Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business As part of the UAE’s Innovation Week, Etihad Aviation Group (EAG) launched Fikra, a UAE-based competition aimed at fostering entrepreneurship and innovation across the country. Fikra means ‘idea’ in Arabic and the competition aims to encourage students to deliver solutions to some of the major challenges facing the aviation industry in today’s ever-competitive environment. ...
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Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) organised the 6th Creativity and Innovation Conference as part of DEWA Innovation Week. This takes place in conjunction with the 2nd UAE Innovation Week, which is organised annually in adherence with the directives of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE ...
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Istanbul / AFP One year after the crisis that plunged relations between Russia and Turkey to a post-Cold War low, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan have overseen a spectacular revival in ties at a time when both are facing new tensions with the West. The shooting down of a Russian military jet over the Syrian border by the ...
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Palm Beach / AFP Donald Trump began to broaden the base of his future cabinet Wednesday, nominating two conservative women including a critic, after his earlier picks rewarded campaign loyalists. Trump’s nomination of South Carolina’s 44-year-old governor, Nikki Haley, as US ambassador to the United Nations will be seen as a sign he is ready to forgive some foes ...
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Dubai / Emirates Business The Department of Economic Development (DED) in Dubai and the Dubai World Trade Centre Authority (DWTCA) havesigned a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to facilitate business licensing and operations within their respective territories. The agreement will allow DWTCA to have access to the Trade Name Reservation System of DED, while companies licensed by DED will be ...
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Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi) is inviting visitors to the last race of the Formula 1 season to step into the past of Abu Dhabi while at the Yas Marina Circuit. With racing taking place between November, 25 -27 and more than 60,000 fans expected on Yas Island from across ...
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Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Wednesday morning received the credentials of new ambassadors of several friendly countries to the UAE, at Al Mushrif Palace. Also present were HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of ...
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Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business With more than 60,000 race fans converging on the capital city for the Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and related festivities between November, 25 and 27, Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi) is forecasting highly impressive occupancy rates of 92 percent in the emirate’s leading hotels over the ...
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Abu Dhabi /Â WAM HE Abdullah bin Ahmed Al Saleh, Undersecretary of the UAE Ministry of Economy (MOE) for Foreign Trade and Industry, emphasized during a recent meeting with delegates from the State of Missouri in the United States the depth of the economic relations between the UAE and the US, and noted the various opportunities for the development of ...
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Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, celebrated the graduation of 310 future leaders from the company’s Future Leaders Programmes. The graduation event at Al Raha Beach Hotel in Abu Dhabi was attended by His Excellency Mohamed Mubarak Fadhel Al Mazrouei, Chairman of Etihad Aviation Group and board members, His Excellency ...
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