NEWS & INSIGHTS

GFH Real Estate, the real estate arm of GFH Financial Group, has announced the official start of works on its $150 million Harbour Row Project in Bahrain. The new residential and commercial destination in the heart of Manama is located […]

Apartment rental rates in Dubai saw minor increases in February, while there was significant fluctuation in Abu Dhabi rents, according to a new report. Real estate website Bayut said that with the addition of new units over the past few […]

The list of banned dogs for import is being expanded this year from seven to 12 by the Ministry of Climate Change, the department assigned to administer animal welfare law and its new amendments. Those rules will be enforced by […]

Washington: The United States is poised to ban large electronic devices such as laptops or cameras on board flights from up to a dozen Middle East nations, according to two airlines from the region and media reports. A tweet from […]

Yard test or the internal road test, a key milestone in the process of acquiring a driving licence, has been automated, the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced on Monday. The trial on the automated system, which involves multiples cameras […]

The Ministry of Economy and Commerce (MEC) has directed automobile agents and dealers across Qatar to clearly display fuel-efficiency labels on models from 2017 onwards. The label specifies the vehicle’s fuel efficiency. The fuel economy of a vehicle is the distance […]

Private schools will be allowed to increase their fees by at least 2.4 per cent, the Dubai education regulator announced on Sunday. The new Education Cost Index (ECI) for the next academic year was calculated at 2.4 per cent by […]

Massive Fire Destroys the Homes of 10,000 Shack Dwellers in Cape Town We at EER are Responding By Marie O’Neill, Head of Business Operations Dear Friends of EER. Last weekend while I was visiting South Africa, a devastating fire ravaged the […]

The opening of the Louvre Abu Dhabi is generating an international buzz as one of the most anticipated events of the year. When that will be is anybody’s guess, as officials are sticking to a mantra that this is worth waiting […]

New immigration system needed for increasingly mobile workforce – expert. GCC governments may have to introduce a flexible visa system to cater to the rising number of millennials carving out professional paths that are not tied to one company or […]

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance said his ministry will study the possibility of exempting some sectors from valued added tax (VAT) because of their importance, when setting up the local tax law. In reply to a query from […]

New robots to be in classrooms by end of this year. If your kids are fed up of their teachers, good news is on the way: robots will soon be appearing in Dubai schools. Technology firm ATLAB says it will […]