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PIF’s Badeel, ACWA Power Invest $3.25 Billion into Three New Solar Projects in Saudi Arabia
- May 22,2023
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- SUSTG Team
The Water and Electricity Holding Company (also known as Badeel), a wholly-owned company of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), and ACWA Power today announced the signing of power purchase agreements (PPAs) with the Saudi Power Procurement Company (SPPC) for the development, and operation of three major new solar PV Independent Power Producer (IPP) projects in […]
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‘Salmani’ Architecture, VIA Riyadh opens, rainfall record shattered in Saudi Arabia and much more…
- May 19,2023
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- SUSTG Team
Episode 87! The hosts explore overlapping topics in Salmani architecture and an evolving Riyadh city under King Salman for decades. Kicking things off, Richard’s One Big Thing is the rise of Salmani Architecture – a term the hosts have come across in recent months that is important in understanding the current and new face of […]
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Major New Shopping District VIA Riyadh Opens to Public
- May 18,2023
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- SUSTG Team
VIA Riyadh, a new entertainment, retail, and hospitality district in the capital city has opened to the public, giving visitors and citizens a new destination in the Salmani architecture style.
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At Cannes, Saudi Arabia Launches Two Film Funds to Jumpstart Local Industry
- May 17,2023
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia’s newly-minted Cultural Development Fund has officially unveiled two separate film sector funds at the Cannes Film Festival in France, Variety reports.
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Saudi Arabia’s Nitaqat Initiatives Helped Employ 500k Nationals Since 2019, Minister Says
- May 16,2023
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- SUSTG Team
The ongoing localization efforts in Saudi Arabia have helped provide job opportunities to over 500,000 Saudi nationals in the private sector since 2019, the Kingdom’s Minister of Human Resources and Social Development Ahmad Al-Rajhi revealed.
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Contract Signed for $1.5 Billion for NEOM High-Speed Railway to Connect Port Development of Oxagon and The Line
- May 15,2023
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- SUSTG Team
Milan, Italy-based Webuild and its joint-venture partner Shibh Al Jazira Contracting Company (SAJCO) have signed a contract worth circa $1.5 billion to design and build 57 kilometers (35.4 miles) of a high-speed railway in NEOM, along the north Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia which will connect Oxagon and The Line, according to reports.
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Neom’s progress and opening date, Syria comes in from the cold, the Rua Al-Madinah giga-project and much more
- May 12,2023
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- SUSTG Team
Episode 86! The hosts fly solo today with lots to discuss from a busy week in Saudi Arabia. Richard’s One Big Thing is the recent developments on Saudi-Syria relations. Syria has come in from the cold in recent days as the Arab League and Saudi Arabia in particular prioritize engagement with Assad regime to solve […]
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Saudi Arabia’s Rua Al-Madinah Giga-Project Signs Major Deal with Accor for 1,000 More Keys
- May 11,2023
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia’s in-development Rua Al-Madinah giga-project signed an agreement with France-based Accor group for three hotels, adding 1,056 keys to the area spread across three brands.
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Saudi Arabia and Syria to Resume Diplomatic Missions After Decade-Long Freeze, Officials Confirm
- May 10,2023
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia is continuing apace with major shifts in its foreign policy, formally resuming diplomatic ties with Syria after a decade-long freeze, officials confirmed on Tuesday.
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Forthcoming Sindalah Island Resort Will ‘Mark the First Opportunity for the Public to Experience NEOM’ – Report
- May 9,2023
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia’s forthcoming Sindalah Island project will be the first opportunity for tourists to visit NEOM, according to Antoni Vives, chief urban planning Officer at NEOM, in comments to Al Arabiya English.
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Saudi Arabia: COVID-19: Easing of travel restrictions announced
The partial easing of restrictions for certain travelers will allow greater movement of people into and out of Saudi Arabia. It is isn’t clear yet exactly when all travel restrictions will be lifted for Saudi citizens but the exact date is scheduled to be revealed in December.
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Families of Missing IS Victims Beg for Answers as New Mass Graves Discovered in Northeast Syria
As local authorities in northeastern Syria announce the discovery of new mass graves belonging to the victims of Islamic State in Raqqa, families whose loved ones disappeared during the group’s control over the region hope they might finally get some answers. The First Responders, a rescue and recovery team in northeastern Syria, earlier this month announced finding a mass grave in the western outskirt of Raqqa’s Farusiya, raising the number of discovered sites to five this year.
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In Pictures: Saudi Arabia’s 90th National Day celebrations
Massive air show, dazzling fireworks, and concerts across the country
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Pictures: Rice farming in Saudi Arabia
The hassawi rice is an agricultural crop that’s grown in hot areas as it needs temperatures as high as 48 degrees Celsius otherwise it will not complete its growth phases.
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Saudi Arabia to lift some international flight restrictions on September 15
Exceptional categories include public and military sector employees, diplomats and their families, those working for public or non-profit private sector jobs abroad, businessmen, patients who need treatment abroad, those studying abroad as well as people with humanitarian cases, and sports teams.
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Saudi finance minister rejects IMF prediction of economic gloom
The Fund’s gloomy forecast for the Kingdom has been criticized before by senior officials. The IMF significantly downgraded Saudi growth prospects in its last World Outlook Forecast in June, from a 2.3 per cent decline to 6.8 per cent as the fall in oil revenue and the COVID pandemic hit the economy.
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Saudi court issues final verdicts for 8 people in death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi
Five people were given 20 years in prison, another person received a 10-year sentence, and the two remaining people were ordered to serve seven years in prison, a spokesperson for Saudi Arabia's public prosecution bureau announced.
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Public sector staff in Saudi Arabia back to work with strict guidelines
The ministry has set a number of conditions for the return of all employees to their place of work, which require that employees follow measures like the continuation of only attending work according to flexible working hours and the suspension of the use of fingerprint at entrances
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Saudi schools deliver textbooks to students’ homes amid virus restrictions
While Saudi schools continue to prepare for the initial seven weeks of remote learning of the new school year, education departments in the Kingdom have been running workshops and training seminars to update teaching staff.
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Saudi Arabia says verdict in Hariri assassination case marks start in achieving justice
Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday that the verdict in the case of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik al-Hariri’s assassination marks a start in achieving justice by “pursuing, arresting and punishing those involved”, the state news agency said, quoting the foreign ministry. The foreign ministry said “the Saudi government, by calling for justice and punishing Hezbollah, stresses the need to protect Lebanon, the region and the world from the terrorist practices of this party that is considered a tool of the Iranian regime.”
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