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Dubai /Â WAM Awqaf and Minors Affairs Foundation (AMAF) in Dubai and the Khalaf Ahmed Al Habtour Foundation for Charity, KAHF, have signed an awqaf investment partnership contract to build a residential commercial building for endowment. Revenues earned from the building will be allocated to the Umom Al Kheir Bank, run by AMAF. KAHF will provide full funding for the ...
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22 December
UAE participates in OAPEC Ministerial Conference in Cairo
Cairo /Â WAM The UAE participated in the Ministerial Conference of the Kuwait-based Organisation of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) on Thursday. Dr. Matar Al Neyadi, Under-Secretary of the UAE Ministry of Energy led the delegation. The conference was organised under the chairmanship of Kuwait. During the meeting, the parties agreed on extending the term of Abbas Naqi as a ...
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22 December
ADCCI to open representative office in Serbia next year
Abu Dhabi /Â WAM The Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry will open a representative office in Belgrade in 2017 to help Emirati investors and businessmen who seek to invest in vital sectors in Serbia, revealed Ibrahim Al Mahmoud, First Deputy Chairman of the Chamber. Al Mahmoud was speaking at a seminar on investment opportunities in the Republic of ...
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22 December
Al Bustan Centre and Residence organises successful fire drill
Dubai / Emirates Business Al Bustan Centre and Residence, the popular hotel-apartment among tourists and businessmen in the heart of Dubai, successfully held a fire drill as part of its commitment in maintaining and securing safety for its in-house guests, residents and employees. The annual drill started when the security fire alarm rang and evacuation took place after. A ...
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22 December
‘AUS to become leading research university in Arab world’
Sharjah / WAM American University of Sharjah (AUS) graduates have an excellent reputation among employers in the region and beyond, which testifies to the university’s excellence and strength, said HH Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, and President of American University of Sharjah (AUS) at the AUS Fall 2016 graduation ceremony held ...
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22 December
Etihad Airways and Montenegro Airlines ink codeshare deal
Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Montenegro Airlines, the flag carrier of the Republic of Montenegro, have signed a codeshare agreement that provides travellers with enhanced connectivity when flying between Southeast Europe and the Middle East. The agreement will see Etihad Airways placing its “EY†code on Montenegro ...
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22 December
Lubna Al Qasimi, Noura Al Kaabi condole Russian Ambassador’s assassination
Abu Dhabi /Â WAM Sheikha Lubna bint Khalid Al Qasimi, Minister of State for Tolerance and Noura bint Mohammed Al Kaabi, Minister of State for Federal National Council Affairs, have offered condolences to Alexander Efimov, Russian Ambassador to the UAE, on the death of Russian Ambassador to Turkey, Andrey Karlov. While visiting the Russian Embassy in Abu Dhabi, Sheikha Lubna ...
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22 December
Dubai holds forum to guarantee services for disbaled people
Dubai /Â WAM The Dubai Government Excellence Program, sponsored by the General Secretariat of the Executive Council of Dubai, organised a forum entitled, “Dubai, a friendly city for people with disabilities”. In attendance at the forum were Abdulla Al Shaibani, Secretary-General of the Executive Council of Dubai, and Chairman of Dubai Government Excellence Program, Ahmed Abdelkareem Jalfaar, Director-General for Community ...
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22 December
ADSIC and Microsoft organize information security workshop
Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The Abu Dhabi Systems and Information Center (ADSIC), recently held a three day workshop with Microsoft at the Shangri-La Hotel – Abu Dhabi. The workshops was attended by IT management, CIOs, CISOs, System Administrators, Identity and Security Engineers from more than 35 government entities with the aim of building capacity and increasing awareness on ...
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22 December
Holidaymakers put themselves at risk with no travel insurance
Abu Dhabi / WAM UAE holidaymakers are putting themselves at increased risk of facing serious financial repercussions by not taking measures to adequately cover themselves in the event of a travel emergency, experts warned. Describing community awareness about travel insurance in the UAE as “probably among the lowest in global marketsâ€, Phil Ashkuri, Head of General Insurance at Nexus Group, ...
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