The new long-term visa for international investors and specialist professionals will have far-reaching impacts on the property market in the UAE. According to Dubbizle, a property website, the change will help boost the real estate sector and encourage …
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Dubai Customs Showcases IPR Efforts to Japanese Delegation
Dubai Customs’ IPR Department received a Japanese business delegation at its main building in Mina Rashid. Yousef Ozair, Director of Intellectual Property Rights Department (IPR), Narmin Ahmad Ali Issa, Director of Legal Affairs Department, Mohammed bin …
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Property for sale in UAE
Browse listings of houses, apartments, land, commercial property and other real estate for sale in UAE, advertised by owners, agents, developers & portals or jump to results for popular locations using the links on the right. Something of a playground for …
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Look: This UAE hotel is going plastic-free
… luxury hotel is opening in the UAE in just a few months and it is making a special pledge that only just a few in the industry have so far done. Jumeirah announced on Wednesday that its 293-room beachfront property in Saadiyat island, Abu Dhabi …
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Video: How Zoom Property, Dubai’s new property portal, plans to grow in a busy market
There’s a new property portal on the market, Zoom Property. What’s unique about it and is there even room in the market for such a venture? Gary Dalton is the company’s managing director. He says that Zoom launched with 20,000 properties on its efficient …
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UAE students shine in CBSE Class 12 results
Dubai: Indian schools in the UAE have once again reported strong performance by their students in the CBSE Class 12 exams as the results were announced on Saturday, with many school toppers scoring high 90s. There is no official toppers’ list from the …
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Cyclone Mekunu brings scattered showers in UAE
Mohammad Al Ebri, director of the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) in Abu Dhabi, told Gulf News on Friday that Mekunu was a Category 2 storm on Friday, with winds of up to 167km/h at its centre, but has started to weaken. On Saturday, weathermen …
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Abu Dhabi’s problem with the Muslim Brotherhood
The blockade of Qatar, which is about to enter its second year, appears to be motivated in part by Abu Dhabi’s long-held antipathy towards individuals, institutions, and governments that appear supportive of “political Islam”, which the UAE government has …
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New UAE student visa will give families relief, says official
Dubai: The new long-term visa for students in the UAE will have a positive social impact, besides making the country a more attractive destination for foreign students and universities, a senior official said. In an interview, Mohammad Abdullah, managing …
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3 men, woman jailed for running brothel in Dubai
Dubai: Three workers and a woman have been jailed for three years each for running a brothel where two 17-year-old girls were found to be working as prostitutes. One of the Pakistani girls was reported to have been convinced by her 24-year-old countrywoman …
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Average Dubai office rents soften by 4.3% in a year
Average office rents across Dubai softened by 4.3 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2018 despite greater activity levels, according to a new report. Knight Frank Dubai, in its Q1 2018 UAE Commercial market update, said the occupier market …
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Al Kaabi opens UAE exhibition in Venice
Dubai: Noora Mohammad Al Kaabi, Minister of Cultural and Knowledge Development, on Thursday opened the Lifescapes Beyond Bigness exhibition at the National Pavilion UAE participating in the 16th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale …
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Cyclone Mekunu to cause scattered showers in UAE
Mohammad Al Ebri, director of the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) in Abu Dhabi, told Gulf News that while Mekunu was a Category 2 storm on Friday, with winds of up to 167km/h at its centre, it will be downgraded to a tropical depression as it travels …
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Cyclone Mekunu forecast to have ‘minimal’ impact on the UAE
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UAE sovereign wealth fund Mubadala pays $271m for stake in Gazprom oil subsidiary
“This cements the link between GCC countries and Russia,” Giorgos Beleris, a Dubai-based oil analyst for Thomson Reuters, told Arab News. Richard Mallinson, co-founder of London research consultancy Energy Aspects and a research associate with the …
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Sharjah inmates get a second chance at life
Dr Shaikh Sultan paid off their debts amounting to Dh20 million. Colonel Ahmad Suhail, director-general of Sharjah Punitive and Rehabilitation Establishments, told Gulf News that the facility spares no effort to lend a helping hand to their inmates …
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Abu Dhabi helping eradicate global poverty
ABU DHABI – The Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) spent Dh1.4 billion in 2017 in its bid to help eradicate global poverty and achieve sustainable development in developing countries. In its latest report, ADFD said the Dh1.4 billion it spent last …
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