DUBAI, Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has announced it won three Global Good Governance (3G) Awards. These awards are presented annually by Cambridge IFA in the UK and major international companies compete to win them.DEWA won the awards …
Day: July 21, 2022
Wizz Air Abu Dhabi launches flights to Kuwait, the Maldives
ABU DHABI, Wizz Air Abu Dhabi today announced that it will launch two new routes from Abu Dhabi to the Maldives, and the airline’s fifth key destination in the Gulf, Kuwait.From October, Wizz Air will offer flights four times a week on Tuesday, Thursda…
UAE to host next year’s World Radiocommunication Conference
GENEVA, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has announced that the next World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-23) will take place at the Dubai World Trade Centre, between 20th November and 15th December, 2023.Held every four years for a peri…
UAE strongly condemns terrorist attack on Iraqi police station
ABU DHABI, The UAE strongly condemned a terrorist attack that targeted a Federal Police station in Salah al-Din Governorate, in the north of the Republic of Iraq, which resulted in deaths and injuries of police personnel.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs…
Ministry of Climate Change and Environment announces launch of ‘Shark Week’ 2022
DUBAI, The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MoCCAE) has announced the launch of this year’s “Shark Week” in collaboration with the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD), and Atlantis, The Palm.Set…
Over 11 million people used public transport in Ajman in H1 2022
AJMAN, The number of people who used public transport, taxis and buses in Ajman in the first quarter of 2022 totalled 11,752,280.The Ajman Government’s Transport Authority noted that the number of public transport users in the first half of 2022 totall…
Noura Al Kaabi visits the office of UAE’s Permanent Delegation to UNESCO in Paris
PARIS, Noura bint Mohammed Al Kaabi, Minister of Culture and Youth and Chairperson of the UAE National Commission for Education, Culture and Science, visited the office of the Permanent Delegation of the UAE to the United Nations Educational, Scientifi…
UAE participates in COVID-19 global action plan meeting
ABU DHABI, Reem bint Ibrahim Al Hashimy, Minister of State for International Cooperation, affirmed that “the United Arab Emirates, upon the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, is determined to continue to support in…
President’s speech drafts roadmap for UAE’s economic development, enhances competitiveness: Economy Minister tells WAM
ABU DHABI, Abdullah bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy, has said the speech of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has outlined the strategic direction for the economic development in the UAE by promoting openness to the world…
2.6% Y-o-Y increase in total assets of insurance sector, 5.4% Y-o-Y increase in invested assets in Q1 2022: CBUAE
ABU DHABI, The insurance sector in the UAE continued to grow in the Q1 2022 as reflected by the increase in number of insurance policies, gross written premiums and increase in the number of licenced insurance-related entities, while the number of insu…
Arada posts 30% growth in sales in H1 2022
DUBAI, Arada has reported a 30 percent growth in the value of the property sold in the first six months of 2022, as buyer interest in the Sharjah and wider UAE property markets continues to grow.The developer sold homes valued at AED1.49 billion at its…
UAE participates in extraordinary session of Arab League’s Economic and Social Council
ABU DHABI, The UAE participated in the extraordinary ministerial session for the Economic and Social Council of the Arab League, held in Cairo, Egypt.The meeting is a preparatory session preceding the regular 31st session of the Arab League Summit, whi…