October 2017 — Topical news of the United Arab Emirates

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December exhibition includes rarely seen letters from the archive of The Andy Warhol Museum Cadillac, in partnership with The Andy Warhol Museum, has announced that the final exhibition of Letters to Andy Warhol will take place in Dubai from December 8-16. Only the second time outside of...

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Passengers permitted to claim compensation for delays under EU rules Emirates said it was seeking legal advice on Sunday after a UK court ruled that its passengers could claim compensation for flight delays under European Union (EU) legislation. The Court of Appeal ruled against...

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Morgan Parker, the senior executive recruited to lead its delivery, resigns Dubai Holding’s planned $20 billion mixed-use scheme, Jumeirah Central, is being sidelined while the developer works on other projects, it announced on Sunday. The Dubai real estate developer said in a...

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Laing O'Rourke has been appointed by Khazna Data Centres to expand high-tech facilities Laing O’Rourke has been appointed by Khazna Data Centres to expand the UAE's largest dedicated wholesale data centre. Under the agreement, Laing O'Rourke will design, build and fit-out Khazna Data...

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Highest rates of growth were in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and UAE The Middle East region has seen a 22 percent increase in online transactions during 2016, according to data revealed by Payfort, an Amazon company. Payfort’s 'State of Payments in the Arab World' report found the highest...

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Airline says suspected technical fault under investigation, return flight cancelled An Etihad flight from Abu Dhabi to Sydney was forced to make an emergency landing at Adelaide Airport on Saturday morning. Etihad said in a statement that flight EY450 from Abu Dhabi to Sydney...

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Dubai's status as a regional hub has been reaffirmed with the emirate being ranked among the world's top 25 cities in Global Power City Index (GPCI) 2017 on the back of its strong economy, accessibility and cultural interaction. Released by the Mori Memorial Foundation's Institute for Urban...

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Everyone with a roof over their head wants to know how the revised VAT law will impact property sales in the UAE. Since Propertyfinder Group relies on our data and prior performance to provide market insight, even we are thinking, prepare as much as you can, but then we will have to "wait...

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Dubai: New reduced speed limits will come into force on Dubai’s two main highways, Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Road and the Emirates Road, from this Sunday, October 15. The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) and the General HQ of Dubai Police have taken this decision as part of their efforts to...

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Jumeirah Central, the 74.3 billion UAE dirham ($20.2 billion) master development launched just over a year ago on one of Dubai's most prominent sites, has been put on hold, Zawya can reveal. The project, which was announced just ahead of the Cityscape Global conference in September last year,...

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