June, 2019

• 24 June

  Abu Dhabi Airports wins CIPS procurement award

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Airports secured a ‘Procurement Excellence Gold Award’ from the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS), following its completion of a comprehensive award submission. Abu Dhabi Airports is the only airports group in the world to have achieved the CIPS Advanced Level, and the first in the Mena region to have successfully been certified ...

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• 24 June

  Castrol launches initiative to support workshops in UAE

  

  Dubai / Emirates Business Castrol, the world leading manufacturer, distributor and marketer of premium lubricating oils, greases and related services to automotive, industrial, marine, aviation, oil exploration and production customers, has launched a new initiative to support workshops around the UAE. A newly introduced fleet of dedicated delivery vehicles serving the whole of the UAE has been put in place ...

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• 24 June

  Adnec to promote key defence shows in Russia

  

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business As part of its ongoing outreach to attract more international exhibitors to its leading defence shows, a delegation from Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (Adnec) is set to participate in the International Military-Technical Forum ‘Army -2019’. Set to run from June 25-30 in Moscow, Russia, Army-2019 is one of the most comprehensive defence exhibitions in ...

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• 24 June

  Dubai set to host diamond conference in September

  

  Dubai / WAM The Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC), announced the dates for the upcoming Dubai Diamond Conference. The fourth edition of the conference will take place on September 26, at the Almas Conference Centre in Dubai. The one-day event will gather global industry professionals to discuss the impact of technological innovation on the diamond industry, its supply chain, and ...

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• 24 June

  Korean companies awarded Barakah service agreements

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Nawah Energy Company (Nawah), the subsidiary created by Joint Venture partners Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec), and Korea Electric Power Corporation (Kepco), to operate, maintain the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant, on Monday signed a Long Term Maintenance Services Agreement (LTMSA), with Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP), supported by Kepco Plant Service and Engineering (KPS). Under the scope of ...

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• 24 June

  Mohammed bin Rashid celebrates 10 years of presence on Twitter

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, among the early adopters of social media in the region, completes a decade of his presence on Twitter this June. To commemorate his decade-long presence on Twitter, a book featuring a collection of tweets by Sheikh Mohammed ...

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• 24 June

  Ministry approves Uber-Careem deal

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy (MoE), issued a ministerial decision approving the status of Economic Concentration in the UAE market for the upcoming acquisition of Careem – one of the leading start-ups established in the UAE – by global company Uber. Under the Competition Law No. 04 of 2012 and the Executive Regulation ...

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• 24 June

  Trump warns of more Iran sanctions, but few targets left

  

  Bloomberg President Donald Trump is threatening Iran with additional sanctions on Monday, but there’s not much left for the US to target because most of the Islamic Republic’s economy has been crippled by earlier penalties. The US is already sanctioning significant sectors including oil, banks and steel, leaving smaller targets including certain exports and government officials. Trump could hit Iran’s ...

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• 24 June

  Russia accuses US of stoking anti-Kremlin campaign in Georgia

  

  Bloomberg Russia accused the US of stoking mass anti-government protests in neighbouring Georgia that were triggered by public anger at Moscow’s influence in the ex-Soviet nation. The surge in tensions came after at least 240 people were hurt in clashes between police and demonstrators in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi. Protesters were angered by pictures of a Russian lawmaker, Sergei Gavrilov, ...

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• 24 June

  Palestinians protest against Kushner’s economic peace plan

  

  Bloomberg Palestinians demonstrated in the West Bank on Monday against a Trump administration plan to raise tens of billions of dollars to boost their economy, calling it a “snow job” meant to persuade them to give up their goal of statehood. About 2,000 people converged on central Ramallah carrying a coffin meant to symbolise the death of this week’s US-backed ...

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