March, 2017

• 13 March

  Ministry warns against taking Flumox medicine

  

    Abu Dhabi / WAM The medicine called Flumox is not available nor allowed in the UAE, the Ministry of Health and Prevention said in a statement on Monday. The Ministry warned passengers of the risks of bringing this medicine into the UAE. It also warned all members of the community not to circulate and share health-related videos, and those ...

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• 13 March

  MEA stationery market to reach US$12bn by 2019

  

    Dubai / Emirates Business International suppliers of stationery and office supplies are turning to the Middle East and Africa (MEA) for future business growth, with the UAE presenting itself as the ideal gateway to access hard-to-reach markets. Growth in the global stationery and office supplies market is expected to come from emerging markets such as the MEA. Analysts TechNavio ...

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• 13 March

  Dubai Chamber highlights emirate’s strong trade links with Africa

  

    Dubai / Emirates Business The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry recently participated in the Investing in Africa conference in London, which was organised by the Wall Street Journal and attended by global investors, businessmen, government officials, and decision-makers. Addressing delegates during the event, Majid Saif Al Ghurair, Chairman, Dubai Chamber, spoke about the importance of the Dubai-Africa trade ...

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• 13 March

  Waiwera sponsors ‘Health, Fitness & Fun Festival’ at Umm Al Emarat Park

  

    Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Waiwera Artesian Water the world’s leading water brand announces that it has sponsored a three day Health, Fitness & Fun Festival at Umm Al Emarat Park, Abu Dhabi from March 8 to March 10. The sponsorship program was Waiwera’s effort to create awareness for much neglected health issues of kidney disease and childhood obesity ...

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• 13 March

  ADNOC opens new facility in Western Region

    Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business ADNOC Distribution announced the opening of Al Marfa City service station in the Western Region of Abu Dhabi as part of the company’s strategic expansion plan to meet the growing demand for its high-quality products and services. Located on the Hospital Street and next to the Integrated Government Services Centers ‘Tamm’, the latest addition ...

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• 13 March

  Emirates NBD aligns CSR objectives with ‘Year of Giving’ themes

    Dubai / Emirates Business In keeping with the ‘Year of Giving’ initiative, launched by His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Emirates NBD, a leading banking group in the region, announced that it aligned its 2017 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) objectives with the three main themes of the UAE President’s initiative – ‘Strengthening social responsibility in the private ...

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• 13 March

  Dutch election upended as Turkey dispute aiding wilders

  

    Bloomberg The Dutch election was upended by a diplomatic standoff with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as a spiral of increasingly hostile rhetoric threatened to overshadow the final stretch of campaigning and influence voting. With less than 48 hours to polling day in the first of Europe’s big elections this year, political analysts said the international incident centered on ...

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• 13 March

  ‘Deal’ allows rebels to leave city of Homs

    BEIRUT / AP Syrian opposition fighters will be allowed to leave the last rebel-held neighborhood in the city of Homs under a Russia-backed deal signed on Monday, a Syrian official and an activist said. According to Talal Barrazi, the governor of Homs province where the city of Homs is the capital, the deal is to be carried out within ...

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• 13 March

  Israel denies entry to British boycott activist

    JERUSALEM / AP Israel’s ministry of strategic affairs said on Monday it denied a prominent British boycott activist’s entry into the country. Revital Yakin-Karkovsky, a senior ministry official, said Hugh Lanning of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign was prohibited on Sunday from entering Israel because his organization had close ties to the Hamas militant group and was one of the ...

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• 13 March

  Car bomb kills 6 near hotel in Somalia’s capital

    MOGADISHU / AP A suicide car bomber detonated near a hotel in Somalia’s capital Monday morning, killing at least six people and injuring four others, police said. The bomber detonated near the Weheliye hotel on the busy Maka Almukarramah road, Capt. Mohamed Hussein said. Ambulances rushed to the scene. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast. ...

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