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  • Saudi Arabia’s defenses thwart new Houthi attacks

    Earlier on Monday, the Kingdom’s Ministry of Defense said air defenses intercepted and destroyed a “hostile aerial target” launched toward the city of Taif. “The aerial threat was launched by the Houthi militia from inside Yemen,” the ministry said, adding: “We are taking deterrent operational measures to neutralize the threat and protect civilians.”

  • 2022 Look Ahead: Saudi Arabia’s booming entertainment sector is just getting started

    Five years on, the thirst for entertainment in Saudi Arabia is plain to see. In the space of just two months, up to 8 million people have taken part in Riyadh Season 2021 — a cultural extravaganza that was unheard of just half a decade ago.

  • Foreign Investment Into Saudi Arabia Falls Back To Earth

    The latest figures from the Saudi Central Bank (Sama), released this week, show inward foreign direct investment (FDI) into the country was $1.75 billion in the third quarter of 2021. That was a sharp fall from the record figure of $13.8 billion in the April-June quarter, which had been boosted by a deal for the pipeline network of energy giant Saudi Aramco.

  • Spring migration in Saudi Arabia, part one – BirdGuides

  • With Rappers, Race Cars and Raves, Saudi Arabia Learns How to Party

    This conservative Islamic kingdom is rapidly trying to ease its staid social norms, allowing women to drive and travel freely in recent years, opening doors to tourists and tolerating music blaring from modern coffee shops. Now: Dance parties in the desert. A four-day music festival earlier this month is emblematic of how Saudis are learning to have fun in ways that are common in much of the world but long forbidden here. The festival—called Soundstorm and organized by a Saudi company called MDLBeast (pronounced Middle Beast)—featured 200 performances, including from big-name DJs such as David Guetta.

  • PIF’s $40bln investment plan to boost growth of startups in Saudi Arabia

    Saudi Arabia continues to focus on efforts to spur the growth of startups in the Kingdom to help boost the national economy, as is evident from the recently announced Saudi budget 2022. According to Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed Al-Jadaan, the MENA region’s largest economy is expected to post a surplus of SR27 billion in 2023 and SR42 billion in 2024.

  • Saudi Arabia starts giving Covid-19 vaccines to children aged 5-11

    Saudi Arabia announced on Tuesday that children in the age group of 5-11 will now be able to receive their first dose of COVID-19 vaccines. The Ministry of Health noted in a statement that the priority of receiving the shots will be giving for those children at high-risk and have more susceptible from the virus' complications.

  • Project for Surveying Bedrock in Saudi Arabia has Started

    The Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) is taking part in an international consortium for surveying bedrock in Saudi Arabia in collaboration with the Saudi Geological Survey (SGS). One part of the six-year project was published this December. The updated version of the geological database portal offers some materials to be downloaded for free.

  • Saudi Arabia’s First Contemporary Art Biennale Kicks Off Arts and Culture Programme

    As part of this partnership, DGDA will support on several aspects of the Biennale including the volunteer program, artwork commissions in At-Turaif, school trips to the Biennale and workshops. These elements are meticulously designed to invite both local communities and international cultural consumers to an inclusive experience.

  • Saudi Arabia’s start-ups record best ever quarter for fund-raising in Q3, Magnitt says

    Start-ups in Saudi Arabia recorded their best ever quarter for fund-raising in the three months ending September 30, attracting $205 million in 34 deals, according to data platform Magnitt. Venture capital investments in start-ups in the kingdom more than quadrupled in the third quarter of 2021, compared with the same period last year, according to the Q3 KSA Venture Investment Report compiled in cooperation with the Saudi Venture Capital Company.