2018 — Topical news of the United Arab Emirates

June 23, 2018 no comments 930
Foreigners violating the residency law will be granted a three-month grace period to either leave the country voluntarily without prosecution. UAE - In a relief for expats whose visas have expired and who are illegally staying back in the UAE, a three-month general visa amnesty by the...

June 23, 2018 no comments 933
The trailers must be registered annually. The Sharjah Police, after launching a crackdown on unlicensed or unregistered trailers, urged its owners to register it online or approach the Tasjeel village for completing the procedures. The police patrols were deployed on the roads and areas...

June 23, 2018 no comments 1023
Expo 2020 projects, high oil prices, fiscal stimulus and structural reforms are likely to support a growth recovery into 2019: analysts A string of stimulus and structural reform measures initiated recently in the UAE by the federal government and individual emirates will help accelerate...

June 23, 2018 no comments 1026
The decision was made following an announcement by the Dubai Executive Council. The UAE's biggest education provider, GEMS Education has announced a freeze in teachers' salary increments for the academic year 2018-19. The decision was made following an announcement by the Dubai Executive...

June 22, 2018 no comments 884
Announcement comes after Marriott International was appointed to refurbish the Yas Viceroy into a W Hotel property Just 24 hours after Aldar revealed it will refurbish the Yas Viceroy Abu Dhabi and turn it into a W Hotel property, the firm announced it is working on another branded...

June 22, 2018 no comments 1196
Dubai Knowledge Park is supplying targeted vocational training courses DUBAI - With a growing number of Chinese tourists coming to Dubai, it has become increasingly important to train qualified talent to serve this emerging market segment. The number of visitors from China grew 12...

June 22, 2018 no comments 917
They were promised a cheap deal for a five night, six day trip to Dubai Dreams of 64 Indian senior citizens of making an international trip to Dubai were squashed as they were duped of their money. The Delhi Police on Wednesday arrested a 35-year-old tour operator from Mumbai for...

June 22, 2018 no comments 897
Some of the money recovered was in foreign currency. A beggar who had Dh45,000 stashed away in his artificial limb has been arrested in Dubai. That was not all, the police also recovered an additional Dh55,000 from him - taking the total amount recovered to a whopping Dh100,000. The beggar...

June 22, 2018 no comments 938
Dubai-based airline urges Delta Air Lines, United Airlines and American Airlines to concentrate on improving services rather than trying to stifle Emirates' growth in the US Emirates has urges aviation giants in the United States to concentrate on improving their own product rather than...

June 22, 2018 no comments 990
UAE is Hong Kong's largest export market in the Middle East Hong Kong’s exports to the UAE reached $2.322 billion in the first quarter of 2018, led by exports of telecom equipment and parts (40.1 per cent of total), pearls, precious and semi-precious stones (21.8 per cent of total), and...

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