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The UAE’s Ministry of Education and the National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority, NCEMA, issued a circular on preventative measures for students studying abroad. In the circular, the two authorities called on students to return to the UAE immediately should their universities shut down over coronavirus, COVID-19, concerns. As …

Dubai Economy, in cooperation with the Dubai Municipality, has closed nine cafes for failing to abide by instructions to immediately stop the provision of sheesha to customers, as part of the precautionary measures carried out to ensure public health and safety in the emirate amid COVID-19 concerns. Dubai Economy had …

Within an hour, Dubai Police has returned AED 50,000 to a traveler who lost it in the Dubai International Airport. The Asian passenger, unaware of his loss, was approached by the Airport Security Team who handed him over the money just before boarding the plane. Brigadier Mohammed Ahmed Bin Dylan …

The Integrated Transport Centre (ITC) of the Department of Municipalities and Transport in Abu Dhabi has implemented Abu Dhabi Executive Council’s decision with regards to exempting all individual and company/commercial vehicles from Abu Dhabi toll gate fees until the end of 2020. The decision is part of several initiatives launched …

Dubai Holding, a global investment holding company, and Meraas, Dubai’s premier developer and operator of lifestyle destinations, announced today the launch of an economic relief package aimed at supporting existing business partners and customers across their portfolio of companies. The economic relief package which amounts to more than AED1 billion …

Latest figures released by the Central Bank of the UAE note total foreign assets were valued at AED405.94 billion in February 2020. This figure indicates an increase of approximately AED47 billion, or 13 percent, compared to the same month last year. This growth in the Central Bank’s foreign assets balances …

Within the precautionary measures against the Corona epidemic .. “Umm Al Quwain Executive Council” issues a decision to suspend services in cinemas, museums, archaeological areas, amusement games centers, wedding halls, and parks. In addition to cafes and restaurants except for takeaway and home delivery. The quarantine will be applied to …

Dubai Criminal court began the trial of a security guard who physically and verbally assaulted a public employee while slipping him a traffic violation that he committed during an accident. He yelled “I am an officer in my country, and I want to speak to an officer like me”.  He …

In light of the Coronavirus outbreak and the suspension of a number of flights.. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs calls on the UAE citizens traveling outside the country to return to the homeland due to the difficulty of traveling within the framework of the UAE’s constant concern for the health …

His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, has learned about the ongoing national efforts to curb the proliferation of the COVID-19 and contain its repercussions. This came in a virtual communication meeting convened in the …