Dubai

Global leaders in government and public policy are gathering in Dubai for the World Government Summit, a forum dedicated to "shaping the future of governments".

In total, more than 4,000 decision-makers from 140 countries - including heads of state, ministers and business leaders - will help to shape the future of the planet at the event at Madinat Jumeirah this week.

It appears that Greeks are starting to warm to the idea of Christmas holidays abroad again, with belt-tightening having prevented many from doing so over the years of the financial crisis. This is partly due to the rise in hotel rates in various parts of Greece that has rendered several foreign destinations more competitive.

A delegation headed by Minister for Romanians Abroad Natalia-Elena Intotero carried out in Dubai on Monday a series of talks with high dignitaries of the Government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), that were mainly aimed at the development of projects in the area of inter-cultural dialogue and preservation, affirmation of national identity.

Emirates NBD (ENBD), Dubai's largest bank, on Oct. 30 reported a 16 percent rise in third-quarter net profit, benefiting from a jump in net interest income and a drop in bad loan impairments.

The official visit of Bulgareia's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov to the United Arab Emirates continues. In Dubai, Borissov met with Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where 7,000 Bulgarians live, reports BNT. 

One of the two planes that transported 15 Saudis was searched by Turkish authorities before leaving Turkey for Dubai. It was not immediately clear whether the second plane, pictured here, which left Istanbul for Egypt, was also searched.

Bulgarian artists will illuninate the Berlin Brandenburg Gate in Berlin during the Festival of Lights. Marin Dimitrov and Marin Petkov have a lot of experience at festivals around the world, and now they are going to decorate the German capital. The theme of the Brandenburg Gate is to link cultures. This will be a multicultural show with different elements from different countries.

War profiteers, terror financiers and drug traffickers sanctioned by the U.S. in recent years have used Dubai's real-estate market as a haven for their assets, a new report released June 12 alleges.

The Dubai Maritime City Authority's (DMCA) pavilion at Posidonia 2018, the shipping fair that opens on Monday night at the Athens Metropolitan Expo center, features all the new and ambitious initiatives that have earned Dubai a place among the five most competitive and attractive maritime centers in the world.

Turkish Cargo, a division of Turkey's national flag-carrier Turkish Airlines, has transported the self-proclaimed "world's fastest car" from the Gulf emirate of Dubai to Toronto, Canada.