NEWS & INSIGHTS

Emaar Properties has unveiled a new luxury residential scheme next to Dubai Opera, comprising two towers in the centre of the Downtown district. The luxury ‘Act One | Act Two’ residences will be launched for sale in London on Wednesday […]

Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) made headlines last year when they were ranked as the 36th and 28th happiest countries on earth respectively, based in the most recent World Happiness Report, a global survey measuring contentment in 157 […]

The Roads and Transport Authority’s Traffic and Transportation Plan 2030 was approved on Saturday by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. RTA officials gave a detailed […]

YK Almoayyed & Sons (YKA) has announced that it has acquired the master franchise of global kids toy brand Imaginarium for Bahrain and the UAE. The company said in a statement that it is planning three Imaginarium showrooms in Bahrain, […]

Abu Dhabi: UAE University (UAEU) has announced on Thursday that it would start accepting applications from international students for admission to its undergraduate programmes which were previously limited to local students. In a statement, the university said that international students […]

Purchases from Russia made up 17% of overall investments in July, up three times from the beginning of the year. Real Estate investments from Russia have almost tripled over the last six months from 6% to 17% in Dubai. This […]

The government of Saudi Arabia is in its final stages of the business proposal to take over construction conglomerate Saudi Oger. Saudi Oger suffered a terrible hit by the slow pace of the Saudi construction sector due to decreasing investments, […]

Dubai’s cheapest and most expensive rental areas have been revealed in new data from a classified website. The city’s costliest spots to rent apartments include the Burj Khalifa, Palm Jumeirah, Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), Jumeirah Beach Residence, Dubai Marina […]

Dubai: Emirates Airlines may have suffered its first major hull loss since it started its operations three decades ago, but the global safety accolades it has won over the years can’t be easily beat. The UAE-based carrier, whose 777-300 aircraft […]

Saudi Arabia must employ 4.1 million Saudi nationals in the private sector by 2030 if it is to achieve its aims of nationalising the workforce and diversifying the economy, a new report claims. Research by Oxford Consulting Group analyses the […]

More than 50,000 new schools are required in the GCC by 2020 to cope with rising demand in the education sector, it has been claimed. The International and Private Schools Education Forum (IPSEF) has warned that new schools are needed […]

Emirates Green Building Council (Emirates GBC) has begun working with the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy with the intent to double the rate of energy efficiency in buildings by 2030.   This resolve follows the partnership between the World Green Building […]