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  • US To Saudi Arabia Travel Restrictions

    Vaccinated travelers are required to have a certificate showing they have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and must complete a Registration Immunisation Information Form online. Registration of the ‘Immunisation Information Form’ must be submitted prior to departure.

  • Saudi housing market presents immense opportunities

    In another step toward developing the housing sector, the Developers Services Center recently approved nine housing schemes during the first half of this year, with a total area of more than 16.1 million square meters. The approved plans included Riyadh, Makkah, Al-Qassim, the Eastern Province, Asir, Tabuk, and the northern border, Al-Eqtisadiah reported.

  • Saudi Arabia to host Asian Champions League final

    Saudi Arabia will host the final of this year's Asian Champions League on Nov. 23, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) confirmed on Friday. No venue city has been announced, but the quarter-final and semi-final matches involving teams from the west of Asia - due to be held on Oct. 16 and 19 respectively - will also be played in the Gulf state.

  • Former House Foreign Affairs chair will lobby for Saudi Arabia

    Royce, once the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee who now lobbies for Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, will join the firm’s team representing Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, according to a new filing with the Justice Department, to “facilitate meetings with federal government officials either via phone or email on behalf of” the ministry.

  • Saudi Pavilion at Dubai Expo 2020 Offers Journey Through Five Ecosystems

    A 68 square-meter, curved LED screen greets visitors as they embark on a technology-enabled journey through five ecosystems, hinting at the Kingdom's natural spaces, beautiful coasts, vast deserts, surrounding seas, and high mountains. The journey will walk through the flora of Al Bardani Valley in Asir Region to the mighty mountains of Tabuk, and from the dunes of the Empty Quarter in southeastern Saudi to the crystal-clear waters of the Red Sea.

  • Saudi Arabia: Limited capital hampers growth of insurance market

    As an indication of the extent of fragmentation in the Saudi Arabian market, the three biggest insurers in the Kingdom in terms of net profits – that is, Bupa Arabia, Taniwuya and Al-Rajhi – commanded 80.6% of the aggregate net profit of SAR1.97bn posted by the insurance industry in 2020. The remaining 26 insurers either showed smaller profits or reported losses.

  • Saudi Arabia operating new air-defence radar

    While the radar could not be seen clearly in the available imagery, it appeared to match the 3D TDA radar that was unveiled by the China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC) during the World Radar Expo held in Nanjing in April.

  • Three firms submit bids for Saudi nuclear power role

    Energy & Utilities recently reported that Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah City for Atomic & Renewable Energy (KA-Care) had received bids from financial consultancy firms just before the Eid break for the transaction advisory role on the kingdom’s first planned large-scale nuclear power project, a two-reactor project planned to have a capacity of 2.8GW

  • Saudi crude exports rise to five-month high in June

    Saudi Arabia's crude oil exports rose to 5.965 million barrels per day (bpd) in June, their highest in five months, Joint Organisations Data Initiative (JODI) said on Thursday. In May, the country's crude oil exports were at 5.649 million bpd, while its total exports, including oil products, in June stood at 7.32 million bpd.

  • Saudi women on the rise but gender gap remains

    Recent research by Alnahda Society, a Saudi nonprofit organization dedicated to the empowerment of women, found gender gaps not only in workforce participation but also in career development and compensation, with Saudi women earning just SR57 for every SR100 earned by Saudi men, even after adjusting for differences in education levels and experience. This means that on average, Saudi men earn 43 percent more than women with similar education and experience. Overall, Saudi women have higher levels of education compared with Saudi men, but the men have more work experience.