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Dubai’s RTA raises $6.75m in licence plate auction

Four plates were responsible for a significant percentage of the auction earnings

Emaar to manage Dubai Frame as it readies to open

Work on the project began in 2013

Abu Dhabi’s Aldar awards $203m contract for The Bridges

The project is scheduled for handover in the first quarter of 2020

Alabbar’s $1bn site noon.com comes online in the UAE

Noon.com officially went live for UAE customers on September 30

Soft drinks, tobacco prices unchanged at some UAE stores as tax comes into force

Prices were expected to increase by 50 per cent and 100 per cent respectively from today

Dubai’s Meraas opens new creek cultural district

The project features architecture inspired by old Dubai

UAE unveils plans for $136m simulation of Mars city

Mars Science City will be the largest space simulation city ever built

UAE increases fuel prices for October 2017

The price increases reflect the positive momentum of global oil benchmark Brent in recent weeks

All GCC states to implement soft drinks, tobacco tax by year-end

The tax will see prices of soft drinks increase by 50 per cent and energy drinks and tobacco products by 100 per cent

Abu Dhabi state fund Mubadala swings to H1 profit

Mubadala suffered a net loss of Dhs4.7bn in the first half of 2016

Abu Dhabi’s Etihad appoints Tony Douglas as group CEO

Douglas is well known in the UAE’s aviation community after serving as the CEO of Abu Dhabi Airports Company

UAE remittances down 7.3% in Q2

The central bank forecast the growth rate of remittances would decrease this year

UAE launches four new strategies to achieve 2071 goals

The 2071 plan focuses on education, economy, government development and community cohesion

Survey shows UAE CEOs expecting growth, planning investments

Chief executives were found to be more willing to invest in innovation than their global peers

Senior Dubai editor pleads not guilty to wife’s murder

Matthews stands accused of hitting his wife twice on the head with a hammer at their home in Jumeirah on July 3

Abu Dhabi’s Etihad announces death of pilot operating flight to Amsterdam

The plane was forced to make an emergency landing

UAE and Oman rise, other Gulf states fall in HSBC expat ranking

The Gulf countries performed well in economics but less favourably in the experience and family categories

UAE soldier killed in Saudi accident

UAE slides one place in competitiveness index, remains top of Arab world

The UAE’s score increased slightly this year but it was outpaced by other countries

UAE President approves law granting new rights to domestic workers

The law introduces a standard contract and guarantees holiday time and rest hours

Dubai’s Emirates adds three extra flights a week to Stockholm

The additional flights add to the carrier’s existing daily service

Dubai ranks fourth for overnight visitors with 7.7% growth expected this year

The emirate also continued to have the highest international overnight visitor spend

Watch: Dubai conducts first test flight of self-flying taxi

Autonomous air taxi takes to the skies in successful maiden flight

Traffic delays after bus catches fire in Dubai Marina

The incident occurred near JLT Metro Station during rush hour

Dubai Safari, Frame to open in November

Dubai Safari was originally due to open last year

UAE’s first nuclear reactor to begin operations in 2018

The world’s largest single nuclear project, the Barakah plant, will have a capacity of 5,600 megawatts

Construction work begins at Uptown Dubai district

The project was originally known as Burj2020

Dubai introduces free charging, fee wavers for electric vehicles

The new incentives aim to reduce the emirate’s carbon footprint

All Dubai government service centres to close for one day

Initiative aims to encourage customers to use ‘smart channels’ to complete tasks

UAE’s ARACO wins contracts for three projects valued at $108m

ARACO will take responsibility for the architectural, MEP, structural design and other work across the projects

Dubai begins replacing skyscraper facades after series of fires

The government did not specify how it would ensure that owners complied with the policy