Latest UAE News
RSS-
African Elephant Action Plan
The African Elephant Action Plan was approved at the 15th Conference of Parties of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in Qatar in 2010. The plan calls for states ...
-
Dubai security guards are overworked and underpaid
Dubai: Three months since Dubai Police enforced a deadline to implement a minimum salary for security guards, several companies continue to flout regulations with scores of men in uniform being cheated, XPRESS can ...
-
This Weekend in Dubai
You are probably planning to stay at your cool, air-conditioned home this weekend, escaping the inevitable heat in Dubai. But there's a better option for spending your free time - get up, book a ticket and experience one of the many events and attractions that the city offers this weekend in ...
More UAE News
RSS-
This Weekend in Dubai
You are probably planning to stay at your cool, air-conditioned home this weekend, escaping the inevitable heat in Dubai. But there's a better option for spending your free time - get up, book a ticket and experience one of the many events and attractions that the city offers this weekend in ...
-
Emirates flight turbulence injures passengers plane from Dubai diverted
Emirates EK358 flight from Dubai to Jakarta was diverted to Singapore after turbulence led to injuries among passengers and crew, a spokesman said. "Several crew members and a number of passengers on the flight sustained minor injuries but no one required hospitalisation. "The safety of our passengers and crew is of the utmost importance and will not be compromised," he ...
-
Emiratis not oil are real wealth of UAE says Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi
Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, addresses participants of the Absher Initiative at the signing ceremonies. Ryan Carter / Crown Prince Court - Abu ...
-
Sheikh Mohammed vows UAE government will be mobile and work 247 365 days a year
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, announced a new "government vision of the future" on Twitter yesterday following a meeting with 1,000 government officials. Courtesy ...
-
Dubai bling culture reaches 24-carat iPads
Those who want to take the gold iPad home with them will be able to buy them from the hotel's boutique Burj Al Arab has introduced 24-carat gold iPads for its in-house guests, complete with interactive software that provides them with faster access to hotel services and information.The 24-carat gold iPads, designed specifically for the hotel and engraved with its logo, will be offered to ...
-
$47 million bus terminal coming to Abu Dhabi
The bus depot will redefine the bus service sector in Abu Dhabi A new bus depot that can accommodate around 500 buses will be built in Abu Dhabi soon.The Department of Transport (DoT) has announced that it will begin building the Dh175 million depot in Khalifa City, and it is expected to begin operating by 2015. The project was approved by the Executive Council as part of other infrastructure ...
-
Dubizzle launches content platform in Egypt
Dubai-based online portal Dubizzle has announced the launch of its first web series and the formation of a content platform in Egypt, Campaign ME has reported. The web company is undertaking a major marketing push in the Arab world's most populous country in a bid to win market dominance and follows the rolling out of a traditional integrated campaign in February and March. "We ...
-
MAF acquires Carrefours minority stake in JV extends franchise deal until 2025
Dubai-based Majid Al Futtaim (MAF) has said it has the acquired the 25% minority stake owned by Carrefour Group in Majid Al Futtaim Hypermarkets for €530m, Gulf News has reported. MAF has also renewed the exclusive franchise partnership with the Carrefour Group until 2025 and extended it to new formats and new ...
-
Abu Dhabi to have nine new schools open in 2014
Abu Dhabi is set to have four new Indian curriculum and five International curriculum schools open in the next academic year, adding nearly 24,000 more school seats, Gulf News has reported. "There will be around 10,000 new school seats created for Indian children in Abu Dhabi by next April," said the acting director of Private School Quality Assurance at Abu Dhabi Education Council ...
-
HSBC UAE Output Levels and Rate of Job Creation Rise in Non-Oil Producing Private Sector While Growth of New Work ...
Summary According to the HSBC United Arab Emirates PMI(TM), the UAE's non-oil producing private sector companies reported a further increase in output levels in April. While new orders continued to rise sharply, the rate of increase eased to the slowest in a year. Meanwhile, employment levels rose at the fastest pace in two years. The seasonally adjusted HSBC United Arab Emirates PMI(TM) ...
-
Top Stories on Dubai Chronicle on May 23rd
< 750 Top ad paragraph: -1 Bottom ad paragraph: 20 1st Injected random ads range starts at: 12, and ends at: 12 2nd Injected random ads range starts at: 12, and ends at: 12 potential_random_ad_paragraphs:1 No random ads because post ...
-
Dh24m Le Reve unit sale tops costliest Q1 apartments deals in Dubai
reveals that a bespoke apartment in the tower was sold for Dh24 million with the buyer paying Dh3,811 per square feet. Two apartments were also sold for Dh20 million and Dh19 million, respectively, in the same tower, taking the second and third slot on the top 10 ...
-
‘Putting your obese child on diet is abuse’
It is unfair and unhealthy to drastically limit your child’s intake to lose weight. It would not only delay or impair the child’s growth and development, but it could lead to lowered self-esteem and depression and put a lot of mental stress on obese children, she ...
-
Deal between Jet Airways Etihad flies into Sebi air pocket
The Mumbai Police on Tuesday arrested the 49-year-old film and TV actor Vindoo Dara Singh for facilitating deals between bookies and cricketers in the ...
-
Woman fined Dh100 for disturbing neighbours in Dubai
Her 41-year-old Russian neighbour, M.A., complained to the building's management and Dubai Police that she could not sleep because of the loud music coming from her 27-year-old Algerian neighbour's, F.Q., ...
-
Dubai reinforcing its position as popular cruise destination
Dubai is reinforcing its position as a destination of choice for cruise tourism by welcoming newly renovated luxury liner, Mariner of the Seas on its maiden call to the emirate. The liner, a member of Royal Caribbean International's cruise line fleet, arrived at Port Rashid on Tuesday to a traditional welcome ceremony, organised by Dubai Cruise Tourism, a department of the Department of ...
-
Emirates increases weekly flights to Sri Lankas Colombo
(MENAFN) Emirates Airlines is planning to add 3 more weekly flights to Colombo starting this June in order to increase the capacity on its services to that destination, reported Emirates 24/7.After this plan, the total weekly flights from Dubai to Colombo will grow to 31.This flight increase will add 126-business class and 1,158 economy class seats, and it will be operated via a Boeing 777-300ER ...
-
Dubais Nakheel grants USD13.35m worth of contracts
(MENAFN) Dubai's Nakheel announced that it has granted two contracts worth a combined USD13.35 million for both Dragon Mart Phase 2 and the International City project, reported Arabian Business.The developer said that the first USD9.93-million contract was awarded to ADC Energy Systems, which will be in charge of designing and building the cooling plant at Dragon Mart extension ...
-
Etisalats Nigerian unit secures USD1.2b loan
(MENAFN) Etisalat Nigeria announced that it has signed a medium term loan facility of USD1.2 billion, reported Gulf News.The Nigerian operation unit of the UAE telecommunication services operator said that the aim of the loan is to cover the debt of USD650 million and to resume its business across the country.The company's first quarter net profits witnessed a 1-percent increase on yearly ...
-
IMF stays upbeat on Dubai
(MENAFN - Khaleej Times) The International Monetary Fund, or IMF, said on Tuesday that it was confident of Dubai's ability to meet all financial obligations given its track record of successfully managing payment rescheduling.Masood Ahmed, director of the IMF's Middle East and Central Asia Department, said Dubai government-related entities had so far managed debt rescheduling quite ...
-
Emirates NBD boosts SME lending to Dh2 billion in 13
(MENAFN - Khaleej Times) Emirates NBD, a leading regional lender, announced that it would be boosting financing for small and medium enterprises, or SMEs, as well as micro SMEs in 2013 by setting aside Dh2 billion, up from Dh1.5 billion allocated in 2012.The bank, which launched a new initiative on Tuesday - Rise - to offer comprehensive support to UAE-based SMEs, said the targeted growth in SME ...
-
UAE- Smuggled ivory tusks seized
(MENAFN - Khaleej Times) A shipment of 259 smuggled ivory tusks has been seized in Jebel Ali, while en route from an African country, the Ministry of Environment and Water said.Ministry Assistant Undersecretary for External Audit Sultan bin Alwan said on Tuesday that the consignment had been seized by the ministry's personnel, in collaboration with the Dubai Customs at Jebel Ali Sea Port. ...
Abu Dhabi Featured
-
Abu Dhabi's changing role in UAE
The international financial crisis has caused much misery and despair world-wide, but in every recession there are opportunities, and because of Dubai, Abu Dhabi may have been presented with one.
When people around the world think of the United Arab Emirates, its capital, Abu Dhabi, is not the first emirate that comes to mind. Rather, Dubai is the most famous of the seven entities that united in the 1970’s. Read more
News from around our Network
