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Wizz Air pulls out of Abu Dhabi amid geopolitical strains and mounting losses
Middle East News 247
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July 15, 2025
Budget airline Wizz Air will shut down its Abu Dhabi operations from September 1, 2025, ending a five-year venture that struggled to gain ground amid growing regional tensions and financial headwinds. The Hungarian carrier confirmed the closure of...
Bulgaria Has Great Potential to Position Itself as Stable Partner for UAE - GERB Leader
Bulgarian News Agency
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Bulgaria has great potential to position itself as a stable partner for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in key areas such as economy, energy, innovation, and agriculture, GERB leader Boyko Borissov said during a meeting with UAE Ambassador in Sofia...
China revises visa application process for UAE residents: What travellers need to know
The Times of India
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UAE residents must now complete an online application and receive approval before visiting the visa centre to apply for China/ Representative Image TL;DR Visa applications start with an online form and document upload. Preliminary approval issues...
Dubai's Meydan is getting a skyscraper - from Sobha
Gulf News
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Prices for units at the new S Tower have not been revealed. The intent is to keep the sales process as private as possible, with personalized invitations and calling in interest. Sobha has another S Tower development, on Sheikh Zayed Road. The...
Dubai: Sheikh Mohammed Announces 10-Day Paid Marriage Leave For Govt Employees
MENAFN
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July 17, 2025
(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, issued a decree on Wednesday, July 16, regarding marriage leave for Dubai government employees who are UAE nationals....
Dubai: Bollywood Actor Loses 'Thousands' In Fake Website Scam
MENAFN
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July 17, 2025
(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) Bollywood actor and television star Archana Puran Singh said that she lost "thousands of rupees" when her family accidentally used a fake website to book an indoor skydiving experience. In her vlog on YouTube, the celebrity...
Dubai: Prawns, Laptops, Flight Tickets Vanish In Dh25 Million Scam
MENAFN
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July 17, 2025
(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) A Dubai company posing as a legitimate ship chandler has allegedly pulled off a multi-million-dirham scam, leaving dozens of suppliers across the UAE trying to recover losses after their post-dated cheques bounced. Rak...
Dubai Marina Fire: Some Tenants Struggle To Find New Homes One Month After Blaze
MENAFN
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July 17, 2025
(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) It has been a month since a fire broke out in a residential tower in Dubai Marina, affecting over 3,820 residents from 764 apartments. While the flames were quickly brought under control and emergency teams cleared the...
Using AI in Dubai? Some employees must now declare it
Gulf News
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Primary icons, functional icons The system includes five primary icons indicating: All Human: no machine involvement Human‑led: human-written, machine-checked or enhanced Machine‑assisted: iterative co‑creation Machine‑led: machine-generated,...
Dubai Judicial Institute Reveals Winners Of Second Edition Of Future Research Competition'
MENAFN
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July 17, 2025
(MENAFN- Dubai PR Network) UAE, 16 July 2025: The Dubai Judicial Institute (DJI) announced the winners of the second edition of the 'Future Research Competition', which aimed to promote scientific inquiry and legal innovation, aligning with its...
How Old Dubai's historic streets beat extreme heat
BBC
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"Perhaps the most underrated, but equally essential, passive cooling mechanism at work in Al Fahidi is the sikka", says Al-Jafflah. Sikkas, a traditional Emirati architectural feature, are narrow pedestrian walkways, not broader than 2-3m...
UAE, Turkish Presidents witness exchange of agreements, memoranda of understanding
Emirates 24|7
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July 17, 2025
UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and His Excellency Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of the Republic of Türkiye, today witnessed the exchange of several agreements and memoranda of understanding between the UAE and...
SOCAR, UAE company ink major deal to launch smart gas network in Azerbaijan
AzerNews
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July 17, 2025
SOCAR, UAE company ink major deal to launch smart gas network in Azerbaijan 17 July 2025 16:39 (UTC+04:00) In a landmark move to modernize Azerbaijan’s gas infrastructure, the Azerigaz Production Association of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan...
Mansour bin Zayed attends Abu Dhabi Summer Sports
Sharjah24
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His Highness met with the organisers and was briefed on the sports programmes and diverse activities featured at Abu Dhabi Summer Sports, which include individual and team sports as well as family- and child-oriented events, offering a...
Framatome to supply nuclear fuel to UAE's Barakah plant
World Nuclear News
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Thursday, 17 July 2025 Framatome and the Emirates Nuclear Energy Company have signed an agreement for the supply of nuclear fuel assemblies and engineering services for the Barakah nuclear power plant in the United Arab Emirates. The Barakah plant...
Dubai: New parking plans launched for students, educators
Gulf Business
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July 16, 2025
Image credit: Dubai Media Office (Picture used for illustrative purposes) Dubai’s largest provider of paid public parking, Parkin Company PJSC, has announced new subscription plans tailored for students, educators, and multi-storey parking users....
Ethiopian Airlines launches daily flights to Abu Dhabi, expanding UAE network
Aviation24.be
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July 16, 2025
Ethiopian Airlines has launched a new daily passenger service between Addis Ababa and Abu Dhabi, further strengthening its footprint in the Gulf region. This milestone expands the airline’s UAE operations to four airports across three cities,...
Dubai's Salik expands paid parking to two Abu Dhabi malls from July 18
Khaleej Times
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More malls, tourist enclaves, and business hubs in Abu Dhabi and Dubai are now offering seamless, ticketless, and barrier-less parking courtesy of Parkonic and Salik PJSC as the payment option. Private company Parkonic confirmed to Khaleej Times...
Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed attends Abu Dhabi Summer Sports
Gulf Today
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July 16, 2025
His Highness Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Presidential Court, today attended the Abu Dhabi Summer Sports (ADSS), organised by ADNEC Group and Abu Dhabi Sports Council at the Abu...
Dubai launches new classification system for AI-generated content
Gulf Business
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July 17, 2025
Image: Getty Images/ For illustrative purposes Dubai has unveiled a global classification system aimed at distinguishing the role of humans and intelligent machines in the creation of research, academic, creative and scientific content, in a move...