April, 2017

• 23 April

  DEWA unveils guide on electrical installations

    Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has issued its Regulations for Electrical Installations 2017 booklet to provide dealers, consultants, electrical engineers and technicians with a guide for the installation and checking of electrical connections, ensuring both their protection and customers. “DEWA is committed to achieving the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, ...

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• 23 April

  NYUAD organises ‘education conference’

    Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business NYU Abu Dhabi’s (NYUAD) Office of Campus Life hosted the 11th Annual MENASA NASPA Conference at NYUAD’s campus on Saadiyat Island. The conference offered 175 student affairs professionals the opportunity to discuss new approaches, challenges and ideas across higher education in the region. As part of the annual program for NASPA, a professional association ...

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• 23 April

  France votes for presidential finalists after tight campaign

  

    Bloomberg French voters were heading to the polls on Sunday to select two candidates for the presidential runoff, an election that will determine how far the populist wave can go in Europe. After a campaign that has remade the nation’s political landscape, four candidates with radically different visions are in a position to qualify for the next round. They ...

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• 23 April

  Israel strikes weapons depot in southern Syria

    Bloomberg Israeli airstrikes killed an unknown number of Syrian soldiers at a weapons depot in rural Quneitra province, Al Jazeera TV reported. An Israeli army spokeswoman declined to comment. Sunday’s strike came after several projectiles from Syria hit the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights on Friday and the army returned fired at areas where the launching originated. Since violence in Syria ...

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• 23 April

  Blair warns against Brexit ‘blank check’ for May

    Bloomberg Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair said he fears that a wider majority for Theresa May’s Conservatives in the June 8 general election will give her “a blank check for Brexit at any cost.” Voters should elect candidates of any party who will “keep an open mind” on the shape of the trade deal the U.K. reaches with ...

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• 23 April

  UK’s Liberal Democrats rule out any coalition

    Bloomberg The UK’s Liberal Democrats won’t be part of any coalition after June’s general election and plans to become the main opposition by attracting voters who want to stay in the European Union, its leader Tim Farron told The Observer. Farron said while Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative party and Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour will push for a hard Brexit ...

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• 23 April

  SCRF welcomes 110,000 visitors in first 4 days

  

    Sharjah / Emirates Business An impressive 110,000 people from around the region have stepped through the doors of the Expo Centre Sharjah during the first four action-packed days of the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF). The enormous variety of interactive activities, seminars, workshops and debates is drawing hoards of families and schoolchildren as well as renowned authors, historians, researchers ...

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• 23 April

  Russia highlights country’s literature

  

    Sharjah / Emirates Business Celebrating Russia’s culture of literary genius and the outstanding titles that have enriched world literature, representatives from the Russian section of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) have attended the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival 2017 (SCRF) as the UAE Board on Books for Young People’s Guests of Honour. Russian representatives showcased and ...

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• 23 April

  UAE Space Agency to implement 14 ‘Year of Giving’ events, initiatives

    Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The UAE Space Agency is implementing 14 special events and initiatives as part of its activities for the Year of Giving, which was declared by HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE. Among the Space Agency’s contribution to the Year of Giving is the Martyrs Badge initiative, in which badges ...

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• 23 April

  Jebel Ali Customs Center seized 348 fake items in 2016

    DUBAI / Emirates Business Jebel Ali Customs Center, the modern facility and one of the major customs centers in Dubai, boasted a number of quality achievements during 2016. The center recorded 348 seizures of restricted, fake and prohibited materials. This means a 24 percent increase compared to 2015 which recorded 281 seizures. The center, which includes a client center ...

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