February, 2020

• 16 February

  Women’s empowerment is part of Emirati culture

  DUBAI / WAM The UAE has strengthened its regional and international leadership in women’s empowerment, and is harnessing their potential to serve this purpose, as well as drafting frameworks and mechanisms to ensure gender balance, said Mohammed Jalal Al Raisi, Executive Director of the Emirates News Agency (WAM). “The UAE’s related efforts has made women’s empowerment a reality and has ...

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• 16 February

  18 banks, financial firms record AED46.47b profit

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM A total of 18 out of 19 national banks and financial companies registered in Emirati financial markets declared their financial figures for 2019, which highlighted an increase in their total net profits to AED46.47 billion, an increase of 11.6 percent compared to AED41.63 billion in 2018. The reported increase reflects the ability of the national banking ...

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• 16 February

  Abu Dhabi’s Ghadan 21 programme accelerates emirate’s development

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM From instant licences and incubators, to affordable school places and art springing up all over town, Abu Dhabi’s AED 50 billion ($13.6 billion) programme Ghadan 21 is accelerating Abu Dhabi’s development as a place where businesses, innovative ideas and diverse people can not only grow, but thrive. Envisioned by His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al ...

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• 16 February

  Abu Dhabi Consumer Price Index falls 1.8%

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Statistics Centre – Abu Dhabi (SCAD) reported on Sunday that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) decreased by 1.8 percent in January 2020, compared with the same month in 2019. According to the latest index report of the statistics authority, the CPI reached 109.7 percent in January 2020, while it was 111.8 percent in January 2019. ...

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• 16 February

  Investment opportunities worth AED85b in UAE Islamic economy

  

  DUBAI / WAM Abdullah Al-Maeeni, Director-General of Emirates Authority for Standardisation and Metrology (ESMA) announced that the Islamic spending on food and beverages has grown by 1.6 percent, and is expected to reach $9.1 trillion in the next three years, reflecting a very important opportunity for investment and creating global halal food brands. The volume of investment opportunities in the ...

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• 16 February

  Saudi youth to volunteer during Expo 2020 Dubai

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Emirates Foundation and the Saudi Arabia Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to launch an integrated programme that provides volunteering opportunities for Saudi youth based in the UAE. In line with the youth capacity building objective of synergy, the volunteers will receive mentoring and guidance during their participation in Expo ...

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• 16 February

  AED162m in water infrastructure projects approved

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Under the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and the support of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and the monitoring of HH Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of ...

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• 16 February

  Arab Children’s Parliament calls for unified Arab education

  

  SHARJAH / WAM The Arab Children’s Parliament held its third session where members discussed the right of the Arab child to education, including: child participation in developing education, curricula and textbooks, improving the quality of education, children without schools, talents and children, and the role of education in empowering the child to participate in achieving the sustainable development goals. The ...

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• 16 February

  US says it has thwarted $6b Russia-Germany gas pipeline project

  

  Bloomberg President Donald Trump’s top energy official said he’s confident that Russia won’t be able to complete the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea — and signalled that the US will press forward with its opposition to the project. Asked about Russian efforts to circumvent US sanctions on the pipeline by completing it on its own, US ...

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• 16 February

  Johnson’s Treasury coup could shift UK budget goalposts again

  

  Bloomberg Boris Johnson’s regime change at the Treasury could herald yet more tweaks to the rules that keep Britain’s budgets in check. The shock resignation of Sajid Javid as chancellor of the exchequer last week robbed the new Conservative government of a fiscal hawk who moderated the big spending ambitions of the most powerful prime minister since Tony Blair. His ...

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