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14 Aug 2025
ICP permits passport renewal up to one year before expiry
The Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs and Ports Security (ICP) has announced that UAE citizens may now renew their ... Read more
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14 Aug 2025
Fatima Bint Mubarak Excellence and Community Intelligence ...
Under the directives of H.H. Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak (Mother of the Nation), Chairwoman of the General Women's Union (GWU), ... Read more
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UAE Future
In 2028, the UAE will launch its interplanetary mission, with the primary goal of exploring the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The spacecraft will undertake a 3.6 billion-kilometre, five-year journey. Its final landing will be on an asteroid, 560 million kilometres from Earth in 2033. This will make the Emirates, the fourth nation to land a spacecraft on an asteroid.
The UAE aims to establish the first inhabitable human settlement on Mars by 2117. H. H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid said that the project is a seed that the UAE plants today and expects future generations to reap the benefits, driven by its passion to learn to unveil a new knowledge. He issued directives to Mohammad Bin Rashid Space Centre to lead the Mars 2117 project and prepare a 100-year plan for its implementation.
The ‘United Global Emirates’ Campaign
We are inviting you to be a part of our next 50 years of development. We offer 40 free zones for you to set up your business in retail, agritech, health, FinTech, logistics, media and ICT. Grow with the UAE. Invest in the UAE.
Make it in the Emirates
‘Make it in the Emirates’ is the unified industrial brand identity to encourage manufacturing and production in the UAE. Local and international investors are invited to contribute to the development of our national industries and promote with pride its uniqueness and super-quality.
Emirates Mars Mission
After a journey of about seven months, the Hope probe entered the orbit of Mars on 9 February 2021 at 7:42 pm, UAE time. Launched as part of Emirates Mars Mission, the probe will study the Martian atmosphere. The UAE is the first Arab country to reach Mars and its space agency is the fifth internationally to reach the Red Planet. The entry of the ...
Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the Founding President of the UAE
The Late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan established the foundation for a strong, united federation which welcomed modernisation while preserving the cultural and social heritage of the UAE. His objective was to invest in Emiratis and reap out of their active participation in building the nation.
Statistics
According to the IMD World Competitiveness Booklet 2023, the UAE ranks first globally in the sub-factor, ‘international trade.’
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