June, 2018

• 13 June

  Emirates boosts flights for busy Umrah season

  

  DUBAI / WAM Emirates Airlines will be boosting its flights to Jeddah during the busy Umrah season. The airline will operate 24 extra flights, adding more than 10,000 additional seats between Dubai and Jeddah from June 12-14. The additional flights will be serviced by the Boeing 777-300ER. Emirates’ additional flights will help accommodate more convenient travel through Dubai during the ...

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• 13 June

  Dubai Tourism continues its support of travel-tech start-ups

  DUBAI / Emirates Business Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism) continues its unwavering support of innovative start-ups with its backing of DUBZ, a baggage storage and delivery start-up. Following advisory services and market access to leading aviation players provided by the Department, DUBZ has partnered with dnata, one of the world’s largest air services providers, to introduce ...

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• 13 June

  Abu Dhabi to host World Energy Congress in 2019

  

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The UAE Organising Committee of the 24th World Energy Congress and World Nuclear Association announced on Wednesday the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), focussed on endorsing progression in energy transition and supporting nuclear technology during the 24th World Energy Congress to take place in Abu Dhabi in 2019. World Nuclear Association is the ...

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• 13 June

  Mohamed, Macron reaffirm robust bilateral relations

  Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and French President Emmanuel Macron explored paths to further promote bilateral relations and cement friendship ties between the two countries’ peoples. In a phone conversation, the two sides reaffirmed the robust relations between the ...

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• 13 June

  Efforts of UAE, Saudi to facilitate humanitarian aid to Yemen hailed

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Since the onset of its military operations in support of the internationally recognised government in Yemen, the Saudi-led Arab Coalition has been supportive of the relief operations undertaken by different UN and international humanitarian organisations in the country. The myriad partnerships and agreements concluded by the UAE and Saudi Arabia with several global organisations to facilitate ...

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• 13 June

  AED160 million worth of housing support for 200 national approved

  Dubai / WAM The Sheikh Zayed Housing Programme has announced the names of 200 UAE nationals who are eligible for housing support totalling AED160 million, as part of the final batch of names of the “1,000 Housing Support Decision” initiative, which it declared during the first week of the Holy Month of Ramadan. The approval, which coincides with Eid al-Fitr, ...

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• 13 June

  Ministry launches travel, safety advice campaign

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation launched a new travel advice campaign for UAE nationals planning to travel abroad, to ensure their safety and fulfil its role in facilitating their travel and stay abroad, coinciding with the Eid-al-Fitr holiday and the start of the country’s summer holidays. Rashid Ali Al Dhaheri, Director of the ...

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• 13 June

  ERC to distribute Eid clothing in Hadramaut

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), has launched in Mukalla, Hadramaut Governorate, its third charity project to distribute Eid clothing. The project aims to distribute 7,000 clothes to the families of martyrs, children with disabilities and low-income families, as per the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and ...

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• 13 June

  UAE to highlight importance of space sector at UN conference

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE will participate in the United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, ‘UNISPACE +50’, in the Austrian capital, Vienna, which will be held between June 18-21. The country will participate through a high level delegation from the UAE Space Agency, led by Dr Ahmad bin Abdullah Humaid Belhoul Al Falasi, ...

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• 13 June

  Iran, Venezuela oil output could slump by 30%: IEA

  

  Bloomberg OPEC members Iran and Venezuela could lose almost 30 percent of their oil output next year due to US sanctions and economic upheaval, requiring extra supplies from the group’s Gulf members, the International Energy Agency said. In its first detailed forecast for 2019, the IEA said new oil output from outside OPEC — in particular US shale — should ...

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