August 2016 — Topical news of the United Arab Emirates

August 29, 2016 no comments 797
Arab Emirates will hand a special award for development of a mobile application. Dubai, UAE. Arab Emirates will hand a special award for development of a mobile application in 15 categories. Registration will open next week, and delivery of awards will take place on November 9. The...

August 29, 2016 no comments 910
The developer launched the project for sale a month ago Dubai developer Jumeirah Golf Estates has confirmed that 50 per cent of its project Redwood Park – phase two has been sold out a month after its launch. The second phase included three- and four- bedroom townhouse units. The...

August 29, 2016 no comments 887
DUBAI // It’s the end of the school holidays, you’ve packed the kids off on the school bus for the first time in weeks, and you think, "I’ll rest at home for an hour or two – no one at work will miss me." Bad idea. Sunday was also the day Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, the Vice President and...

August 28, 2016 no comments 983
At an auction sale of one of residences in the burned-down skyscraper of The Address Downtown in Dubai is complete. At the Gulf Sotheby auction 's International Realty took place sale of apartments, among others victims during the fire which happened in a skyscraper of The Address Downtown...

August 28, 2016 no comments 889
ABU DHABI // Vehicle owners are ignoring municipal warnings and the threat of fines to illegally sell their cars at a roundabout on the outskirts of the capital. Some are refusing to use Motor World, a purpose-built hub for the sale of used cars, and instead leave their vehicles with "for...

August 28, 2016 no comments 837
The policeman had been sentenced earlier to 3 months in jail for obtaining a cheque under duress from the detained businessman Dubai: A police lieutenant has had his three-month imprisonment overturned as a court cleared him of obtaining under duress a Dh105,000 cheque from a businessman...

August 28, 2016 no comments 989
The number of the Russian tourists having a rest in Ras-al-Hejme in 2016 has grown by 3,2%. Dubai, UAE. Despite general fall of outbound tourism in Russia, the number of the Russian tourists having a rest in Ras-al-Hejme in 2016 grew by 3,2% in comparison with the same period of 2015. Thus...

August 28, 2016 no comments 1155
ABU DHABI // The private car services Uber and Careem abruptly stopped operating in Abu Dhabi on Saturday afternoon. The companies refused to say why, or indicate when they would resume, but insisted the suspensions were temporary. No one at TransAd, the Abu Dhabi taxi regulator, was...

August 27, 2016 no comments 954
50 illegal taxi drivers arrested for shuttling passengers from Abu Dhabi airport. Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Police arrested 50 drivers for running their private cars as illegal taxis. They were allegedly shuttling passengers from Abu Dhabi airport in their private vehicles that were not...

August 27, 2016 no comments 945
Took bribe from undercover cop A court in Ajman sentenced a Syrian working at a government department to one year in prison and ordered his deportation from the UAE after he was convicted of taking bribe, a newspaper reported on Monday. Police arrested the employee after an undercover...

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