Crown price Mohamed Bin Salman came to power when he was 29 years old but his wild aspiration for governance along with his father’s fascination with him will probably make him the youngest king for [ More … ]
Although Al-Sharq, a Qatari newspaper, has declared that its editor in chief Jaber al-Harami had resigned for “personal circumstances”, but Saudi bloggers on Twitter considered the resignation as a price for Al Harami’s offensive Tweet [ More … ]
In a surprise move, the Saudi royal excused on October 31 Ibrahim Al-Assaf, the Minister of Finance from his post and replaced him with the market regulator Mohammed Al-Jadaan, formerly head of the kingdom’s Capital [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia’s officials are meeting investors this week to gauge appetite for the country’s first international bond, a potential multibillion-dollar issue aimed at strengthening the kingdom’s finances strained by low oil prices, reported The Wall [ More … ]
Saudi government workers will be paid according to the Gregorian calendar instead of the Islamic Hijri calendar, making the working month longer as part of cost-cutting measures, newspapers reported Monday, according to Khaleej Times. The [ More … ]
Two policemen were shot dead late on Saturday in Dammam, the main city in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, reported Gulf News The two men came under fire as they were on patrol in Khadhriya, a [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia is intensifying efforts to shrink the highest budget deficit among the world’s biggest 20 economies, aiming to cancel more than $20 billion of projects and slash ministry budgets by a quarter, reported Bloomberg. [ More … ]
Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli and Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman signed on Tuesday 17 cooperative agreements, reported Xinhua 17 memorandums of understanding (MoU) were signed between the two nations in fields [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia has recently tried to develop a new economic strategy and completed a major restructuring of its important ministries. The large-scale vision was initiated as part of its “Saudi Vision 2030” to diversify its [ More … ]
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