Roadmap out for environmental education, sustainable development at WEEC2024

35 Jordanian companies to participate in Gulfood 2024 in Dubai

The Jordan Exporters Association is coordinating the country's participation in the event.

JEA is coordinating local participation in the exhibition for the 20th consecutive time.

WTO chief insists global trade body still counts

World Trade Organization is hoping for results from its 13th ministerial meeting in Abu Dhabi, particularly on fishing, agriculture and electronic commerce

WTO chief said the meeting to be tough due to the "economic and political headwinds", from Ukraine war, the attacks in the Red Sea and economic difficulties in Europe and China

Saudi Arabia ranks 1st in international tourist arrivals growth in 2023

The kingdom recorded a remarkable tourism recovery rate of 156% in international tourist arrivals in 2023 compared to 2019, the report revealed

Saudi Arabia set a record in international tourist receipts, with total spending exceeding SAR 100 billion ($27 billion) for the first three quarters of 2023

Iran, Armenia eye $3 billion bilateral trade volume

Grigoryan made the remarks during the 18th meeting of the Iran-Armenia Joint Economic Commission where he also described Iran as “a very important partner.”

The 18th meeting of the Iran-Armenia Joint Economic Commission was held on February 14-15 in Tehran to further foster economic ties between the two countries

Mawani completes Red Sea Gateway Terminal at Jeddah Islamic Port

The gateway terminal has larger capacity, is equipped with the Optical Character Recognition (OCR) feature, and uses 146 different types of equipment

The development of Jeddah Islamic Port’s North Container Terminal is included in the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) contract

Tunisia gets new central bank chief amid economic crisis

Fethi Zouhair Nouri, a 69-year-old member of the central bank's board, will succeed 64-year-old Marouane Abassi.

Tunisia has grappled with a growing economic crisis following the COVID-19 pandemic, political tensions.

India’s top court strikes down anonymous election funding scheme

The scheme allowed donors to give anonymously through "electoral bonds" purchased from a bank

Critics have condemned the campaign financing method as an opaque way to funnel "black money" to parties

Saudi Arabia set to establish more smart industrial zones

Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs and Housing, Majed Al-Hogail revealed this at the conclusion of the inaugural Global Smart City Forum 2024 here on Tuesday

Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Bandar Alkhorayef who also attended the Forum, stressed the industry and mining sectors' increasing demand for smart industrial cities

Saudi budget records $10 billion deficit in Q4 2023

The total revenues for the period amounted to $95.45 billion, while total expenses reached about $105.32 billion

This reflects a slight increase in the deficit compared to the previous quarter, which stood at $9.54 billion