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More details have been revealed about plans to develop Masdar City in Abu Dhabi over the next five years. More than a third (35 percent) of the city’s planned built-up area will be completed within the next five years, and […]

ABU DHABI // Employers will soon be targeted in a campaign to improve their relationships with workers after more stringent labour laws took effect this year. Saqr Ghobash, Minister of Human Resources and Emiratisation, made the comments to a group […]

SHARJAH // Khalfan Mohammed Al Roumi, former politician and father of Ohoud Al Roumi, Minister of State for Happiness, died on Wednesday night. “The UAE has lost one of its greatest and loyal sons. The wise politician, the modest man […]

Now in its fifth year in Qatar, the event will be held from April 26-28 at the newly opened Doha Exhibition and Convention Center (DECC), amid recent announcements from Qatar National Bank (QNB) that the Qatari Government has focused 49.2 […]

DUBAI // More private schools are offering financial incentives to attract parents as competition increases to fill seats. About 20 private schools are expected to open in the emirate for the next school year, bringing the total to 193. Mohammed […]

DUBAI // The price of basic food items at supermarkets will fall by up to 50 per cent this Ramadan, the Ministry of Economy says. Dr Hashim Al Nuaimi, director of the ministry’s consumer protection department, said prices would drop […]

Dubai: Need an instant primer on how to take care of the newest member to your family? Or are you looking for whatever is trending in bringing them up? Then the “Baby&Child” magazine might have the answers you seek. GN […]

Air Arabia Jordan announces Riyadh flights Dubai: Air Arabia Jordan, the Amman-based joint venture of the Sharjah-headquartered Air Arabia, said on Tuesday it will start three weekly flights to Riyadh in Saudi Arabia on April 14. The announcement is the […]

Baghdad: Iraqi businessman Zaid Nazo has always been sure of his nation’s deep passion for food and wasn’t afraid to dream big when he transformed his small Baghdad coffee shop in 1999 into a casual dining and takeaway restaurant. Today, […]

Dubai: The average monthly spend on luxury items in Dubai was at $2,300 compared to $4,000 in Qatar, with people still preferring Dubai for luxury spending, a survey commissioned by American Express revealed. In the UAE, holidays and fine dining […]

In the last phase of Dubai’s health insurance law, all individuals, including foreign employees and their family members, must be covered by a health plan by June 30. What does the change mean? All employers are required to cover employees […]

More than 50 percent of recruiters in the UAE are predicting that new jobs will be created in the next six months despite lower oil prices and trading revenues, according to a new survey by Naukrigulf. Its latest hiring outlook […]