September, 2018

• 15 September

  Adnic, GDA ink MoU to support prevention of genetic disorders

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed by Abu Dhabi National Insurance Company (Adnic) and the UAE Genetic Diseases Association (GDA) to support the prevention of genetic disorders across the UAE. The signing took place in the presence of Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance, and President of the UAE Genetic Diseases Association; Noura ...

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• 15 September

  Ajman rolls our interactive maps

  Ajman / WAM His Highness Sheikh Ammar bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, Crown Prince of Ajman, and Chairman of the emirate’s Executive Council, has launched an interactive maps initiative, a project of the Ajman Statistics and Competitiveness Centre, which seeks to transform the emirate’s data from the macro to mezzo level. Rolled out with the support of the Ajman Statistics and ...

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• 15 September

  Sharjah Chamber organises trade mission to Moscow expo

  Sharjah / WAM The Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI), in cooperation with the Federation of UAE Chambers of Commerce and Industry, organised a trade mission to participate in the WorldFood Exhibition in Moscow. The SCCI, which will be represented by the Sharjah Exports Development Centre, will attend the activities at the exhibition from September 17-19. The trade mission ...

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• 15 September

  DLD issues half a million realty permits through ‘Trakheesi

  

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Land Department (DLD), through the Real Estate Regulatory Agency (RERA), announced the issuance of nearly 500 thousand real estate permits for real estate companies through the ‘Trakheesi’ system. Ali Abdulla Al Ali, Director of Real Estate Licensing Department at RERA, said: “Achieving this number reflects the overwhelming approval of ‘Trakheesi’ and the services it provides ...

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• 15 September

  Over 1,400 Yemenis benefit from ERC aid in Fujair, Hadramaut

  

  HADRAMAUT / WAM Up to 1,400 people from Al Fujair area in Trim district, Hadramaut, benefited from urgent relief aid distributed by the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), as part of the UAE surge plan to ease the suffering of the Yemeni people. The UAE’s premier humanitarian aid provider distributed the aid among the eligible households in the district who have ...

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• 15 September

  Enoc plans to open five service stations in Sharjah

  

  SHARJAH / WAM The Emirates National Oil Company Group (Enoc), plans to open five service stations in 2019, with the number of stations in the emirate reaching 25 over the next five years. The stations will include the latest technologies and equipment and will operate according to the highest standards to develop the services provided to residents of the emirate. ...

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• 15 September

  Azimut reinforces its global market leadership at Cannes yachting show

  

  Dubai / Emirates Business With the new boat show season that has just started in Cannes, Azimut Yachts, the world’s leading yachts manufacturer with seven offices in the Middle East including UAE, achieved an excellent year as Azimut Benetti Group closed the accounting period with value of production estimated at €850 million (+18% on the previous year at constant exchange ...

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• 15 September

  Al Ain SME 2018 opens on Monday

  Al AIN / WAM Focused on empowering small and medium sized business and startups, the third edition of the Al Ain SME 2018 will be held under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Council, at the Al Ain Convention Centre on September 17-18. The event’s 2017 edition was hugely successful ...

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• 15 September

  UAE launches student competition on nuclear development

  

  VIENNA / WAM The Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna has launched the first National Nuclear Science for Development Student Competition in cooperation with the UAE Ministry of Education, the Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR) and Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec). Targeting high-school students from the age of 14 ...

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• 15 September

  Florence flooding overwhelms coastal North Carolina; 5 dead

  

  Bloomberg Florence weakened to a tropical storm, trudging through the Carolinas at 5 miles per hour as it unloaded pelting rain and floods that killed at least five people. Its implacable advance threatens as much as $20 billion in damage, a toll that likely will unfold through the weekend. “Florence is still grinding its way across North Carolina,” Governor Roy ...

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