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  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Central Bank of the UAE said it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Bank of Algeria for supporting and developing the financial and banking sector in the UAE and People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria. The deal underscores the importance of the sector as a major pillar for supporting expansion of trade exchange ...

  Abu Dhabi / 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 ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry has announced that it will be organizing the 4th International Franchise Conference and Exhibition 2016. International companies, professionals, and speakers will attend this event at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC) on December 14 and 15. On the occasion, H.E. Mohamed Helal Al Muhairi, Director General, ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Maqta Gateway, a wholly owned subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Ports (ADP) will host the annual International Port Community Systems Association (IPCSA) Conference for the first time in the GCC region. The conference will be held in Abu Dhabi on December 7 this year at the St. Regis Saadiyat Island Resort. The 2016 IPCSA Conference will ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business ADNOC Distribution has expanded its presence in Sharjah with the opening of five rebranded service stations as part of the Asset Transfer Agreement signed with ENOC in 2015. The total number of ADNOC service stations in the Emirate of Sharjah is 85. The five new service stations include Wasit-2, Al Rawdha, Al Deyar, Al ...

  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 ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business SIAL 2016, the region’s fastest-growing professional trade exhibition for the food, beverage and hospitality industries, will return to Abu Dhabi where it will once again host the world’s leading supply companies to the airline catering sector, during the 35th edition of The Mercurys. SIAL, under the patronage of HH Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Parks and Resorts on Wednesday announced that every year it will celebrate UAE National Day with a limited number of tickets priced equivalent to the anniversary year. This year, Dubai Parks and Resorts will celebrate the 45thUAE National Day with 4,500 tickets for AED45 per person per park from (December 1–3) at LEGOLAND Dubai ...

  Bloomberg The Dubai International Film Festival will this year feature the launch of the Arab Cinema Lab to help finance new projects. Organized independently by MAD Solutions, the Lab looks to function as “a film financing incubator for accelerating the new film projects and new business ideas that will drive the Arab film industry forward over the coming year,” ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The Emirates Diplomatic Academy (EDA), the UAE’s international relations and diplomacy academic, training, best-practice and research institution, on Wednesday marked UAE Innovation Week with a designated innovation programme focused on the future of 21st Century diplomacy. Students heard and explored how diplomacy of the future will be shaped by everything from robotics to artificial ...