UAE Weekly News Roundup 03/01/21
3rd January 2021
Happy New Year! Wishing all of our readers a safe, healthy and prosperous year ahead.
Welcome to Gateway's seventeenth weekly UAE business news roundup. A weekly, local business magazine with key business headlines from the last week to help you quickly, and conveniently, keep in touch with the UAE's business world.
Links to articles are in purple. In some instances where the publisher and date is mentioned without a link, it means it was seen in the paper version of the title and no online link was found.
UAE bilateral trade relationship headlines
Dubai has advantage in the healthcare and technology sectors (Khaleej Times 26/12/2020)
Export credit agencies of UAE, India join hands to enhance trade, economic cooperation (WAM 29/12/2020)
RTA Director explores cooperation with British Minister of Transport (WAM 30/12/2020)
UAE economy-related headlines
New council chaired by Sheikh Khalifa to oversee Abu Dhabi's economic and financial affairs (The National 27/12/2020)
Accelerating decarbonisation and digitisation can build upon UAE's game-changing reforms (The National 27/12/2020)
UAE researchers produce biofuel from date seeds (The National 27/12/2020)
Dubai Health Authority and Gulf Medical University to promote medical education and training in UAE (Gulf News 27/12/2020)
Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology develops state-of-the-art national system for PPE (WAM 28/12/2020)
UAE universities to develop online degrees to attract students from around the world (The National 28/12/2020)
UAE extends validity of tourists visas for one month (Gulf News 28/12/2020)
First artificial corneal transplant conducted in UAE (Gulf News 28/12/2020)
Dubai ranked top smart centre in Arab world for new technology development (Khaleej Times 28/12/2020)
AED 1.39 billion worth of contracts awarded by Empower in 2020 (WAM 29/12/2020)
UAE's retailers will need to keep picking up digital skills fast (Gulf News 29/12/2020)
This is why UAE shoppers are heading back to malls (Gulf News 29/12/2020)
Pandemic speeds up UAE’s transition to cashless ecosystem (Khaleej Times 29/12/2020)
Dubai Municipality to exempt companies from paying double fines for their violations (WAM 30/12/2020)
UAE foreign exchange and remittance companies bullish about 2021 (The National 30/12/2020)
UAE increases commitment to reducing carbon emissions and battling climate change (The National 30/12/2020)
Businesses in Dubai no longer required to carry out Covid-19 temperature checks from January 1 (The National 30/12/2020)
UAE to reduce carbon emissions by 25% by 2030 (The National 30/12/2020)
Gulf economies have handle on this crisis (Gulf News 30/12/2020)
UAE shipbuilding industry anchoring service for Gulf region (Khaleej Times 30/12/2020)
Future belongs to e-commerce and digital first (Khaleej Times 30/12/2020)
Abu Dhabi Ports hits 2020 targets in bid to Drive Global Trade and Logistics Industry (WAM 31/12/2020)
MoF extends deadline for submitting ESR notifications (WAM 31/12/2020)
UAE leaders on 2020: a challenging year that highlighted the country's strength (The National 31/12/2020)
UAE's Etihad and Emirates give glimpses into their post-pandemic plans (Gulf News 31/12/2020)
UAE's startup strategy is in for a transition (Gulf News 31/12/2020)
How did we eat takeaways in 2020? (Gulf News 31/12/2020)
UAE secures 27.5 percent of Japan's crude oil needs in November (WAM 01/01/2021)
Optimistic outlook for UAE banks amid government (The National 01/01/2021)
UAE hospitality sector to set record recovery in 2021 (Khaleej Times 01/01/2021)
Fiscal rectitude and flexibility mark UAE’s policies (WAM 02/01/2021)
Abu Dhabi toll gate scheme launched on Saturday (The National 02/01/2021)
UAE Public Prosecution warns against breach of privacy in cyberspace (Gulf News 02/01/2021)
Why 2021 will be less volatile for UAE banks (Gulf News 02/01/2021)
Local talent key for UAE’s digital future (Khaleej Times 02/01/2021)
UAE air quality has improved, new AUS study suggests (Gulf News 03/01/2021)
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