17th Liwa Date Festival to start July 15

The 17th Liwa Date Festival will be held on July 15 – 25, with expanded prizes worth over AED8 million. The festival, which will be held under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, celebrates the UAE’s culture and heritage and support local agriculture. […]Read More

AED 4.5 billion of weeklong real estate transactions in Dubai

A total of 2,020 real estate and properties transactions were valued at AED 4.5 billion in total during the week ending 01 July 2021, according to Dubai Land Department (DLD). The DLD weekly report said 119 plots were sold for AED 845.1 million, 1,321 apartments and villas were sold for AED 2.25 billion. It noted […]Read More

Mohammed bin Rashid approves new Board of Dubai Media Council

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has approved the new Board of the Dubai Media Council. The Board will provide overall direction for advancing the Council’s mandate to accelerate the development of the media sector and its role in the growth […]Read More

IHC’s subsidiary Alpha Dhabi Holding completes listing on ADX

The bell ringing ceremony took place in St Regis at Saadiyat, an Alpha Dhabi hotel property the company acquired last month. The event was attended by only a few members of the management teams of Alpha Dhabi Holding, IHC and ADX, as strict health and safety protocols were implemented during the ceremony. Mohamed Thani Murshed […]Read More

RAK Ports and global oil and shipping group Monjasa finalise

RAK Ports has signed a strategic partnership with Danish established Monjasa, a global top ten bunker fuel provider supplying around five million tonnes of oil products every year. Firmly rooted in the Middle East since 2006, Monjasa’s office in Dubai employs 75 specialists covering regional supply operations across the Arabian Gulf and West Africa. With […]Read More

Mohammed Al Bowardi receives Acting Defence Minister of Comoros

Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Bowardi, Minister of State for Defence Affairs, today received, at his office, Yousef Mohammed Ali, Acting Minister of Defence of the Union of the Comoros, and his delegation. The meeting was also attended by Mattar Salem Al Dhaheri, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Defence, and several senior officers and officials from […]Read More

American University of Sharjah collaborates with Sharjah Sustainable City environmental

Throughout the spring semester, Sharjah Sustainable City (SSC) and American University of Sharjah (AUS) hosted a four-part webinar series focused on sustainability and the built environment. The webinars brought together practitioners from SSC and academics from AUS to discuss energy and climate change, smarter mobility, eco-districts and sustainable materials. The webinar series provided an opportunity […]Read More

Kuwaiti oil price up 82 cents to US$74.65 pb

The price of Kuwaiti oil went up by 82 cents to US$74.65 per barrel Wednesday compared to US$73.83 pb the day before, said the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) Thursday. The prices of the Brent crude and the West Texas Intermediate, globally, saw an increase with the first going up by 38 cents to $75.19 per […]Read More

Mohammed bin Rashid announces countdown for Expo 2020 Dubai

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, has announced the countdown for Expo 2020 Dubai, the world’s largest cultural event to convene the global community towards creating solutions for a better future. In 100 days, the UAE will be the first country in the Middle East, […]Read More