March, 2019

• 4 March

  ADGM’s 4th RegLab cohort to focus on API economy, sustainable finance

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), will welcome applications for its fourth cohort of Regulatory Laboratory (RegLab), with dual themes of “API economy” and “Sustainable Finance”. Technological advances provide vast opportunities to transform financial services globally. Automated Programming Interfaces, APIs, power this transformation by assisting corporates to fuel internal innovation, reach new customers, extend products and create ...

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• 4 March

  ECSSR launches ‘A Book in an Hour’ initiative

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Emirates Centre for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR), launched “A Book in an Hour” initiative, as part of the month of reading. The centre will host a prominent writer on every Monday of this month. The authors will present their books in the UAE Federation Library lounge at the ECSSR complex in Abu Dhabi. The ...

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• 4 March

  Hamdan opens Al Safa Art and Design Library

  

  Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council, officially inaugurated the new Al Safa Art and Design Library, a branch of the Dubai Public Library, which is a part of Dubai Culture and Arts Authority (Dubai Culture), the emirate’s dedicated entity for culture, arts, heritage, ...

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• 4 March

  Abu Dhabi Presidential Palace to open its doors to the public

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Under the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and the instructions of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, the Presidential Palace complex in the capital Abu Dhabi will house ‘Qasr Al Watan’ — a new ...

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• 4 March

  UAE cabinet OKs amendments to civil procedure code

  

  DUBAI / WAM The UAE Cabinet adopted a resolution on the Civil Procedure Code, which outlines important amendments in line with the UAE Vision 2021 and UAE Centennial Strategy 2071. The amendments are aimed at strengthening and modernising the judicial procedures to ensure their ease of application. The decision comes after concerted efforts between the federal and local authorities within ...

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• 4 March

  Moon lauds Kim’s nuclear offer, splitting with Trump

  

  Bloomberg South Korean President Moon Jae-in praised North Korea’s offer to dismantle a key nuclear production complex as an “irreversible” step to undercut its weapons program, breaking with the Trump administration. In a meeting to discuss the summit last week in Hanoi between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un, Moon on Monday lauded North Korea’s offer to dismantle the Yongbyon nuclear ...

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• 4 March

  Russia withdraws from nuclear missile treaty

  Bloomberg President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree formally suspending compliance with a landmark 1987 nuclear disarmament treaty, a month after the Russian leader announced his country would pull out of the pact in response to a similar step by the US. President Donald Trump on February 1 said the US was halting its obligations under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear For- ...

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• 4 March

  Government counts casualties not us, says India air chief

  Bloomberg India’s air force doesn’t count casualties, the government does, Air Chief B.S Dhanoa said on Monday, as opposition leaders call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for proof of success on recent strikes against Pakistan. “We hit our target. The air force doesn’t calculate casualty numbers, the government does that,” Dhanoa said at a briefing in the southern city of ...

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• 4 March

  Algeria risks explosion as Bouteflika defies protesters

  

  Bloomberg Fresh calls for protests and strikes rippled through Algeria on Monday, with some warning that President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s determination to run for a fifth term would set the nation ablaze even as he vowed to stand down within a year. The outburst of anger came almost immediately after Bouteflika’s campaign filed his official nomination papers for the April 18 ...

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• 4 March

  Guaido to return Venezuela amid threat

  

  Bloomberg Juan Guaido’s party said the Venezuelan rival president is coming home for marches in the capital on Monday, risking arrest in his bid to end six of years of rule by Nicolas Maduro that have led the nation into poverty and revolt. “All to the streets, beside our president Juan Guaido for his arrival at Caracas,” read an invitation ...

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