Dubai Economy issues 32,158 new licences during first 10 months

The Business Registration and Licensing, BRL, sector in Dubai Economy issued 32,158 new licences during the first 10 months of 2020, an increase of 6% compared to the same period last year. Among the new licenses issued during the first 10 months, 57% were professional and 42% commercial. The numbers, recorded on the Business Map […]Read More

UAE President pardons 628 prisoners ahead of National Day

President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has ordered the release of 628 prisoners ahead of the UAE’s 49th National Day celebrations. The move comes as part of President Khalifa’s keenness to give pardoned inmates an opportunity to start a new life and ease the suffering of their families. The prisoners – sentenced […]Read More

Travel industry prepares to do business at WTM Virtual

Travel and tourism professionals from around the world will reconnect tomorrow (Monday, 9th November 2020) for the first day of WTM Virtual (9-11 November), a three-day virtual event for the international tourism community. Final preparations are being made for the online event which includes the Travel Forward Virtual and International Tourism & Investment Conference (ITIC). […]Read More

G20 concludes in Saudi Arabia; Italy takes over annual rotating

The leaders of the Group of Twenty (G20) concluded here today the 15th Virtual G20 Leaders’ Summit which was held on November 21-22, under the chairmanship of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte delivered a speech, thanking Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques […]Read More

DGCX celebrates 15th anniversary, trades 154 million lots at value

Established in 2005, the Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange, DGCX, today stands as the largest and most diversified derivatives exchange in the Middle East, providing guaranteed settlement and reduced counterparty risk through the Dubai Commodities Clearing Corporation, DCCC, a 100 percent owned subsidiary by DGCX. Over the last 15 years, the exchange has traded a […]Read More

Official 49th UAE National Day show ‘Seeds of the Union’

The first details of a dramatic live production to celebrate 49th UAE National Day on December 2 have been revealed today by the Organising Committee of the Official 49th National Day Celebration. Named “Seeds of the Union”, the spectacular show will take the form of a moving sculpture surrounded by sea and illuminated by digital […]Read More

NYU Abu Dhabi launches new Arabic innovative learning resource

A senior Arabic language lecturer at NYU Abu Dhabi Nasser Isleem has launched the second edition of his book, Kalima wa Nagham, volume one. First published in October 2014, the second edition of Kalima wa Nagham co-authored by Associate Professor and Director of Asian Studies at the College of Charleston, South Carolina Ghazi Abuhakema, grants […]Read More

Dubai Culture announces winners of ‘Dubai Creativity for Short Films

Dubai Culture and Arts Authority revealed the winners of the short film industry competition that was launched in July under the title ”Dubai Creativity for Short Film Industry” to support promising young talents as well as motivate them to create short movies and employ visual and audio media in storytelling and self-expression. A jury comprising […]Read More

Award winning EAD nature documentaries to be aired on Emirates

Passengers onboard Emirates flights will arrive at their destination inspired by environmental causes as part of a collaboration with Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi, EAD. Two EAD documentaries – Back to the Wild and Zayed’s Antarctic Lights – have been included in the inflight entertainment package on Emirates flights since October. The documentaries cover such […]Read More