A new jazz theme night is coming to town, with a band taking up weekly residency at Dubai’s Bistrot Bagatelle.
Word is there will be an unnamed quartet onstage at the French eatery – although from the pre-publicity photos, we only spot a trio of vocals, piano and a bored-looking saxophonist. No word on repertoire at the time of writing, although it seems likely the standards songbook will be well-leafed.
What’s more, “special guests” are promised throughout the season – who, what or when remains to be seen.
The night will launch February 11, with the band playing three 40-minute sets from 8.30pm, and the Parisian restaurant’s standard a al carte menu on offer.
In the meantime, true jazz lovers should make sure not to miss out on the fabulous, UK-based Ollie Howell quartet – who are resident at the UAE's first true jazz club Q's, at the Palazzo Versace Dubai, until February 10 (playing three hour-long sets, Monday-Friday, 8.30pm-12.30am).
Launched in New York’s famous Meatpacking District in 2008, the Dubai incarnation of Bistrot Bagatelle is based on the first floor of the The Fairmont Hotel Sheikh Zayed Road, and is open for dinner daily from 8pm. For reservations call 04 354 5035 or email reservation@bistrotbagatelledubai.com.
Europe’s rearming plan
- Suspend strict budget rules to allow member countries to step up defence spending
- Create new "instrument" providing €150 billion of loans to member countries for defence investment
- Use the existing EU budget to direct more funds towards defence-related investment
- Engage the bloc's European Investment Bank to drop limits on lending to defence firms
- Create a savings and investments union to help companies access capital
In numbers: PKK’s money network in Europe
Germany: PKK collectors typically bring in $18 million in cash a year – amount has trebled since 2010
Revolutionary tax: Investigators say about $2 million a year raised from ‘tax collection’ around Marseille
Extortion: Gunman convicted in 2023 of demanding $10,000 from Kurdish businessman in Stockholm
Drug trade: PKK income claimed by Turkish anti-drugs force in 2024 to be as high as $500 million a year
Denmark: PKK one of two terrorist groups along with Iranian separatists ASMLA to raise “two-digit million amounts”
Contributions: Hundreds of euros expected from typical Kurdish families and thousands from business owners
TV channel: Kurdish Roj TV accounts frozen and went bankrupt after Denmark fined it more than $1 million over PKK links in 2013
The rules on fostering in the UAE
A foster couple or family must:
- be Muslim, Emirati and be residing in the UAE
- not be younger than 25 years old
- not have been convicted of offences or crimes involving moral turpitude
- be free of infectious diseases or psychological and mental disorders
- have the ability to support its members and the foster child financially
- undertake to treat and raise the child in a proper manner and take care of his or her health and well-being
- A single, divorced or widowed Muslim Emirati female, residing in the UAE may apply to foster a child if she is at least 30 years old and able to support the child financially
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MATCH INFO
Champions League quarter-final, first leg
Ajax v Juventus, Wednesday, 11pm (UAE)
Match on BeIN Sports
