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Emirates Business Several of the world’s most iconic landmarks again went green to celebrate Ireland’s National Day as part of Tourism Ireland’s seventh annual Global Greening initiative. For the first time in the United Arab Emirates, new greenings included Yas Viceroy, Yas Island Abu Dhabi and Global Village in Dubai. They both joined old favourite Burj Al Arab Jumeirah and ...

WELLINGTON / WAM His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, has met Todd McClay, Minister of Trade of New Zealand, in the New Zealand capital, Wellington. During the meeting, they discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in key sectors between both countries, especially in the fields of agriculture and food security, and several ...

WELLINGTON / WAM His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, met Gerry Brownlee, New Zealand Defence Minister, in the country’s capital, Wellington. During the meeting, the two sides reviewed cooperation relations between the UAE and Australia, especially in the defence and military sectors, and ways of enhancing them. HH Sheikh Abdullah bin ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, is one of the signatories to the Declaration of the United for Wildlife International Taskforce on the Transportation of Illegal Wildlife Products signed at Buckingham Palace yesterday. Led by HRH The Duke of Cambridge, the United for Wildlife initiative aims to support efforts to prevent the ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Health professionals from the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) discussed the importance of sports nutrition and rehabilitation during the DHA’s bi-weekly smart clinic. They discussed the common health fads and some of their ill-effects on health. Nisreen Abu Ghoush, clinical dietician at Rashid Hospital, said: “The first thing I would like to highlight is that an all ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The 18th Microcredit Summit Campaign concluded in the capital under the patronage of HH Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council. Organised jointly by Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development, the Arab Gulf Programme for Development (AGFUND), and the Microcredit Summit Campaign, the summit gathered 1,000 global policy makers, central ...

Dubai / WAM Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, on Thursday received Tajikistan President, Emomali Rahmon, at Zabeel Palace in Dubai. HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, HH Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, ...

Dubai / WAM Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has offered his condolences on the death of the UAE serviceman, First Lieutenant Mohammad Obaid Al Hammoudi, martyred in Yemen while carrying out his national duties as part of Operation Restoring Hope. Sheikh Mohammed, accompanied by H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Interior (MoI) recently signed a collaboration agreement with the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Afghanistan in the fight against drugs, on the sidelines of the International Exhibition for National Security and Resilience, ISNR Abu Dhabi 2016, at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Centre. The agreement was signed by Lt. General Saif Abdullah Al ...

Sharjah / WAM The Higher Steering Committee of the 6th Pink Caravan Ride has announced that a total of 4,691 people, including 4,089 women and 602 men, were screened in nine days of the ride that started on March 7, and passed through all seven emirates spreading the message of the importance of early detection of breast cancer. Out of ...