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Saudi Arabia will start building the first urban area of the proposed $500 billion mega-city NEOM along the north-western coast of the Kingdom soon, officials announced on Wednesday. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the chairman of the NEOM founding board, approved the master-plan concept for NEOM Bay which includes luxurious homes,high-end hotels, lifestyle and tourist facilities, […]

A report published by Saudi Arabian General Investments Authority (SAGIA) on its accomplishments in 2018 noted a 99 percent increase in the number of licensed investments and a 100 percent increase in the number of investment expansion requests in the Kingdom last year. The report also highlighted that the time required for issuance of a new […]

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Labor and Social Development (MLSD) announced on Tuesday a new initiative to extend validity of work visas for expatriates to two years instead of one without any additional fees. The extension of time will be applicable to new as well as old visas.   The Ministry said in a statement that […]

Dammam’s King Fahad International Airport has been awarded 2nd rank in the list of world’s best medium airports. According to reports from Official Airports Guide (OAG), an airport and airline assessment specialist, the award has been awarded to the world’s best medium airports that met departure and arrival schedules accurately in 2018.   Over 58 million […]

The Saudi Arabian economy recorded it’s fastest growth since early 2016 during the third quarter of 2018.  The country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew 2.5 percent from a year earlier to SR 653.7 billion, accelerating from the second quarter’s GDP growth of 1.6 percent.   The rise in GDP is attributed to a strong performance […]

Saudi Arabia is committed to settle all outstanding payments owed to private sector companies by the Saudi government as soon as possible, announced Kingdom’s economy and planning minister Mohammed Al-Tuwaijri. A major setback faced by the Saudi government following fall in oil prices since mid-2014 led them to cut-down several projects and delay payments to […]

Saudi Arabia’s biggest lender by assets, the National Commercial Bank (NCB), started preliminary merger talks with smaller rival Riyad Bank, eyeing a deal that would create an entity with $182 billion in assets. The deal comes two months after the first major tie-up of the country’s banking sector in recent times between Saudi British Bank (SABB) and Alawwal […]

According to the latest amendment made by the Council of Ministers to the Labor Law and the System of Labor Courts, disputes that are more than twelve months old after the termination of the contract between the employee and the employer will not be accepted by labor courts.   The Kingdom’s newly established labor courts […]