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  DUBAI / Emirates Business Noor Bank announced on Tuesday that it won Citi’s ‘Straight Through Processing (STP) Excellence Award’ for the fourth successive year. The award recognises Noor Bank’s exceptional service towards customers’ international payment transfers during 2015. STP implies that payments sent by Noor Bank to Citi for clearing were processed automatically without human involvement. Noor Bank was ...

  Sharjah / Emirates Business Sharjah’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) held an in-depth scientific seminar recently, which discussed a number of significant national and global economic issues. The gathering is part of a series of seminars and lectures held at the chamber that aims to address topical issues, through exploring the prospects of the economy – locally, regionally ...

  DUBAI / WAM The UAE opens its doors to friends and brothers from other countries because it believes in the importance of communicating and holding talks with their governments, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, said on Tuesday while receiving President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko at ...

  DUBAI / WAM Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum said that reading, and the spread of knowledge, are key to the development and progress of nations. His Highness also praised the role played by media outlets in promoting reading habits and turning it into a social culture ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business More than 300 high-level government representatives from 100 countries – the largest number ever represented at an IRENA Council meeting – gathered on Tuesday in Abu Dhabi to attend the 12th Council of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). At the outset of the meeting, IRENA’s Director-General Adnan Z. Amin, presented the annual report ...

  DUBAI / WAM The UAE got its first-ever children’s speciality hospital with Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum inaugurating the Al Jalila Children’s hospital on Tuesday. The 200-bed, state-of-the-art hospital will provide tertiary and, eventually, quaternary paediatric healthcare services. The establishment of the medical facility was ...

  Dubai / WAM Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza) held a forum for the Logistics and Supply Chain sector companies based in the free zone. The forum was attended by industry leaders, key officials from partner entities and senior management from Jafza. Speaking on the occasion, Talal Al Hashimi, Chief Operating Officer at Jafza, stressed the advantages of UAE’s strategic location ...

  DUBAI / WAM A UAE delegation, led by Dr Sultan Al Jaber, UAE Minister of State, and Member of the Higher Committee, Dubai Expo 2020, made an official visit to Sweden, meeting leading Swedish companies, public institutes and government agencies to develop bilateral ties and promote Expo 2020 Dubai. The visit, which took place on 1st November, is a continuation ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) in co-operation with Kazakhstan’s National Agency for Export and Investment (KAZNEX INVEST) and the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the UAE, held the Kazakhstan Export briefing on Tuesday in a bid to explore potential for improving ties between Dubai and Kazakhstan across several sectors. These ...

  Dubai / WAM The Emirates Airline requested the authorities to take strong measures and impose penalties to discourage future occurrences of unauthorised drone activity, and also consider implementing drone detectors at the Dubai airport. The appeal was made by Adel Al Redha, Emirates’ Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer, who said, “Flight diversions and extensive holding are costly. Financial ...