Distance Learning Is Extended For 10 More Weeks To Limit COVID-19 Spread
About 6 million students Sunday started their second semester studies online in Saudi Arabia as part of efforts to curtail the spread of the novel coronavirus. Schools will also begin distributing abo...
January 17, 2021298Category: Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia Aims To Manufacture First Car By 2022
The Royal Commission in Jubail, a city in the Eastern province on the Arabian Gulf coast of Saudi Arabia and home to the largest industrial city in the world, started developing the infrastructure req...
January 18, 2021535Category: Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia Drastically Decreases Application Of Death Penalty In 2020
Saudi Arabia radically reduced the number of executions in 2020. The Saudi Human Rights Commission (HRC) has documented only 27 executions in 2020, representing a decrease of 85% from 2019.
The sha...
January 19, 2021311Category: Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia’s Agricultural Development Fund Loans Have Grown By 300 Per Cent
Saudi Arabia’s Agricultural Development Fund loans have grown by 300 per cent since 2016 to be worth more than 3.7 billion riyals, a senior official said.
Munir bin Fahd Al Sahli, Director Ge...
January 19, 2021330Category: Saudi Arabia
Article 113 Of Saudi Labor Law Specifies Full Paid Leaves In Case Death Of Wife
The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development in Saudi Arabia stated that a worker is entitled to 5 days of leave with full pay in the event of the death of his wife or one of his ascendants ...
January 19, 20212298Category: Saudi Arabia
Overdue Business Rents Waived By Saudi Supreme Court
The General Assembly of the Saudi Supreme Court has ordered the waiving of overdue rents on businesses hit by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, and called for a review of such contracts bet...
January 19, 2021315Category: Saudi Arabia
Fine For Using Curtains On Car Windows In Saudi Arabia
The General Traffic Department (Moroor) in Saudi Arabia renewed its reminder on setting the curtains on the car windows is a traffic violation and the violation fine ranges from 150SR to 300 Saudi Riy...
January 20, 2021499Category: Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Civil Aviation Sector To Be Localised
Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation on Tuesday launched an initiative to Saudize 28 professions in the air transport sector. The authority will create 10,000 jobs for Saudis in th...
January 20, 2021464Category: Saudi Arabia
Saudis Approve New Fine For Crossing Flowing Valleys
Saudi Arabia’s Cabinet has approved a fine for crossing flowing valleys as floods hit areas near big cities in the Kingdom, local media reported.
Chaired by King Salman bin Abdulaziz, the S...
January 20, 2021332Category: Saudi Arabia
Saudis Renew Call For Political Solutions In Yemen, Syria, Libya
The Saudi Cabinet reaffirmed that the Kingdom is pushing for security and stability in the region, and supports political solutions in Yemen, Syria and Libya, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
Thi...
January 20, 2021287Category: Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia To Teach English Language From Grade One Of Primary School
The Saudi Ministry of Education has confirmed that the next academic year will see the start of English language teaching from Grade One of primary school, in addition to a new curriculum, most notabl...
January 20, 2021501Category: Saudi Arabia
700 Saudi Resident Physicians Left In Lurch Over Unpaid Salaries
For the fourth month in a row, 700 Saudi resident physicians, hired by the Health Ministry’s hospitals in Mecca and other cities, have not been paid their salaries, because they are yet to be re...
January 21, 2021463Category: Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Tough Penalties For Hunting Rule Violators
Saudi Arabia authoritieshave warned against violating hunting rules that prohibiting hunting, harming endangered wild creatures, or publishing video clips and pictures about these practices, local med...
January 21, 2021599Category: Saudi Arabia
COVID-19 Decimates Domestic Worker Recruitment Agencies Across The Kingdom
Saudi domestic worker recruitment agencies estimate that 25 per cent of the 1,620 recruitment offices across the Kingdom have completely stopped business as a result of restrictions prompted by the CO...
January 21, 2021410Category: Saudi Arabia
A Feast On An Endangered Deer Caused A Stir In Saudi Arabia
A feast on an endangered deer caused a stir in Saudi Arabia
A video posted on social media showing a family inviting people to eat the animal prompted the Saudi authorities to investigate the incid...
January 21, 2021475Category: Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia Committed To Supporting Global Efforts To Revive Tourism
Saudi Arabia attended the opening session for the 113th UN World Tourism Organization’s (UNWTO) Executive Council, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Wednesday.
The meeting reviewed the organ...
January 21, 2021270Category: Saudi Arabia
The First Phase Of The “Pulse Of Alkhobar” Project Has Been Launched
The first phase of the “Pulse of Alkhobar” project has been launched as part of plans to develop an integrated cultural center in the heart of the city and transform the Eastern Province&r...
January 22, 2021257Category: Saudi Arabia
Riyadh Labor Office Meets Target In Settling Disputes
The Friendly Settlement Department at the Labor Office under the branch of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development in the Riyadh region achieved the targeted reconciliation rate during ...
January 22, 2021760Category: Saudi Arabia