Author: Ramalaan Nasser

Rishi Sunak has negotiated an agreement, in the form of the Windsor Framework, that has required the EU to give significant ground while getting nothing in return. The DUP tail must not now be allowed to wag the government dog, and Brexiteer Tory MPs must resist the temptation to seek ideological purity on the single issue of the European Court of Justice’s jurisdiction. To triumph electorally, the Tories must retain the support of significant numbers of Remain voters as well as Brexiteers, most of whom have no interest in the Northern Ireland Protocol. Swing voters, in particular, have other priorities, which…

Kenes Rakhisev, chairman of Board of Directors at Kazakhstan’s Fincraft Resources, and Sandeep Jajodia, managing director of Indian holding company Monnet Group, reached an agreement to jointly establish a ferroalloy plant in Kazakhstan. A memorandum of understanding was signed in Astana on December 14, 2022. The plant is ceremoniously named TB Alloys Kazakh Limited. The new plant is envisioned to be constructed in the industrial zone of Taraz city with the company has already started preparation works. Taraz is the administrative seat of Jambyl region in the south of the country near the border with Kyrgyzstan. Initially, the plant will have…

ABU DHABI, 12th January, 2023 (WAM) — In his capacity as Ruler of Abu Dhabi, President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has issued a law establishing Abu Dhabi Media Office. The new entity replaces Abu Dhabi Government Media Office, and has the Creative Media Authority and Abu Dhabi Media Company under its umbrella. As an independent entity, Abu Dhabi Media Office (ADMO) will oversee a unified media ecosystem in the emirate by establishing Abu Dhabi’s media strategy, as well as aligning the media plans and policies of Abu Dhabi Government entities, in addition to regulating and licensing…

Syrian President Bashar Assad receives UAE’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed in Damascus. (WAM) LONDON: The UAE’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed and Syrian President Bashar Assad met on Wednesday and discussed ways in which bilateral relations might be enhanced through cooperation at all levels to serve the interests of both countries, the Emirates News Agency reported. The meeting took place in the Syrian capital, Damascus, during the Emirati minister’s official visit to Syria. He passed on greetings from Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, the UAE’s president, and Sheikh…

The UAE has been ranked first in the Middle East and ninth globally in terms of power according to the US News Best Countries rankings. “The power sub rankings are based on an equally weighted average of scores from five country attributes that relate to a country’s power: a leader, economically influential, politically influential, and a strong military,” the website explains. The Gulf state rose one place from last year’s rankings and is currently in 21st place in the Best Countries Overall ranking. Out of the attributes considered in the Power category, the UAE scored its highest rating under “Economically…

Widening corruption investigation involving World Cup host shakes Europe The European Parliament voted on Thursday to stop all legislative work related to Qatar and bar the country’s representatives from parliamentary premises, in a sign of the intensifying fallout the Gulf state faces after being tied to one of the European Union’s biggest corruption scandals. Europe has been shaken by Belgian authorities’ investigation into allegations that members of the European Parliament took bribes from Qatar in exchange for influence. Belgian authorities sparked the scandal by detaining six people last week in an operation where police seized more than $1.6m in cash. Four of…