United Arab Emirates

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday will visit both Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates as Dubai hosts the United Nations' COP28 climate talks — despite facing an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court over the war in Ukraine.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced that the island of Poros will be included in the GR-Eco Islands sustainability program, following the islands of Astypalaia and Halki, speaking at the 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28), in Dubai on Friday.

King Charles III told world leaders Friday that the UN's COP28 talks in Dubai must be a turning point in the fight against climate change, as tough negotiations on fossil fuels began.

King Charles kicked off two days of speeches by heads of state and government in the oil-rich United Arab Emirates, with a stark warning.

Britain's King Charles has said the world was "dreadfully far off track" on addressing climate change and that the global economy would be in peril unless the environment was rapidly repaired.

As the COP28 summit gets under way in Dubai to discuss climate change, the results of a Greek public opinion poll conducted after the devastating Storm Daniel in September has shown that that young people in Greece are skeptical about climate change. 

DUBAI - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, who is attending the COP28 climate change summit in Dubai, said on Friday the event was being held against the backdrop of global conflicts and turmoil while the challenges of conserving the planet, the only home to all humans, were growing steadily.

World leaders take centre stage at UN climate talks in Dubai on Friday, under pressure to step up efforts to limit global warming as the Israel-Hamas conflict casts a shadow over the summit.

The COP28 conference kicked off on Thursday with an early victory as nations agreed to launch a "loss and damage" fund for vulnerable countries devastated by natural disasters.

The United Arab Emirates planned to exploit meetings with foreign governments arranged due to its COP28 hosting role to strike fossil fuel deals, according to leaked documents obtained by the BBC.

The leaked briefing notes were prepared by the UAE's COP28 team for summit president Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber ahead of meetings with foreign governments between July and October this year.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic met with UAE Justice Minister Abdullah Al Nuaimi on Wednesday to discuss bilateral relations, advancement of cooperation and experience-sharing in the fields of judiciary and rule of law.

DUBAI - The chambers of commerce of Serbia and Dubai will set up a joint business council that will include all of the most significant companies in Serbia and Dubai.

This was agreed at Thursday's meeting between Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia (PKS) President Marko Cadez and Dubai Chambers President Mohammad Ali Rashed Lootah.