ABU DHABI, UAE - The UAE Government has issued a federal decree which aims to regulate and organize media in the UAE. The decree also aims to promote the UAE as a global media hub and establish an enabling environment to catalyze the growth and prosperity of the sector. The...

DUBAI, UAE – UAE Minister of Energy and Infrastructure Suhail bin Mohammed Al Mazrouei launched the National Program for Infrastructure Development (Salamah 365). This is a transformational project under the performance agreements signed by federal authorities in 2022 in the presence of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President,...

DUBAI, UAE -  UAE Minister of Energy and Infrastructure Suhail bin Mohammed Al Mazrouei on Tuesday announced the launch of the Global EV Market, a transformational project as per the performance agreements signed by federal authorities in 2022. The project was signed in the presence of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid...

DUBAI, UAE - The UAE presented its legislative ecosystem - which regulates the local labor market, provides social security and ensures decent social security to workers - the UN’s Human Rights Council (HRC). Several UAE federal, local government entities and civil society organizations were part of the delegation for the...

BAGHDAD, IRAQ - Iraqi Prime Minister Muhammed S. Al-Sudani chaired a meeting focused on discussing the provisions of the federal budget bill submitted to the Parliament. The meeting was attended by Parliament Deputy Speaker Muhsin Al-Mandalawi, Parliament Deputy Speaker Shakhwan Abdullah and MPs of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, as well...

BAGHDAD, IRAQ - Iran's top security official on Sunday signed a deal with Iraqi authorities for "protection" of their common border, the Iraqi prime minister's office said, months after Tehran struck Kurdish opposition groups in Iraq's north. Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region hosts camps and rear-bases operated by several Iranian Kurdish factions,...

Facebook parent Meta has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a long-running lawsuit that accused the social network of allowing third parties, including Cambridge Analytica, to access users' private data. The amount was disclosed in a court filing late on Thursday. Facebook has not admitted any wrongdoing as part...

Abu Dhabi, UAE---The Federal Tax Authority (FTA) has called on registered taxpayers to benefit from the decision to re-determine administrative penalties on taxes, which are 30 percent of the total outstanding amount of penalties that were not paid before 28 June 2021. They have also been asked to ensure they...

ABU DHABI, UAE - In the UAE the revenues at the federal level increased by 26 percent from US$100 billion (AED367.9 billion) in 2020 to $126.3 billion (AED463.9 billion) in 2021, says the Ministry of Finance (MoF) data released Tuesday. The MoF released the preliminary government finance statistics data for...

The UAE will raise its 2022 federal budget spending by an additional Dh1.23 billion ($334.9 million), according to the Federal National Council (FNC)

The UAE has introduced a "NAFIS" program to foster positive competition among UAE nationals, and enable them to take job opportunities in the private sector. The Emirati Talent Competitiveness Council (ETCC), in cooperation with the Federal Youth Authority, organized an event in the Youth Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai to...

The official export credit agencies of the UAE and South Korea have signed an MoU to boost investments in sustainable green energy, with a focus on hydrogen production projects development and trade relations between the two countries. Under the agreement between Etihad Credit Insurance and K-SURE, the official export credit...

Chaired by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, ruler of Dubai and Vice President, Prime Minister of the UAE, the Cabinet approved the Executive Regulations of the Federal Decree Law on Regulation of Labor Relations and the Executive Regulations of the Federal Law regarding the regulation and protection of industrial...

The Federal Authority for Government Human Resources (FAHR) yesterday issued a circular to all ministries and federal entities regarding flexible remote working for federal government employees on Fridays.

Dubai Chamber has announced that it will shift to a four-and-a-half day working week  from 3 January 2022. This is in line with the newly approved workweek for UAE federal government employees. The official working hours will be nine working hours per day Monday-Thursday, from 8am to 5pm, and four...

The Federal Authority for Government Human Resources (FAHR) has issued a circular to all federal ministries and authorities on the implementation of the new working week system.