2016 — Topical news of the United Arab Emirates

September 1, 2016 no comments 1735
At the 15th session of the largest exhibition of the real estate Cityscape Global in Dubai Bloom Properties will submit the new housing project to Bloom Heights. The builder Bloom Properties who is a part of Bloom Holding and specializing in development of steady and complex city communities...

September 1, 2016 no comments 1246
The magnate Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtur predicted increase in prices for the real estate in Dubai in the next months in connection with the increased demand. In the statement the chairman of Habtoor Group Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtur confirmed again that Dubai is "a safe shelter for investors",...

August 31, 2016 no comments 2373
The duo have now been jailed in Dubai. A Swedish and an American have each been sentenced to five years in jail after they were found guilty of kidnapping and holding a Pakistani man against his will and threatening to kill him and his wife by 'chopping' them up for Dh100,000 ransom....

August 31, 2016 no comments 2343
The accused -- two Emiratis and five Asians -- disconnected the CCTV cameras and made all employees queue up before taking their mobile phones. Two Emiratis and five Asians (three Indians and two Pakistanis) allegedly robbed Dh659,990 from a general trading company in Naif after they...

August 31, 2016 no comments 2258
The man, holder of a visit visa, was caught at the Dubai International Airport on June 20 after the customs inspectors found him trying to smuggle cannabis in ten pieces of candies. A 22-year-old Australian man was arrested at the Dubai airport allegedly in possession of candy-coated...

August 31, 2016 no comments 2344
Occupancy rates at Sharjah hotels during the first half of 2016 reached 62%. An international summer campaign organised by the Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority (SCTDA) contributed towards 878,006 hotel guests spending 1.99 million nights in all hospitality...

August 31, 2016 no comments 2335
It could well be the influence of the Expo 2020 build up, says Cluttons Dubai: The Expo 2020 effect could soon start featuring in Gulf investors’ calculations — Dubai has been rated as their top pick to pick up real estate in 2017, according to a survey by Cluttons in association with YouGov....

August 31, 2016 no comments 2283
The two-storey, 210-metre walkway will connect passengers directly from the station to the mall A new pedestrian link has opened between the Ibn Battuta Mall and the Dubai Metro station, mall developer Nakheel announced on Tuesday. The two-storey, 210 metre walkway will enable passengers...

August 31, 2016 no comments 2401
Work on 302 apartments at Bloom Properties’ Soho Square development on Saadiyat Island is due to start next month after Bloom awarded an enabling works contract for the project to Dutch Foundation Company and Concrete Rehabilitation. Bloom said that the contractor would start site...

August 31, 2016 no comments 2226
Dubai Properties launches phase two of townhouses in its Serena community Dubai developers are continuing to release more off-plan projects to tap investor interest ahead of Cityscape Global in September. Dubai Properties (DP) will soon release for sale townhouses in the Portuguese-inspired...

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