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Billionaire Hinduja brothers weigh bid for Etihad-backed Jet Airways

The Mumbai-based Hinduja Group is in talks with Jet founder Naresh Goyal and investor Etihad, according to media reports

UAE unveils ‘golden card’ permanent residency scheme for expats

The move will see permanent residency granted to “exceptional” professionals

Pics: Construction of Expo 2020 Dubai’s three thematic districts complete

The districts form the largest built-up area of the site and include 86 low-rise buildings

Cloud seeding likely to have led to heavy rains in the UAE this week

Parts of the country have been witnessing heavy rains accompanied by lightning, thunder and even hail

UAE aviation authority denies rumours of Dubai plane crash

Reports circulating on social media claimed a plane had crashed in Dubai on Tuesday

Dubai’s DEWA says 300MW phase of mega solar park will be operational next month

This stage is part of the 800MW third phase of the world’s largest single-site solar park in Dubai

Property props up Dubai stock market

The index has risen only 0.3 per cent this year, while it has lost 7.7 per cent since the beginning of May

Contract awarded for Dhs5bn Jubail Island project in Abu Dhabi

Enabling works are scheduled for completion in January 2020

Videos: Heavy rains, hail hit parts of the UAE

Motorists have been urged to be careful due to poor visibility on the roads

Dubai’s Jebel Ali freezone waives Dhs35m in fines

Jafza said the move supports the UAE’s designation of 2019 as the ‘Year of Tolerance’

All Dubai restaurants will soon have to display calorie content on menus

All food establishments in the emirate will have to adhere to the ruling by January 2020

Over 33% of UAE residents paying more rent than a year ago – survey

Nearly 37 per cent of residents are giving the same amount of rent as a year ago

Dubai’s unemployment rate stood at 0.5% in 2018

The unemployment rate among Emiratis residing in Dubai increased by over one percentage point between 2016 and 2018

UAE energy minister says oil stocks building up

The job by OPEC and its allies to balance the oil market is not complete yet, he said

Saudi calls for emergency meeting of GCC, Arab leaders over recent attacks

Last week, four ships were sabotaged off the UAE coast, while drones attacked oil installations in Saudi

Dubai property market will see upturn in 2017- KPMG

What will the Dubai property market look like post Expo 2020?

Matthew Gregory, head of property sales at dubizzle Property, looks ahead to 2021 and the impact of Expo 2020 on Dubai’s property market

Four dead after plane crashes close to Dubai International Airport

The small aircraft crashed 5km south of the airport due to a technical malfunction

Dubai’s Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan, two brothers get married

The religious wedding ceremony took place on Wednesday

UAE issues weather warning as heavy rain, thunderstorms forecast for next week

The weather is expected to be particularly severe from Monday to Wednesday

Dubai contractor Arabtec CEO resigns

His resignation came after the company posted a 49.5 per cent drop in Q1 net profit

Finding investment opportunities in the education sector

At an exclusive event hosted by Gulf Business and Allied Investment Partners, leading experts discussed investment within the education sector

Motorists can now renew vehicle registration in Dubai without paying fines

Under Dubai Police’s new initiative, those who have a clean record for one year get a 100 per cent discount on fines

uae flag, UAE appoints Abu Dhabi Crown Prince’s son as chairman of State Security

UAE court sentences six Lebanese to jail in Hezbollah trial

The defendants, who have lived and worked in the UAE for more than 15 years, were arrested in late 2017 and early 2018

UAE pledges restraint after tanker attacks, says probe to be completed in ‘days’

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash said he would not speculate about who was behind Sunday’s sabotage acts on four vessels

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UAE gets 6,000 applications from investors, entrepreneurs for long-term visas

The scheme grants entrepreneurs and their families five-year residency visas

UAE’s Image Nation, Majid Al Futtaim and MBC partner to develop local film, TV content

The partnership will support regional projects from inception to distribution

Developer Damac acquires Dhs 1.26bn of land near Dubai Canal

Damac’s first-quarter profits drop 94% as Dubai property market slumps

Dubai property prices have fallen since a mid-2014 peak, hurt by weaker oil prices and muted sales

Dates revealed for latest edition of Dubai Summer Surprises

The festival, now in its 22nd edition, will run for six weeks starting from June 21

Video: Dubai Police add Maserati GranTurismo to supercar fleet

The new supercar increases the number of luxury patrol vehicles in the Dubai Police fleet to 15

US envoy urges response ‘short of war’ to tankers attack off UAE coast

Four commercial vessels, including two Saudi oil tankers, were sabotaged on Sunday near Fujairah