February, 2019

• 26 February

  UAE-funded textile factory opens in Serbia

  BELGRADE / WAM President Aleksandar Vucic of Serbia has opened the textile factory ‘Armis Luss Protect’ textile factory in the Raska District. The factory was funded by the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation. The opening ceremony was attended by the UAE Ambassador to Serbia Mubarak Saeed Ahmed Barasheed Al Dhaheri. The Serbian President thanked the UAE and the Khalifa ...

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• 26 February

  Emirates Steel revenue grows 15% in 2018

  

  ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Emirates Steel, the only integrated steel plant in the UAE, and a subsidiary of the General Holding Corporation (Senaat), announced an outstanding set of financial results for 2018. Emirates Steel achieved AED 7.5 billion in revenue in 2018, an increase of 15% as compared to AED 6.6 billion in 2017. In addition, Emirates Steel delivered ...

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• 26 February

  NMC breaks ground on UAE Pavilion at Expo 2019 Beijing

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM Construction works have begun on the UAE pavilion at Expo 2019 Beijing Horticulture announced the National Media Council (NMC), on Tuesday. Taking place from April 29 to October 7, the expo will be held under the theme ‘Live Green, Live Better’ with more than 110 countries and international organisations participating. The NMC is set to shed ...

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• 26 February

  Maduro’s masked thugs unleash terror along border

  

  Bloomberg The masked motorcyclists roared into the border town, shooting pistols in the air. They sent terrified demonstrators racing to cower in doorways or tremble in the homes of strangers. They formed roadblocks to shake down dissidents, and late into the night they prowled debris-strewn streets in deafening patrols. In San Antonio del Tachira, Venezuela, colectivos — gangs loyal to ...

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• 26 February

  Trump’s Hanoi summit off to rough start

  

  Bloomberg The slapdash nature of Donald Trump’s second summit with Kim Jong Un was exposed on Tuesday, as American journalists were abruptly evicted from a Hanoi hotel housing the North Korean leader and key details of the meeting remained a mystery. The White House has set low ambitions for Thursday’s talks, organized in a matter of weeks after Trump announced ...

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• 26 February

  Russia jails top cyber-cop in US-linked treason case

  Bloomberg A top former Russian cybersecurity officer was jailed for 22 years after a court convicted him of treason for alleged links to US intelligence. Moscow District Military Court ordered that Sergei Mikhailov, who worked in the Federal Security Service’s information-security division, serve his sentence in a high-security prison. Ruslan Stoyanov, a manager at Kaspersky Lab cybersecurity company, was also ...

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• 26 February

  Nigeria president Buhari leads vote, opposition cries foul

  

  Bloomberg Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari held the edge in early election results that the main opposition party claimed were being manipulated following a vote marred by delays and at least 39 deaths. After results from 11 of Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Buhari led his main challenger, Atiku Abubakar, by a 51 percent to 46 percent margin, ...

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• 26 February

  Mohamed visits Seoul National Cemetery

  

  Seoul / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, on Tuesday visited the Seoul National Cemetery at the beginning of his official visit to the Republic of Korea. The visit to the memorial began with a flag-saluting ceremony. His Highness then laid a wreath ...

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• 26 February

  Duphat 2019 kicks off in Dubai

  

  DUBAI / WAM HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Minister of Finance, and President of the Dubai Health Authority, on Tuesday officially opened the 24th edition of Dubai International Pharmaceutical and Technology Conference and Exhibition (Duphat), at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre. Running until February 28, Duphat brings together leading pharmaceutical experts, industry ...

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• 26 February

  Sheikh Khalifa’s Residential City opened in Hadramaut

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), opened the final phase of the Sheikh Khalifa’s Residential City for those affected by the floods that swept through the Hadramaut Governorate in Yemen during the past years. The move follows the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The city consists of 607 housing units in ...

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