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DUBAI / Emirates Business Dubai Land Department (DLD) announced the successful conclusion of the second edition of the Dubai Property Festival (DPF), which took place at the Dubai World Trade Centre, through which it signed four memorandum of understandings (MoUs) with local and international government entities in recognition of its efforts to promote Dubai’s real estate sector and provide ideal ...

UMM AL QAIWAIN / WAM Further excavations have been carried out at the archaeological site of ed-Dur by the Department of Tourism and Antiquities in Umm Al Qaiwain it has been announced. Alia al-Ghafli, the Director General of the Department, said that discoveries included 15 tombs, settlement remains, bronze statuettes, pottery and jewellery, dating back to the 1st Century AD. ...

FUJAIRAH / WAM National Bank of Fujairah (NBF) PJSC on Saturday announced that it is extending its partnership with Emirates Nature-WWF, the UAE’s representative of the global conservation body (previously the Emirates Wildlife Society), for the fifth consecutive year. The extension of this long-lasting partnership sees NBF reiterate its position as one of the leading financial institutions focused on the ...

FUJAIRAH / WAM His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Fujairah, is leading the UAE official delegation to the 30th Arab League Summit, starting in the Tunisian capital on Sunday. HH Sheikh Hamad is accompanied by Dr Anwar bin Mohammed Gargash, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs; Saif Mohamed Al Hajeri, Chairman of ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Around 55 percent of local angel investors are prioritising the UAE over other global markets according to the latest research from startAD, the Abu Dhabi-based global accelerator anchored at NYU Abu Dhabi and powered by Tamkeen. The findings reveal the importance of the UAE for angel investors globally and demonstrates the attractiveness of the region ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) is continuing deploying relief aid in Malawi in support of the victims of the tropical cyclone Idai, which hit several African nations recently. The assistance includes food stuffs and nutritional supplements to children as well as shelter supplies for thousands of people across four villages in Nazombie, Phalombe district, which has ...

Dubai / WAM The Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC), the world’s flagship Free Zone and Government of the Dubai Authority on commodities trade and enterprise, inaugurated its 2019 international roadshow under its Made For Trade Live umbrella in Edinburgh, Scotland followed by London, United Kingdom, UK, where it discussed the advantages of doing business in Dubai through the DMCC. Held in ...

Sharjah / WAM The recent stimulus packages have significantly contributed to growing the non-oil private sector across the country, according to the chief of the UAE Federation of UAE Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FCCI). Addressing a joint meeting of the FCCI General Secretariat and Directors of Chambers of Commerce, Humaid Mohammed bin Salim, FCCI Secretary-General, expected non-oil private sector ...

Dubai / WAM During his participation in the High-Level Meeting on Climate and Sustainable Development for All, convened by Maria Fernanda Espinosa, President of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, UAE Minister of Climate Change and Environment, reiterated the country’s green commitment and support for ambitious and innovative global climate action. Delivering ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Global Forum for Innovations in Agriculture (GFIA), the leading exhibition and conference on sustainable agricultural solutions, opens on Monday at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (Adnec). The sixth edition of GFIA, will focus on how Artificial Intelligence (AI) can drive progress in agriculture towards increasing food production and ensuring food security in the Middle East ...