January, 2020

• 19 January

  Etihad, JNTO to promote Japan in Middle East

  DUBAI / WAM Etihad Airways and the Japan National Tourism Organisation (JNTO), have announced a joint consumer campaign to promote Japan as a destination of choice for Middle Eastern travelers. The campaign commenced from January 19 with the aim to further increase tourism demand from the Middle East to Japan. In March 2019, JNTO and the Japan Tourism Agency, an ...

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• 19 January

  UAE, India share ‘strong sense of responsibility’ to environment: Al Zeyoudi

  

  CALICUT / WAM The UAE’s Minister of Climate Change and Environment has highlighted the strong bilateral ties between the UAE and India that extend beyond economic synergies at the Kerala Literature Festival 2020 in India. In a keynote address, Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, said that the UAE and India enjoy robust and long-standing bilateral trade relations. “The volume ...

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• 19 January

  ‘We must collaborate to resolve global issues’

  

  DUBAI / WAM The world’s most pressing challenges, including climate change, poverty, inequality and environmental degradation, will be addressed by Expo 2020 Dubai through events that aim to bring the world together in a spirit of optimism for our future. With hundreds of participants and millions of visitors, Expo 2020 will be the ‘World’s Greatest Showcase’ of human brilliance and ...

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• 19 January

  ECI joins hand with AECB to support SMEs’ growth in UAE

  

  DUBAI / WAM Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI), announced on Sunday that it will extend its support to exporters within domestic trade, as part of its development strategy and over goals to support and strengthen local traders. The new move comes as part of the UAE Federal export credit company subscribing to Al Etihad Credit Bureau (AECB). The Bureau is a ...

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• 19 January

  Emirates NBD, DLD partner for trust account services

  

  DUBAI / emirates business Emirates NBD, a leading banking group in the region, signed an agreement with Dubai Land Department’s (DLD’s) Real Estate Regulatory Agency (RERA), to become an escrow agent to provide banking services for jointly owned properties accounts in accordance with the recently issued law no. (6) of 2019 for jointly managed properties. Emirates NBD is the first ...

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• 19 January

  ‘Rain enhancement forum’ kicks off in Abu Dhabi

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM The 4th International Rain Enhancement Forum (IREF), organised by the UAE Research Programme for Rain Enhancement Science (UAEREP), under the supervision of National Center of Meteorology (NCM), opened on Sunday at Jumeirah Etihad Towers in Abu Dhabi. Running untill January 21, IREF serves as a global platform to bring together leading international and national experts, researchers, ...

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• 19 January

  Exhibition exploring art in the internet age to open this March

  

  SHARJAH / WAM The Sharjah Art Foundation, SAF, announced on Sunday that this March it is set to present “the most ambitious exhibition in the Middle East to date” that explores art in the age of the internet. Curated by newly appointed SAF Director of Collections and Senior Curator Omar Kholeif, who also served as co-curator of Sharjah Biennial 14, ...

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• 19 January

  Etihad to promote Japan to Mideast travellers

  

  DUBAI / WAM Etihad Airways and the Japan National Tourism Organisation (JNTO) have announced a joint consumer campaign to promote Japan as a destination of choice for Middle Eastern travellers. The campaign which was expected to commence from January 19 with the aim to further increase tourism demand from the Middle East to Japan. In March 2019, JNTO and the ...

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• 19 January

  IMI acquires Al Ain News portal in latest expansion

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM International Media Investments (IMI) has acquired ownership of Al Ain News portal website, as part of the company’s continuous efforts to expand and diversify its content for global audiences. Al Ain News, which has 1.3 million Facebook fans, more than 620,000 Instagram followers and 320,000 followers on Twitter, is available in several languages across audio, visual ...

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• 19 January

  UAE grants $20m to Arab Gulf Programme for Development

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), the leading national entity for economic development aid, on Sunday signed an agreement detailing the UAE’s capital contribution of US$20 million (AED73 million) to the Arab Gulf Programme for Development, (AGFUND). As one of the founding countries of AGFUND, the UAE has supported the programme’s objectives, goals and activities since ...

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