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Majid Saif Al Ghurair elected Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry chairman
01 Jun 2015
Permanent and Audit committees also formed at board of directors meeting
May 31, 2015
WAM
Dubai: The board of directors of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) today elected Majid Saif Al Ghurair, as chairman of the board, under Decree No (19) of 2015 issued recently by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.
Al Ghurair is the CEO of Al Ghurair Group, chairman of Drake &... Read More
Dubai Welcomes Royal Caribbean International’s Smart Ship Quantum of the Seas ® to the Arabian Gulf
31 May 2015
Groundbreaking ship Quantum of the Seas® docks in Dubai en route to Shanghai, China, as part of a 53-day Global Odyssey.
Dubai, UAE, 31st May 2015: Quantum of the Seas, the first ship in Royal Caribbean International's most advanced ship class, has docked in Dubai as part of an epic 53-day global voyage, from New York, USA to Shanghai in China.
Royal Caribbean International in collaboration with Dubai Tourism, commemorated the inaugural call of the ship at the Dubai Cruise... Read More
Phase 1 of Meydan Sobha’s District One project on track for 2016 completion
31 May 2015
The developer said it has recorded strong investor interest in the project and has sold out all villas in the first phase.
The first phase of the District One project within the Mohammed bin Rashid City development in Dubai is on track to be completed by mid-2016, its developer has confirmed.
District One project, which is being developed through a joint venture between government-owned Meydan and private developer Sobha, is a Dhs25 billion mixed-use development consisting of... Read More
All set for World Arabian Horse Racing Conference
31 May 2015
28 May 2015
After the inaugural three-day conference in Abu Dhabi in 2010, the WAHRC has been held in The Hague in The Netherlands in 2011, Berlin in Germany in 2012, Toulouse in France in 2013, London in the United Kingdom in 2014 and the Sixth edition will kick off in Warsaw, Poland from Thursday, May 28, 2015.
Dubai: One of the most important events in a packed calendar of the HH Shaikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival is the annual... Read More
DGCX boosts ties with Chinese derivatives market
31 May 2015
29 May 2015
CFA acts as the bridge between the government and the futures market, exercising self-regulation and safeguarding the legitimate interests of its members.
Dubai: The Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX) boosted its relationship with the Chinese derivatives market with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the China Futures Association, an industry regulator.
The latest agreement in a growing number of agreements between the UAE and... Read More
Abdullah bin Zayed, Russian counterpart discuss bilateral relations, regional developments
31 May 2015
posted on 30/05/2015
MOSCOW: H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Foreign Minister of the UAE, and Sergey Lavrov, Foreign Minister of Russia, met last night in Moscow to discuss various avenues of cooperation between their two countries and ways of promoting and expanding this cooperation, in the light of their close ties of friendship and shared interests that their leaders seek to consolidate and promote.
The two sides exchanged views and ideas on the overall regional... Read More
Abdullah bin Zayed meets Russian Trade and Industry Minister
31 May 2015
posted on 30/05/2015
MOSCOW: H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Foreign Minister, yesterday met with Denis Manturov, Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation.
During the meeting, they discussed the distinguished bilateral relations between the two countries and ways to enhance them in various fields as well as issues of joint interest.
Sheikh Abdullah praised the ties between the two friendly peoples, especially in the trade, industrial, investment... Read More
Abu Dhabi International Airport to have 271 additional weekly flights
31 May 2015
1,504 flights will depart from Abu Dhabi each week
MAY 30, 2015
WAM
Abu Dhabi: As the holiday season is fast approaching, Abu Dhabi International Airport is getting ready for its busiest ever summer. 1,504 flights will depart from Abu Dhabi each week, 22 per cent more than in the previous year, when 1,233 flights took off.
New destinations available to passengers this summer include Johannesburg in South Africa, Madrid in Spain, Venice in Italy, Pune in India,... Read More
Ramadan likely to begin on June 18: Sharjah Planetarium
31 May 2015
Eid al-Fitr predicted to fall on Friday, July 17
MAY 29, 2015
Sharjah: The start of the holy month of Ramadan for the Hijri year 1436 is likely to fall on Thursday, 18th June, 2015, according to astronomical calculations of the Sharjah Planetarium (SP).
The official agency WAM reported that Ibrahim Al Jarwan, General-Supervisor at the SP, predicted that Eid al-Fitr would be on Friday, July 17 (the first of Shawwal).
Long fasting hours
''The daylight hours... Read More
Lubna ranked 42nd among 100 most powerful women by Forbes
28 May 2015
ABU DHABI: Minister of International Cooperation and Development of UAE, Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi, has been ranked 42nd among the 100 most powerful women in the world, according to the Forbes, an American business magazine owned by Forbes. The magazine announced that Sheikha Lubna stood first among the most powerful women in the Arab countries for the year 2015.
She ranked 55 in 2014 and 67 in the year 2013.
The magazine writes that as Minister of International Cooperation and... Read More
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