 11th edition of Sial ME opens

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The registration for the 11th edition of Sial Middle East 2021 (Sial ME) is now open. Sial ME will return to Abu Dhabi from December 7-9. Organised and hosted by Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (Adnec), the event will be held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister, ...

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• 1 November

  Masdar City Free Zone facilitates golden visas in Abu Dhabi

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Masdar City Free Zone has announced that it is now facilitating the process and submitting, Golden Visas for all eligible candidates and their families. In collaboration with Abu Dhabi Residents Office (ADRO), a division recently launched by the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (Added), Masdar City Free Zone is already working to promote the Golden ...

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• 1 November

  1,726 Emiratis handed over their new homes under Sheikh Zayed Housing Programme

  

  Dubai / WAM The Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, through the Sheikh Zayed Housing Programme, has announced the delivery of newly constructed homes to 1,726 UAE nationals across the emirates of Dubai, Ras Al Khaimah and Ajman. Suhail bin Mohammed Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, said that the programme will continue offering eligible Emirati citizens keys to their ...

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October, 2021

• 31 October

  Abu Dhabi launches ‘Art Hub exhibition’

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Maktaba, the library management department of the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi), on Sunday opened its Art Hub exhibition at the Khalifa Park Library (KPL), which will be on display until November 25. Featuring multimedia works spanning visual arts, crafts and design, created by 24 UAE-based emerging artists, the exhibition ...

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• 31 October

  Etihad Airways to resume flights to Medina from November 27

  

  ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Etihad Airways has announced the launch of flights to the holy city of Medina from November 27. Medina will be served three times weekly from Abu Dhabi using a modern two-class Airbus A321. Fatma Al Mehairi, Vice President Sales UAE at Etihad Airways, said: “We look forward to reconnecting Abu Dhabi with Medina, a city ...

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• 31 October

  UAE sees 118 new recoveries from Covid-19

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 287,876 additional Covid-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment. In a statement, the ministry stressed its aim to continue expanding scope of testing nationwide to facilitate the early detection of coronavirus cases and carry out the necessary treatment. As part ...

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• 31 October

  Sao Paulo’s Dubai office made great impact in 20 months: Governor

  

  Dubai / WAM Sao Paulo’s Trade Promotion Office in Dubai, which opened a few months ago, made a “great impact” in terms of trade and investment relations between the Brazilian state and the Middle East, the state’s top official told Emirates News Agency (WAM). “Well, the impact (of Dubai office) is great and very positive. We started a new business ...

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• 31 October

  Airlines get ready to fly into an uncertain future

  

  The world’s air carriers are preparing their cabins for take-off. After 18 months in which passenger planes were laid up in desert boneyards, converted into makeshift medical-supplies freighters, and even flown on short return hops just to maintain their pilots’ certifications, the machinery of the global aviation industry is gradually creaking back into life. Emirates, the biggest carrier by international ...

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• 31 October

  Apple, Amazon come down to earth

  

  The supply-chain crisis is driving a wedge through Big Tech. Earlier this week, Microsoft Corp. and Google parent Alphabet Inc. posted robust earnings results, as their software and internet-focused business models allowed them to avoid much of the supply-chain headwinds affecting other industries. But Apple Inc and Amazon.com Inc showed how vulnerable they were to the supply-chain mess. And it ...

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