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  • The Saudi Cultural Mission’s New Headquarters
     

    The new SACM headquarters in Fairfax, Virginia provides a modern hub for Saudi Students in the United States, and stands as a symbol of the strong cultural relations between the United States and Saudi Arabia. Until recently, the future of the iconic Watergate hotel and office complex in Washington DC, which was the site of […]

     
  • With customs union, GCC edges toward closer economic ties
     

    Saudi Arabia, the biggest Arab economy, is leading moves toward political and economic cooperation, which it believes would give the mostly Sunni-led monarchies of the Gulf more power to withstand any confrontation with Shi’ite Iran. Closer business ties within the GCC, which consists of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Bahrain and has […]

     
  • Ramadan 1433
     

    Ramadan means more in the lives of Muslims than refraining from eating and drinking during the daylight hours. The ritual fasting during the holy month is among the five pillars of Islam: Shahadah, the declaration of faith; Salat, five daily prayers; Zakat, charitable giving; Hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca; and Sawm of Ramadan, the ritual […]

     
  • Saudi car sales to hit $25 billion by 2013
     

    Saudi Arabia has ambitious plans to further expand its lucrative automobile industry. In 2011 alone, the Kingdom announced the sale of approximately 800,000 cars potentially increasing to 1 million vehicles per year by the end of the current decade. In this context, the country is planning to start manufacturing automobile parts by 2013 in addition […]

     
  • Muslims across the world prepare to observe Ramadan
     

    Muslims around the world begin fasting on Friday in observation of Ramadan, the holiest month in Islam when the faithful abstain from eating food or drinking water from sunrise to sunset…. Every year, identifying the start of Ramadan is like a waiting game; Islamic scholars must see the new crescent moon in the night skies […]

     
  • Gulf States Move to Diversify Income Sources
     

    Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest oil exporter, has identified mining as a key investment area after oil and petrochemicals, and is spending an estimated $38 billion to develop two cities centered around mining…“The idea is to try and improve the range of benefits and advantages of doing business in the G.C.C. and in Saudi Arabia, […]

     
  • Moving forward with nationalisation in Saudi Arabia
     

    “Nitaqat represents an effort to introduce more incentives for companies to employ Saudis and in that sense it is an improvement on what went before,” says James Reeve, an economist at the local Samba Financial Group. “The reason you are hearing more complaints is probably because the system is being enforced with greater vigour.” Despite […]

     
  • More than half of GCC population under age 25
     

    The countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have a low population compared with other regions, totaling 45 million people in 2011, less than 1 percent of the global population, a recently published report read. The report, filed by Kuwait Financial Center (Markaz), highlighting the GCC demographic shift, said the region is young, with 54 […]

     
  • Saudi public sector’s bank credit rebounds
     

    Bank lending in Saudi Arabia is continuing at a generally brisk pace, the National Commercial Bank said in its “GCC Financial Market Quarterly” released Monday.The report said liquidity conditions supporting this credit expansion remain very benign. However, the growing economic confidence has begun to hit deposit growth somewhat and the annual pace of expansion decelerated […]

     
  • Jadwa Investment’s Saud June 2012 Inflation Report
     

    Jadwa Investment’s recently released June inflation report found year-on-year inflation for Saudi Arabia eased again in June, slipping to 4.9 percent from 5.1 percent in May, the first time it has been below 5 percent since August 2011. The Riyadh-based investment firm also found lower rental inflation caused most of the fall. Jadwa’s report is […]

     

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  • 2024 Fiscal Transparency Report: Saudi Arabia

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  • Pakistani Drivers Are The Heroes Behind Driving Saudi’s Famous Planes To Riyadh

    When the famous Saudi planes rolled into Riyadh for the grand Riyadh Season, the city was buzzing with excitement! Hundreds of people lined the streets, proudly decked out in traditional Saudi clothes, waving flags, and cheering as the planes made their grand journey. But behind the scenes, the real heroes were the Pakistani drivers who made it all happen.

  • 7,000 Italian companies eye on Saudi market for investments

    The announcement was made during the Saudi-Italian Business Forum, held on Wednesday at the Federation of Saudi Chambers’ headquarters. The Italian Ambassador to the Kingdom Carlo Balducci attended the event with over 140 companies and representatives from various government agencies from both countries.

  • Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program for Yemen rehabilitates 650 homes in Aden

    A tripartite partnership between SDRPY, Alwaleed Philanthropies and the UN Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat), the project has also contributed to building the capacity of workers in the housing, construction and building sectors, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Wednesday.

  • Saudi Arabia real estate market booms amidst strong residential and hospitality performance

    The residential sector started strong in 2024 by delivering 27,500 units in Riyadh and Jeddah. This increased the total stock to 1.46 million units in the capital and 891,000 units in Jeddah. As such, residential sale prices experienced a 10% year-on-year (YoY) increase in Riyadh whilst average rents grew by 9% annually. In Jeddah, the pace of growth was slightly slower, with sale prices rising by 5% and rents increasing by 4% YoY during the same period.

  • Saudi: Agricultural Development Fund Board approves over $533mln in loans

    The board of directors of the Agricultural Development Fund (ADF) on Wednesday held its third meeting of the current fiscal year, chaired by Minister of Environment, Water, and Agriculture, and Chairman of the board Eng. Abdulrahman bin Abdulmohsen Al-Fadley. ADF Chief Executive Munir bin Fahd Al-Sahli stated that the board approved the provision of over SAR2 billion in loans and credit facilities during the meeting.

  • Saudi Crown Prince Says No to Israel Ties Without Palestinian State

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  • Saudi Arabia’s Groundbreaking Telfaz11 Studio Announces Satirical Film ‘Saify’ Involving Banned Religious Sermons

    Saudi studio Telefaz11, the groundbreaking label behind hit dark comedy “Mandoob” — in which a struggling man becomes a bootleg booze runner in Ryadh — is set to push the kingdom’s cultural envelope a bit further with a humorous take on the world of Saudi Arabia‘s ultraconservative  clerics.  Telfaz11 has announced that its next title will be the satirical drama “Saify,” directed by studio chief Wael Abu Mansour and set against the backdrop of the late 1990s, a time when, incidentally, cinema was banned.