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Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai in his capacity as Ruler of Dubai, ordered the payment of a bonus amounting to AED33.285 million to Emirati citizens whose taxicab number plates are operated by the Dubai Taxi Corporation and Taxi Franchise Companies at the Roads and ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai Customs signed a memorandum of understanding with the Expo 2020 office that aims at developing means of cooperation between the two sides. As per the agreement, Dubai Customs has become the newest official sponsor of Expo 2020 Dubai and will participate in promoting the exhibition’s brands in different publications and media channels. Khalil Saqer bin Gharib, ...

Beirut / WAM In the spirit of the ‘Year of Giving’ initiative, launched by President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Khalifa Foundation is financing 32 development projects in a number of remote Lebanese areas hosting scores of Syrian refugees. Ahmed Saeed Sultan Al Shamsi, UAE Ambassador to Lebanon, who was accompanied by Mou’een el-Meherbi, Representative of ...

Sharjah / WAM The World Economic Forum (WEF) on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), which is taking place at the Dead Sea in Jordan from May 19-21 under the theme “Enabling a Generational Transformation,” brings together over 1,000 government, business and civil society leaders from more than 50 countries. Participants also include 235 women leaders from across the Middle ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The ‘Wannacry’ ransomware attack, which has now affected more than 200,000 computers in over 150 countries since originally infecting users’ files on Friday, 12 May, will be a hot topic on the main conference floor and in the corridors of the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) when the 4th Gulf Information Security Exhibition and Conference (GISEC) ...

Sharjah / WAM Expo Center Sharjah announced a 7 percent increase in the number of visitors to the various exhibitions and events organised by the Centre during the first quarter of 2017, year on year, with more than 302,474 visitors to the various events and exhibitions coming from around the UAE and beyond. Saif Mohamed Al Midfa, CEO of Expo ...

Ajman / WAM Ajman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) participated in 20th Arab-German Business Forum, organised by the Arab-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry in cooperation with the Union of Arab Chambers of Commerce and the Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry (DIHK) in Berlin. The forum was attended by Abdullah Al Muwaiji, Chairman of Ajman Chamber, ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Sandooq Al Watan, a national initiative launched by prominent Emirati businessmen to support research projects, has received AED12 million in contributions to help support its mission to build a sustainable knowledge economy as directed by the UAE leadership’s vision for the post-oil era. Of the AED12 million total, AED1 million was pledged by the National Corporation ...

SHARJAH / Emirates Business Sharjah FDI Office (Invest in Sharjah) – an investment entity operating under the Government of Sharjah – is targeting events in two of China’s fastest developing cities in a bid to increase the UAE’s business opportunities with the Far East. The organisation will be exhibiting at the 2017 World Forum for Foreign Direct Investment, which takes ...

DUBAI / WAM Ten new schools set to open in September will give greater choice to parents across all communities in Dubai, the educational quality assurance and regulatory authority of the Government of Dubai, has said. Knowledge and Human Development Authority, says that these schools will offer IB, UK, Indian, US, Canadian and French curricula, and are expected to meet ...