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Sharjah 24
16-07-2025
- Sport
- Sharjah 24
Al Hamriyah urges participants of summer programme to volunteer
Coach Saba Hassan presented a session entitled "The Game of Social Roles and the Culture of Volunteering" that emphasised the significance of volunteering and helping others and characterised it as one of Emirati society's founding values. Traditional Emirati heritage was also celebrated through leisure activities, with the Sharjah Institute for Heritage presenting a session on traditional movement-based games inspired by the UAE's cultural past. The Sharjah Police Headquarters captivated the audience with a live demonstration of police dogs (K9) at the Security Inspection Department. According to Ahmed Al Shamsi, Executive Director of Al Hamriyah Club, the aims of 'Our Holiday is Different' are being realised on a daily basis, and parental surveys show high levels of satisfaction with the initiative.
Gulf Today
13-07-2025
- Politics
- Gulf Today
UAE attends Srebrenica Genocide day ceremony
The United Arab Emirates took part in the official commemoration marking the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide, held on July 11, 2025 in Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The UAE's participation reaffirmed its recognition of the crimes committed in Srebrenica as genocide and served as a powerful reminder of the atrocities no community should ever face. The UAE underscored its unwavering commitment to honouring the memory of the victims and to supporting survivors and their families, while firmly rejecting any attempts to deny, distort, or misrepresent historical facts. The commemoration marked a day of reflection in memory of the 8,372 innocent lives lost in the 1995 genocide. It also reinforced the UAE's dedication to promoting the values of tolerance, coexistence, and mutual respect, values that remain central to its foreign policy. Through its participation, the UAE emphasised the urgent need to confront hatred in all its forms and reiterated its belief that every individual, regardless of race, religion, or nationality, has the right to live in peace, safety, and dignity, both within their communities and across the globe. The UAE delegation was led by Reem Bint Ebrahim Al Hashimy, Minister of State for International Cooperation, and Ahmed Al Shamsi, UAE Consul-General to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Al Hashimy participated in the event following an invitation addressed to President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Recently, Shaikh Al Mahfouz Bin Bayyah, Secretary-General of the Abu Dhabi Forum for Peace participated in the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide, organised by the United Nations at its headquarters in New York, with wide participation from UN and international actors in the field of human rights and the protection of minorities. In a speech he delivered during the dialogue sessions accompanying the celebration, the Secretary-General said that the Emirati model, in building a society of tolerance and love through effective legal, cultural, and educational frameworks, has today become a subject of international praise, reviewing those laws that promote the values of justice and equality and combat hatred. WAM
Al Etihad
12-07-2025
- Politics
- Al Etihad
UAE participates in commemoration of 30th anniversary of Srebrenica Genocide
12 July 2025 20:55 SREBRENICA (WAM) The United Arab Emirates took part in the official commemoration marking the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide, held on July 11, 2025 in Srebrenica, Bosnia and UAE's participation reaffirmed its recognition of the crimes committed in Srebrenica as genocide and served as a powerful reminder of the atrocities no community should ever UAE underscored its unwavering commitment to honoring the memory of the victims and to supporting survivors and their families, while firmly rejecting any attempts to deny, distort, or misrepresent historical commemoration marked a day of reflection in memory of the 8,372 innocent lives lost in the 1995 genocide. It also reinforced the UAE's dedication to promoting the values of tolerance, coexistence, and mutual respect, values that remain central to its foreign its participation, the UAE emphasised the urgent need to confront hatred in all its forms and reiterated its belief that every individual, regardless of race, religion, or nationality, has the right to live in peace, safety, and dignity, both within their communities and across the UAE delegation was led by Reem bint Ebrahim Al Hashimy, Minister of State for International Cooperation, and Ahmed Al Shamsi, UAE Consul-General to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Al Hashimy participated in the event following an invitation addressed to President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Zawya
01-05-2025
- Business
- Zawya
UAE: E7 Group announces $40mln dividends backed by robust financial performance in 2024
Abu Dhabi – E7 Group's shareholders approved the distribution of AED 147.10 million (7.36 fils per share) in full-year dividends for 2024, according to a press release. The amount represents a 70% payout of annual distributable net profit, exceeding the group's established minimum payout of 50%. The approved dividend aligns with the company's objectives for capital allocation, which balances its active pipeline of value-accretive inorganic growth opportunities and the payment of ordinary dividends to shareholders. Ahmed Al Shamsi, Chairman of E7 Group, said: 'The maiden dividend payment is a result of E7's strong financial and operational performance in 2024, having strengthened our portfolio of long-term client contracts and made good progress on our strategic growth initiatives in the year.' During the annual general assembly meeting, the shareholders also approved the 2024 financial statements, announcing revenue growth of 11% year-on-year (YoY) to AED 701.20 million. In 2025, E7 plans to deliver its value proposition to turbocharge growth, with an integrated account management approach focused on customer centricity, extracting synergies from operations to boost innovation and excellence in every solution. Source: Mubasher
The National
03-04-2025
- Business
- The National
Taqa and Ewec to develop 1GW gas turbine plant in Abu Dhabi to support tech push
Abu Dhabi National Energy Company, better known as Taqa, has signed a 24-year power purchase agreement with Emirates Water and Electricity Company, to build and operate a one-gigawatt open-cycle gas turbine project in Al Dhafra as part efforts to support the UAE's technology needs. Taqa will both own and manage the plant, including its operation and maintenance. The company's subsidiary, Taqa Transmission, will build the grid connections to distribute the generated power, the companies said on Thursday. Open-cycle gas turbines are typically employed for short-term power boosts, not constant operation, to meet peak electricity needs. The projects will support the UAE's $6 billion 'round the clock' renewable energy facility announced by Masdar in January, which will combine 5 gigawatts of solar capacity with 19 gigawatt hours of battery storage to produce 1 gigawatt of clean power. The partnership between Ewec, Taqa and Masdar will drive investment of about Dh36 billion ($9.8 billion) in Abu Dhabi's energy infrastructure, with about 75 per cent allocated to renewable and conventional power generation and the remaining 25 per cent to funding grid infrastructure, the companies said. 'Providing reliable low-carbon power plays an important role in enabling the global energy transition,' said Jasim Thabet, group chief executive and managing director of Taqa. Ewec currently supplies more than 55 per cent of Abu Dhabi's power through renewable and clean energy sources and plans to raise it to 60 per cent by 2035. Last year, Ewec said there was urgent need for an additional 5.1 gigawatts of gas capacity in the emirate to support the integration of renewable energy projects and provide flexibility during peak demand, state news agency Wam reported. This includes 2.6 gigawatts of flexible and cost-effective open-cycle gas turbine capacity, expected to be available by 2027, along with about 2.5 gigawatts of combined-cycle gas turbine capacity by 2028, the company said at the time. 'By creating a future-ready energy framework that integrates next-generation renewable energy technologies and advanced transmission solutions, this collaboration is setting a new global benchmark for sustainable energy systems,' said Ahmed Al Shamsi, chief executive of Ewec. Under the updated objectives of the UAE Energy Strategy 2050, the country will invest between Dh150 billion and Dh200 billion by 2030 to ensure energy demand is met while sustaining economic growth in the Emirates. Projects under the plan include the 1.8-gigawatt sixth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, the second phase of Dubai's waste-to-energy project, and two major photovoltaic projects – the 1.5-gigawatt Al Ajban plant and the 1.5-gigawatt Al Khazna – both in Abu Dhabi. Masdar alone aims to reach 100 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity by 2030, up from about 20 gigawatts at present.
