The centralised portal offers services such as commercial licensing in which government permits and approvals can be obtained without the need to physically visit any service centre.
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UAE oil firm ADNOC gets $900m investment in property unit
The biggest oil producer in the United Arab Emirates is getting a $900m investment in its property business from a state pension fund. Abu Dhabi Pension Fund is investing in some of Abu Dhabi National …
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$19.8bln properties sold in Dubai in 2020; market up 270% from lowest level in May
Dubai’s real estate market is strongly recovering from its lowest levels, with buyers snapping up more than $19.8 billion worth of properties across Dubai for the whole of last year, the latest data …
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BMW to use world’s first solar-made aluminium from UAE’s EGA
Emirates Global Aluminium began production of CelestiAL earlier this month, the first time solar power has been used to produce aluminium commercially worldwide …
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UAE service professionals believe pandemic exposed technology gaps
While 92% of service professionals in the UAE say the pandemic exposed technology gaps, customer service leaders are transforming their operations, accelerating digital transformation, and overhauling …
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UAE job market improves as business activity rises solidly in January
The UAE’s economy started 2021 on a high note as non-oil private sector business activity rose solidly in January while new employment also increased for the first time in the past 13 months.
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Netflix Mideast Rival Gets $25 Million From Abu Dhabi-Based Fund
Starzplay, a Middle Eastern competitor of Netflix Inc., got 92 million dirhams ($25 million) in debt financing from an Abu Dhabi-based fund as the coronavirus pandemic fuels demand for home …
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China’s Sinopharm vaccine offered to elite few in UAE tourist deal
China’s Sinopharm vaccine is being offered to a handful of wealthy people paying for access to the United Arab Emirates’ Covid-19 vaccination programme as part of a partnership to “bring tourism into …
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UAE non-oil private sector mild growth unchanged in January -PMI
Mild growth in the United Arab Emirates’ non-oil private sector was unchanged in January as business activity grew solidly and employment increased for the first time in over a year, although sales …
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Taking the Covid-19 vaccine is every person’s ‘ethical duty’ – UAE official
Taking the Covid-19 vaccine has become everyone’s ethical duty, whether UAE citizens or residents, to protect the health and safety of the community, Dr Saif Al Dhaheri, official spokesperson of the …
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UAE Job Market Improves as Vaccine Rollout Boosts Confidence
Business activity in the Arab world’s two largest economies improved at the start of 2021, with the United Arab Emirates seeing growth in its job market for the first time in over a year.
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Why UAE imposed transit restriction on Nigeria, by Emirates
Emirates Airline has explained that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) policy that bars transit travellers from Nigeria to Dubai …
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Israel’s Netanyahu says plans brief UAE visit next week
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday he plans to pay a three-hour visit next week to the United Arab Emirates and perhaps to Bahrain, two countries that forged ties with Israel …
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UAE’s New Foreign Citizenship Plan Triggers Rare Rights Debate
The United Arab Emirates’ new plan to offer citizenship to a select group of foreigners has generated some rare public discussion about rights, including from the wife of a ruling sheikh.
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UAE ambassador confident US F-35 deal will be fulfilled
“You can’t … take tools away from your partners who are expected to do more,” Ambassador Yousef al-Otaiba said Monday.
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Biden nixes Trump’s last-minute move to remove aluminum tariffs on UAE
President Biden late Monday reversed an effort by former President Trump to lift aluminum tariffs on the United Arab Emirates (UAE) shortly before he left office, instead keeping the tariffs in place.
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Joe Biden will keep Trump administration’s UAE aluminum tariffs
President Biden will keep in place the Trump administration’s aluminum tariffs on the United Arab Emirates, after initially reversing the policy. In a proclamation issued Monday, the 46th …
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