VILNIUS: Latvian airline airBaltic has today started performing direct flights from Vilnius to Kyiv, Ukraine. The new flights will be performed two times a week on an Airbus A220-300 aircraft. The scheduled flight time to Kyiv will be one hour and 15 minutes. Currently airBaltic performs direct flights from Riga, Tallinn and Vilnius to various European business hubs and a selection of leisure destinations. A complete schedule …

The Hult Prize is a global competition that crowd-sources ideas from all universities and college students. Recently, this event was held at the Institute of Business Management (IoBM), Karachi. The theme was ‘Food for Good.’ The participating teams of IoBM students shared business ideas to reduce food wastage. Mr. Talib Karim, President IoBM delivered the welcome note. He praised the …

DUBAI: Just as the UAE celebrates its 49th National Day, flags in all shapes and sizes were waved to mark the occasion across six continents by Emirates ground operations employees. Emirates airport operations employees at the hub also joined in the celebrations, holding their flags and making a formation in the number ‘49’ in front of an aircraft at Dubai International Airport. With …

ISLAMABAD: The latest addition to their leading chain of hotels across Pakistan, Hashoo Group has announced to launch a new brand of four-star hotels by the name of “PC Legacy”. Hashoo Group is the leading chain of hotels, which already owns and operates the five-star Pearl-Continental Hotels & Resorts, Marriott Hotels, and the select-service Hotel One brand in Pakistan. SNQ …

GENEVA: ​​​While virtually all urban areas in the world are covered by a mobile-broadband network, worrying gaps in connectivity and Internet access persist in rural areas, according to Measuring Digital Development: Facts and figures 2020, a new report launched today by the International Telecommunication Union. This matters even more due to the COVID-19 crisis. Connectivity gaps in rural areas are particularly …

The UAE has been identified as a key market where Angola is looking to attract foreign direct investment in a wide variety of economic sectors, such as agriculture and agro industry, fisheries, and manufacturing, government and business leaders have revealed. Their comments came during the recent “Expand Your Business to Angola” webinar organised by Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s …

DUBAI: As customers take to the skies for the UAE National Day holidays, Emirates will be celebrating the occasion by serving local delicacies, proudly crafted in the UAE to help make travel a little sweeter. Customers traveling in all classes from 2 December will be able to savour chocolates from Dubai’s only bean-to-bar chocolate maker, Mirzam. Partnering with a business …

By Rafiq Vayani KARACHI: A visiting Tanzanian business delegation has said that the establishment of a Tanzanian embassy is essential for boosting trade with Pakistan. They added that on return they will demand it from the Tanzanian government. “Tanzania is rich in natural flora and there are numerous opportunities for Pakistani industrialists.” These views were expressed during a visit by …

The UAE government has revitalised its collaboration with the Islamic Development Bankin relation to the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) – a centre that enhances food security through research and development (R&D) into biosaline agriculture in marginal environments. Through the UAE Food and Water Security Office, the government has renewed its agreement with the Islamic Development Bank, with the …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: Union Coop, the largest Consumer Cooperative in the UAE, opened its 3rdMall – ‘Al Warqa City Mall’ costing AED 347 Million and 578 thousand, covering a total area of 685 thousand and 112 sq. ft., with a construction cost of AED 373 per square ft. This comes as a part of Union Coop’s endeavor to achieve …