July, 2017

• 18 July

  EmiratesGBC to launch building retrofit training programme in Aug

  Dubai / Emirates Business Emirates Green Building Council (EmiratesGBC), an independent forum aimed at conserving the environment by strengthening and promoting green building practices, announced that its Building Retr-ofit Training (BRT) Programme will be launched in August. Organised in partnership with the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy and Masdar (Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company), the BRT Programme starts on August ...

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• 18 July

  MBRF ‘youth circle’ to promote Arabic

  DUBAI / WAM The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation (MBRF) is joining hands with the Emirates Youth Council to hold a Youth Circle on Twitter on Wednesday from 6:30am to 8:30pm. Titled “How to Make Arabic the Language of Science and Knowledge?”, the real-time discussion will take place via the hashtags: #Youth_Circle and #Bil_Arabi, allowing participants around the ...

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• 18 July

  Fujairah government inks partnership pact on Smart Logistics City

  

  COPENHAGEN / WAM The Government of Fujairah has signed a partnership agreement with Minpoint Business Investments and NIRAS International Consultancy, to begin the first phase of construction of the Smart Logistics City in Fujairah. The agreement was signed in the Danish capital, Copenhagen, by Mohammed Saeed Al Dhanhani, Head of the Emiri Court in Fujairah, Director-General of the Fujairah Investment ...

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• 18 July

  Emirates Post enhances promotional stamps service for public, private firms

  

  Dubai / WAM Emirates Post Group has enhanced its Promotional Stamps Service, which targets public and private institutions to celebrate their special occasion and milestone achievements by creating postage stamps. The service enables government and private institutions to mark their historic occasions by issuing special stamps, designed in association with Emirates Post Group. Abdullah Mohammad Al Ashram, Acting CEO of ...

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• 18 July

  Ministry of Interior organsies workshop on innovation

  AJAMN / WAM Developing an innovation-based mechanism to everyday challenges was the core and crux of a workshop organised by the Ministry of Interior’s Innovation Bureau in the presence of a number of the ministry’s experts and strategic partners. The workshop, held in line with the directives of the HH Lt General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime ...

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• 18 July

  Abu Dhabi DED announces enforcement of amendments to its ‘table of fines’

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Department of Economic Development (DED), Abu Dhabi, has announced the enforcement of amendments made to its Table of Fines in line with the Abu Dhabi Executive Council Resolution No. 47 for 2017 on the violations relating to businesses or establishments licensed for economic activities as per Article 6 of Law No 2 of 2009. The ...

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• 18 July

  Dubai Culture opens reading corner at Modhesh World

  DUBAI / WAM Dubai Culture and Arts Authority, Dubai Culture, the emirate’s dedicated entity for culture, arts and heritage, has launched the second edition of its reading corner at Modhesh World, Dubai’s ultimate indoor fun destination for families and children. Following the success of last year’s reading corner, the new edition features an expanded range of educational and entertainment activities ...

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• 18 July

  Venezuela’s opposition urges strike as Trump warns of action

  

  Bloomberg Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro faced growing pressure to cancel plans to rewrite the constitution on Monday with an emboldened opposition calling for a 24-hour strike this week and US President Donald Trump warning of “strong and swift economic actions.” A day after 7.5 million Venezuelans participated in an unofficial referendum to reject the constituent assembly and to call for ...

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• 18 July

  Erdogan to visit Saudi Arabia Kuwait, Qatar for dialogue

  Bloomberg Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will try his hand at mediating the Gulf crisis with visits to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar, even as his country entrenches its military presence on Qatari soil. “Qatar’s sovereign rights must be protected,” Defense Minister Fikri Isik said on Monday ahead of Erdogan’s July 23-24 visit. “On the other hand, we are saying ...

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• 18 July

  Brexit talks get down to detail as May seeks to silence feuds

  Bloomberg Brexit negotiators will get down to the technical details of the divorce on Tuesday, tackling issues from nuclear cooperation to residency rights, as Prime Minister Theresa May seeks to silence public sparring among her ministers. UK Brexit Secretary David Davis and EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier are leaving their teams to hash out the details and Davis is back ...

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