KSrelief To Spend $2m On Yemen Rehab Units
The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) will spend more than $2 million equipping and operating two centers providing patients with limb prosthetics in Yemen’s Taiz and Ma&...
December 18, 2019323Category: Information
Yassin Bin Khaled Khayyat, Chairman Of The Saudi Center For Commercial Arbitration
Saudi Arabia recently introduced a new law concerning government tenders and procurement procedures that granted the contracting government authorities the right to recourse to arbitration to settle t...
December 18, 2019407Category: Information
Minister Launches New Services On Saudi Absher Online Platform
Saudi Minister of Interior Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz inaugurated 13 electronic services on the Absher platform at his office on Dec. 16.
The services were for a number of Mini...
December 18, 2019393Category: Information
Saudi Health Insurance Officials Issue Warning On Patients’ Rights
Treatment requests from health care providers are deemed to have been approved if insurance companies fail to appropriately respond to them within an hour of receipt, officials have warned.
The Sau...
December 18, 2019476Category: Information
Govt Examining Study On All Expat Fees, Says Qasabi
Minister of Commerce and Investment Majed Al-Qasabi Tuesday said a comprehensive study to review all expatriate labor fees has been carried out and presented it to the highest authorities. “The ...
December 18, 2019551Category: Information
Arab Coalition Investigators Refute Claims Of Deadly Mistakes In Military
The Arab Coalition’s Joint Incident Assessment Team in Yemen has refuted several allegations made by UN agencies, international organizations and media outlets of fatal mistakes made by coalitio...
December 18, 2019420Category: Information
There Were 284 Public Hospitals At End Of Last Year
There were 284 government hospitals distributed all over the country at the end of 2018, local daily Al-Watan reported on Tuesday quoting a statistical report by the ministry of health.
The ministr...
December 18, 2019496Category: Information
Unemployment Will Decline To Reach 5.4 % By End Of The Current Year
Unemployment in Saudi Arabia will decline to reach 5.4 percent by the end of the current year, a report in Al Arabiya English said on Tuesday quoting Beltone Financial. The achievement will be support...
December 18, 2019455Category: Information
Tourists Take Interest In Visiting Kingdom’s Heritage Sites
The journey of pilgrims visiting Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah is no longer confined to the two holy cities of Makkah and Madinah. They can now visit different cities and experience the ancient and mo...
December 18, 2019424Category: Information
Makkah To Madinah Train Back In Service
The Haramain High Speed Train on Wednesday resumed its service between Makkah and Madinah after a gap of over two and a half months.
The train had started operation from the railway station of the ...
December 19, 20191844Category: Information
New Cameras To Detect Mobile Using While Driving
New traffic cameras in Saudi Arabia will now detect drivers who are using mobile phones while driving a vehicle and those who are not wearing seat belts.
Traffic Directorate of Saudi Arabia said they...
December 19, 20192188Category: Information
Naif Al-Abbadi, Saudi Renewable Energy Expert
With plans to expanding its industrial base, Saudi Arabia is exploring ways to come up with smart solutions to meet its growing energy needs. In this regard, the Kingdom is considering using all optio...
December 19, 2019377Category: Information
2020 Will Be Year Of Arabic Calligraphy In KSA
Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Culture Prince Badr bin Abdullah bin Farhan announced on Wednesday that 2020 will be designated as the “Year of Arabic Calligraphy.” The announcement was m...
December 19, 2019400Category: Information
G20 Education Working Group Holds First Meeting
The first meeting of the G20 Education Working Group was held this week in Riyadh, under the presidency of Saudi Arabia, to discuss the group’s basic priorities for 2020.
The meeting focused on...
December 19, 2019463Category: Information
Over $270 million generated during Riyadh Season
The Riyadh Season of events has generated more than SR1 billion ($270 million) for the Saudi General Entertainment Authority (GEA), its chairman has revealed.
Turki Al Sheikh said the figure repres...
December 19, 2019519Category: Information
13 New Absher Services Launched
Minister of Interior Prince Abdul Aziz Bin Saud Bin Naif launched 13 new electronic services at the Ministry of Interior’s Absher portal in a ceremony held at his office on Tuesday evening. The ...
December 19, 2019586Category: Information
Charging Cost Of Treatment In Cash Before Approval Is A Violation- CCHI
The Council of Cooperative Health Insurance (CCHI) has ruled that charging the costs of medical services in cash from the customer before receiving the approval from the insurance company is a violati...
December 19, 2019515Category: Information
Don't Eat While Driving - 150 Riyal Fine
Traffic directorate imposed a ban last month (Dec 2015) on eating and drinking while you are driving any type of vehicle in Saudi Arabia. If caught by traffic authorities or any traffic official you w...
December 19, 20192277Category: Information
Culture Minister Names 2020 As 'Arabic Calligraphy Year'
Minister of Culture Prince Badr Bin Abdullah Bin Farhan announced on Wednesday that the year 2020 will be the “Arabic Calligraphy Year.” This was in appreciation of the importance accorded...
December 19, 2019425Category: Information
10 Million Saudi Homes To Get Smart Meters
Saudi Electricity has kicked off a plan to install 10 million smart meters in homes across the Kingdom.
The SR9.55 billion ($2.5 billion) project will take more than three years to roll out with an...
December 21, 2019574Category: Information