2020 — Topical news of the United Arab Emirates

February 2, 2020 936
Globally, New York tops the list followed by London, Singapore, Dublin, Luxembourg, the UAE, and Hong Kong The UAE's position among global financial centres will strengthen in the next five years, according to a survey of 240 senior financial executives. Conducted by Duff &...

February 2, 2020 811
Etihad Airways continues to work closely with, and follow the directions of key stakeholders in China and Abu Dhabi to help prevent the spread of the virus ABU DHABI - Etihad Airways has issued the following statement, attributed to a spokesperson: In response to the outbreak of the...

February 2, 2020 974
TomTom says congestion levels in Dubai and Abu Dhabi have fallen over the past year, bucking the global trend Abu Dhabi ranked 410th globally out of a total of 416 cities analysed with a congestion level of 10 percent - drivers in the city expecting to spend an average of 10 percent...

February 1, 2020 705
UAE's investments in the US are the largest among the Arab countries UAE - Abdullah Bin Ahmed Al Saleh, undersecretary of the Ministry of Economy for Foreign Trade Affairs, recently held a meeting with Ian Steff, assistant secretary for Global Markets and director general of the United...

February 1, 2020 905
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev makes comments during a keynote speech at the UAE-Kazakhstan business meeting in Abu Dhabi The UAE and Kazakhstan plan to implement joint investment projects worth about $11 billion, the country's President has announced during a visit to Abu Dhabi....

February 1, 2020 624
Occupancy rate climbed to 79.6% ABU DHABI - The hotel establishments revenues in the Abu Dhabi Emirate increased 3.5 percent to AED1.84 billion in Q4 2019 from AED1.774 billion during the comparable period of 2018, according to data released by the Statistics Centre - Abu Dhabi....

February 1, 2020 903
Oil price tumbles 16% in January on concern that the spread of coronavirus will curb demand for transportation fuels Oil is off to the worst start to a year since 1991, tumbling 16 percent in January on concern that the spread of coronavirus will curb demand for transportation fuels....

February 1, 2020 888
Broker Allsopp & Allsopp says Dubai Marina most popular area for leasing while Downtown tops list for sales in 2019 Confidence is growning in the Dubai real estate market despite the negative talk surrounding it, according to property broker Allsopp & Allsopp. The broker...

January 31, 2020 1403
World Health Organisation chief says biggest concern is that the virus spreads to countries with weaker health systems The World Health Organization on Thursday declared a global emergency over the deadly coronavirus spreading from China, after the Asian giant reported its biggest...

January 31, 2020 1466
Statistics Centre-Abu Dhabi says the automotive trade index in Abu Dhabi has maintained its positive momentum in first 10 months of 2019 Car sales in Abu Dhabi jumped in value to more than AED28.6 billion ($7.8 billion) in the first 10 months of 2019, according to new official figures....

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