Manama, Bahrain-- for "exceeding the scope of the permit." The owner had exceeded the scope of the permit which was issued to him, in accordance with the provisions of the Real Estate Sector Regulation Law,  promulgated by Law No. 27 of 2017 and its amendments and executive edicts. In a statement issued...

Dubai, UAE-- Around 9.1 million people visited the UAE’s Government Unified Digital Platform, U.AE, from the start of 2023 until the end of June. According to the Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA), the jump in the average number of pages viewed was 3.52%, compared to the same period...

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi Arabia will be enhancing partnerships in the digital sector with Estonia and Denmark, according to the kingdom's Digital Government Authority (DGA) which held several meetings with officials during a visit to these countries. Governor of DGA Ahmed Mohammed Al-Suwayan held meetings with Luukas Ilves, Estonia's...

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia-- The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) has signed an agreement with the British Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) in the field of aviation safety, including upgrading the organizational systems for safety in aviation and improving the national safety program.The agreement was signed by GACA Executive Vice President...

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia---Saudi Arabia’s General Authority for Ports (Mawani) Sunday announced a new freight service, at the King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam in cooperation with the Saudi International Ports Company. The service connects King Abdulaziz Port with six major regional and international ports: Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Nansha, Jebel Ali and...

Iraq plans to establish free-trade zones adjacent to Baghdad and Najaf airports and another one near the Iraqi-Jordanian border, which is part of a joint economic city and one of the most important future projects. The country is also working to open free-trade zones near the Iraq-Saudi Arabia border.

A group of 25 international children’s authors from five continents will be leading a cultural program at the 13th edition of the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF), which takes place from May 11 – 22 at the Expo Centre Sharjah. Organized by Sharjah Book Authority (SBA), the annual festival for...

The throughput tonnage at Saudi ports increased by 7.18 percent during the first quarter of 2022, reaching a total of more than 74 million tons, according to Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani). The number of transshipment containers increased by 5.91 percent, with a total of 1.3 million TEUs. Mawani said Saudi...

Dubai has promulgated a new law in order to regulate virtual assets that are becoming popular with many investors in the UAE and across the world.

Egypt's Suez Canal Authority announced Tuesday additional tolls for transiting vessels including fuel tankers, as oil prices soar in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Petroleum gas tankers will see a 10 percent hike on passage fees while liquefied natural gas carriers and general cargo ships will incur a...

Saudi Exports Development Authority (SAUDI EXPORTS) today organized a commercial mission for over 30 Saudi senior manufacturers and exporters in the constructions and foodstuff sectors to Oman. The mission, which targets 70 Omani companies, follows the two countries’ signing of memorandum of understating worth $30 billion for cooperation in various...

Kuwait's Youth Authority on Saturday, February 12, launched the second edition of the ‘professional initiator’ program

Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) has signed an MoU with Oracle to develop and support a roadmap for digital acceleration using Oracle cloud services in GACA’s digital transformation initiative. The memorandum was signed on the sidelines of the Global Tech Conference "LEAP" held in Riyadh. It includes...

South Africa's tax authority has uncovered a 1.8-billion-dollar gold scam, in which coins and jewelry were illegally smelted into gold bars for sale overseas, a watchdog said Thursday. Between 2012 and 2020, the scammers bilked the government for 24.4 billion rand (1.8 billion dollars, 1.4 billion euros) by defrauding the...

Dubai Metro has eliminated about 1 billion private-vehicle journeys, yielded monetary benefits worth AED115 billion and reduced carbon dioxide emissions by 2.6 million tons from Sept 2009 to the end of 2020, said Mattar Mohammed Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the Roads and Transport Authority...

Saudi Arabia will begin housing and population census on 9 May 2022, according to Minister of Economy and Planning Faisal bin Fadhil Alibrahim. Albrahim, who is also the chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT), is the census that is conducted every 10 years...

Both will create an environment for the settlement of disputes.

The Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property (SAIP) has designated the National Intellectual Property Administration of China (CNIPA) as International Searching Authority and International Preliminary Examining Authority under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), allowing international patent applicants in the kingdom to select CNIPA to issue international search reports for their applications....

The UAE is one of the most attractive Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries for GCC citizens to work in, according to the 2021 statistics released by the General Pension and Social Security Authority (GPSSA). A total of 6,903 employees from GCC countries work in the UAE, out of the total...

"When Images Speak: Highlights from the Dubai Collection", the first physical exhibition of the Dubai Collection, was inaugurated by Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairperson of Dubai Culture and Arts Authority, and Chair of the Dubai Collection Steering Committee. The exhibition opens for the public on Saturday...

The customs authority has foiled more than 1,000 attempts to smuggle prohibited items into Saudi Arabia.

A consignment of two million illegal pills was seized by the Saudi authorities along the kingdom’s border with Jordan. The drugs were hidden in tomato paste jars.

Financial Sanctions of 3.5m Qatari Riyals imposed on company for refusing access to its facilities, violating CRA rules Ooredoo's violations prevents customers from being informed about offers existing in the market Qatar's leading telecommunications company Ooredoo has penalized with financial sanctions of 3.5 million Qatari riyals ($961,000) for refusing to...