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Dubai Land Department, telecoms authority to regulate real estate ads on social media

Websites that offer real estate in the country and outside will also be monitored

Dubai’s Emirates NBD raises $2bn loan

ENBD will use part of the loan proceeds to refinance an existing $1.7bn term loan facility

Dubai to provide free wifi onboard all its 10,800 taxis

The project will be rolled out in phases

Dubai Police unveils new patrol, rapid intervention drones

The aerial vehicles are designed to reduce the need for human patrols

Dubai stock market could record its worst year since 2008 – report

The damp local property market and recent geopolitical tensions have impacted the DFM in 2018

Dubai to hold Expo 2020’s two-year countdown in Burj Park

Celebrations will include a specially choreographed show of the Dubai Fountain and a display on the Burj Khalifa

Dubai’s DP World amends terms of $2bn ‘green’ loan

The facility has been extended by two years and is now due in 2023

Pictures: Dubai’s Jumeirah Beach Hotel to reopen this week after revamp

The hotel closed for a five-month refurbishment in May

Live: All the latest updates from the Gitex technology event in Dubai

All the news and views from the region’s biggest technology event

Pictures: Design of Route 2020 metro station at Expo site revealed

The Route 2020 project will link the Metro’s red line to the Expo 2020 site

Dubai property prices drop, market ‘equilibrium’ expected in three to five years

Average sales prices for apartments and villas declined 6 per cent quarter-on-quarter in Q3, finds report

One killed after truck overturns on Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah

The driver was surprised by a ‘rotor’, according to Dubai Police

British woman spared jail in Dubai after calling judge ‘rude’

The woman already had her sponsorship cancelled

New beach district launched at Dubai Creek Harbour project

Units at the first residential offering in the district – Breeze – will available for sale from October 13

Dubai’s Jumbo Group launches 3D manufacturing company

The new facility will offer services including training and business consulting for young entrepreneurs

Dubai’s Mashreq pays $40m to New York regulator over compliance issues

US officials said that bank did not comply with federal banking laws aimed at combating international money laundering and terrorist financing

Dubai Municipality launches beach rescue drone in ‘world first’

Images showed the orange and red drone transporting life floats and other loads

Bollywood park, Dubai parks and resorts

Dubai Parks and Resorts records almost two million visits between Jan-Sept

Visitor numbers increased by 33 per cent year-on-year during the first nine months of the year

Dubai’s Nakheel awards Dhs23.7m contract for Palm 360

The project will have the world’s largest sky pool

No immediate plans to restart Palm Jebel Ali in Dubai – Nakheel CEO

Work on the mega development began in 2002, but construction was suspended after Dubai’s property market crash in 2009

Residents return to tower on Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah after 2016 fire

The Adriatic tower was left uninhabitable after the blaze due to damage to its electrical system

Emirates offers special business class ‘companion’ fares

The offer is open to travellers in Lebanon

Employment levels drop in Dubai’s private sector, travel and tourism most hit

Monthly poll finds that employment levels fell at the fastest pace in September since the survey began in January 2010

Smart immigration tunnels at Dubai airport to go live this month

The tunnels can identify the passenger and perform ‘full body scan searches’

Dubai International Airport to remain main hub for next 10 years

Al Maktoum International Airport was expected to become the emirate’s main aviation hub into the 2020s

Dubai editor case: Jail sentence increased for Francis Matthew

Francis Matthew’s prison sentence has been increased from 10 to 15 years for killing his wife

Dubai says gov service centres to go ‘online only’ later this month

The government wants to encourage use of apps and e-services

Dubai’s RTA awards two Expo 2020 roads contracts worth Dhs630m

The contracts have been awarded for the last two phases of the Expo 2020 roads project

Dubai’s Drake and Scull shareholders decide not to dissolve the company

The company also confirmed that an investigation was underway against the previous executive management

Flydubai to operate some flights from DWC during airport refurbishment

The southern runway refurbishment project at Dubai International is scheduled to take place from April 16-May 30