Jenny Hunt
UAE Weekly Business News 04/07/21
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UAE trade licence-related headlines
CBUAE issues guidance on anti-money laundering, combatting terrorism for licenced financial institutions (WAM 29/06/2021)
Visa-related headlines
Work permits for Golden Residency holders launched (WAM 01/07/2021)
Bilateral trade-related headlines
Azerbaijani President receives UAE Minister of Economy, underlines depth of UAE-Azerbaijan relations (WAM 27/06/2021)
UAE Ambassador, Spanish State Secretary for Foreign Affairs explore boosting cooperation (WAM 27/06/2021)
Brazilian Minister of Defence discuss bilateral relations (WAM 28/06/2021)
UAE is Egypt’s largest trade partner in Middle East (WAM 28/06/2021)
Italy seeks to boost UAE’s dental industry infrastructure, practices (Khaleej Times 29/06/2021)
Israel-UAE trade stands at $675.22m (WAM 30/06/2021)
Emirati-Brazilian Parliamentary Friendship Committee holds virtual meeting with Brazilian counterpart (WAM 30/06/2021)
UAE and France discuss bilateral relations at key summit (The National 30/06/2021)
UK expertise and investment can help drive GCC’s transition to renewable energy (The National 30/06/2021)
UAE, Austria sign agreement to avoid double taxation (WAM 01/07/2021)
Department of Health - Abu Dhabi, Clalit Health Services of Israel sign MoU to increase cooperation in healthcare sector (WAM 03/07/2021)
UAE economy-related headlines
UAE government partners with LinkedIn on skills programme for Emirati women (The National 27/06/2021)
UAE to enter 25 new markets for foreign trade in bid to boost exports by 50% (The National 27/06/2021)
Deliveroo opens its largest 'dark kitchen' in the world on Hessa Street, Dubai (The National 27/06/2021)
Etihad Rail: inside the UAE railway network's nerve centre (The National 27/06/2021)
Climate change is making UAE hotter – a trend that will continue (The National 27/06/2021)
Mohammed bin Rashid reviews Ministry of Economy’s programmes, launches new economic growth initiatives (WAM 28/06/2021)
UAE's re-export trade amounted to AED467.5bn in 2020 (WAM 28/06/2021)
'Our goal is to leverage Dubai as the first economy capital in the world': Mohammed bin Rashid (WAM 29/06/2021)
Theyab bin Mohamed bin Zayed inaugurates track-laying works from Seih Shuaib to Abu Dhabi and Dubai (WAM 29/06/2021)
Jafza redefines infrastructure in free zone by completing projects worth AED2.484 billion (WAM 29/06/2021)
Dubai poised for rapid contactless economy growth (WAM 29/06/2021)
World's biggest vertical farming R&D centre breaks ground in Abu Dhabi (The National 29/06/2021)
UAE Central Bank issues guidance to lenders working with property and precious metals dealers (The National 29/06/2021)
Etihad Rail: what is the region's biggest train project - and where does it go? (The National 29/06/2021)
UAE doctors urge mass production of 'FFP3' face mask that cuts Covid-19 Delta variant risk (The National 29/06/2021)
Tadweer registers remarkable achievements in 2020 (WAM 30/06/2021)
Etisalat to explore development of 6G amid communications boom (The National 30/06/2021)
UAE ranks fifth in global cybersecurity index (The National 30/06/2021)
Inside Deliveroo's huge 'dark kitchen' in Dubai (The National 30/06/2021)
AED4.5bn of weeklong real estate transactions in Dubai (WAM 01/07/2021)
Dubai is second most popular global city for digital nomads (The National 01/07/2021)
Watch: inside the UAE's only shrimp farm (The National 01/07/2021)
Dubai aims to be a global digital economy hub (Khaleej Times 01/07/2021)
Abu Dhabi launches new contact tracing system (The National 02/07/2021)
Mohammed bin Rashid's economic initiatives a qualitative shift towards better economic ecosystem (WAM 03/07/2021)
UAE’s liberalisation policy will continue to attract FDI to region (Khaleej Times 03/07/2021)
Middle East millionaires wealth grows 10.7% at AED11.7tn in 2020 (Khaleej Times 03/07/2021)
Dubai's property values buoyed by rising villa sales in Q2 (The National 03/07/2021)
Coronavirus: 63.7% 'fully vaccinated' in the UAE (WAM 04/07/2021)
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