Dubai’s Emirates warns of peak travel at the start of the New Year

The busiest days anticipated are January 1-4, 2020

UAE nuclear plant to be operational in Q1 2020 – report

Unit 1, the first of four planned reactors, is currently in a testing phase and is on track to receive an operating licence from regulators, the paper said

Revealed: Top 10 greatest passports of the decade, UAE tops list

The UAE’s passport gained a total of over 111 visa waivers, most of which have taken place in the last three years

Revealed: All the NYE celebrations across Dubai

Fireworks shows have been planned in 25 locations across the city

Video: Road closures, traffic plan for NYE celebrations in Dubai

Burj Khalifa will host a mega fireworks and light show to ring in 2020

Dubai intensifies retail monitoring to ensure DSF discounts are genuine

Officials are monitoring market activity and inspecting commercial establishments

GCC borrowers raise over $100bn in bond placements in 2019

Issuers seized on low borrowing costs as central banks globally cut rates

Saudi starts trial operations at new Arar airport

Once operational, the new Arar airport will have the capacity for 1.04 million annual passengers

Saudi shops, businesses can stay open 24/7 starting Jan 1, 2020

Businesses that wish to operate 24/7 will need a special licence

Kuwaiti oil companies could soon replace several expats with locals – reports

Some lawmakers believe local oil companies have favoured expatriate candidates over similarly qualified Kuwaiti jobseekers

Two Saudis shot dead in Dammam were planning ‘terrorist’ attack – state agency

The two wanted men were driving a vehicle laden with explosives

Saudi sentences Yemeni man to death for theatre stabbings

The attack, in which three people were injured, was ordered by al-Qaeda in neighbouring Yemen, according to reports

Uber’s acquisition of Careem gets Egyptian nod, with conditions

Any raising of passenger prices has to comply with cap imposed by the ECA

Dubai announces free parking on January 1, 2020

The UAE has declared that the New Year will be observed by both public and private sectors with a one-day holiday

Dubai reveals largest-ever budget for 2020 to ‘stimulate economy’

The budget for the financial year 2020, at Dhs66.4bn, will continue to focus on social services

New Year celebrations line-up revealed in Abu Dhabi

Concerts by international and Arabic singers as well as a 10-minute fireworks show have been planned

Dubai Duty Free sales cross $2bn in 2019

The airport retailer achieved a similar sales figure last year

UAE telecoms authority TRA responds to ToTok issue

ToTok co-founder Giac has also urged Apple and Google to re-instate the app

Revealed: Dubai’s biggest foreign trade partners during the first nine months of 2019

The emirate’s non-oil foreign trade grew 6 per cent to cross Dhs1 trillion between Jan-Sept

Why the GCC is courting MICE visitors

The regional meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions industry is booming

Why now is a great time to be a female entrepreneur in the UAE

The UAE offers greater gender equality than any other country in the region

UAE announces petrol prices for January 2020

Prices are unchanged from December 2019

Revealed: The new key laws introduced in the UAE to support businesses

The creation of a strong legal framework for commercial companies will positively impact the growth of FDI in the UAE

Kuwaiti MPs express ‘deep concern’ over situation of Muslims in India, China

India has seen massive protests across the country over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA)

Video, pictures: UAE witnesses annular solar eclipse

The next such phenomenon is set to take place in the UAE after 83 years

Saudi says two ‘terrorists’ killed during a shootout in Dammam

The incident took place in a residential neighbourhood in the eastern city

Abu Dhabi’s Etihad to increase its seasonal flights to Alexandria, Salalah

A new fifth weekly service introduced on both routes on Fridays

Dubai Shopping Festival: Gala plan revealed for the opening weekend

Cheb Khaled, Sherine Abdel Wahab and Emirati singer Hussain Al Jassmi will perform on DSF launch day at Burj Park on Thursday

Video calling app ToTok responds to allegations of being a spy tool

Allegations that the app is a spy tool are “deranged”, say ToTok’s co-founders

Dubai’s Emaar denies reports that it is selling Burj Khalifa observation deck

The company said it is considering a transaction wherein financing is being raised against the cashflows of the observation deck