Government | Wednesday 1 February, 2017 4:59 am

280,000 new housing units to bring down rents

The Housing Ministry’s plan to construct and finance 280,000 homes and formation of the General Real Estate Authority are expected to bring down house rents all over the Kingdom as the two moves will increase in supply and encourage investors to build more housing units. The authority will ...

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Government | Wednesday 1 February, 2017 4:37 am

Registration in Citizen’s Fund begins

Registration in the Citizen’s Fund begins Wednesday all over the Kingdom through the program’s electronic gate, the Ministry of Labor and Social Development has announced. According to the ministry, as many as 896,957 beneficiaries of the social security assistance have automatically ...

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Government | Tuesday 31 January, 2017 5:38 pm

Saudi Cabinet approves VAT measure

The Saudi Cabinet approved on Monday the Unified Agreement for Value Added Tax, which will be implemented throughout the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) starting next year. In a session chaired by King Salman at the Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh, the Cabinet gave its nod to the measure after deeming...

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Government | Thursday 26 January, 2017 4:05 am

King Salman patronized the 50th anniversary ceremony of the founding of King Faisal Air Academy

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman patronized the 50th anniversary ceremony of the founding of King Faisal Air Academy and the graduation of the 91st batch of its students here on Wednesday. The King also commissioned new F-15SA fighter aircraft which joined the Royal Saudi Air Force...

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Government | Wednesday 18 January, 2017 2:53 am

Smart Dubai Government launches campaign for DubaiID registration at Dubai Courts

Smart Dubai Government Establishment (SDG), the technology arm of Smart Dubai Office, has launched an initiative for the registration in ‘DubaiID’ service, which provides access through a single username to more than 600 services at Dubai Courts. The campaign was launched in the...

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Government | Thursday 12 January, 2017 12:48 pm

King Faisal International Prize 2017 Awarded across Five Categories in Saudi Arabia

The King Faisal Foundation, an international philanthropic organization based in Saudi Arabia since 1976 with the mission of preserving and perpetuating the legacy of King Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, has announced the winners of its much-anticipated King Faisal International Prize (KFIP)...

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Government | Thursday 12 January, 2017 2:17 am

Dubai Courts launches program to explore the future and establish world-class benchmarking system

H.E. Taresh Eid Al Mansouri, Director General of Dubai Courts, has launched Dubai Courts’ latest program dubbed as ‘Dubai Courts ... Future Courts’ to create platforms that will facilitate monitoring and implementation of strategic action for instant response  to enhance...

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Government | Wednesday 11 January, 2017 5:51 am

King Salman wins King Faisal Prize for Service to Islam

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman was named the winner of the 2017 King Faisal International Prize (KFIP) for Service to Islam. The names of winners were announced here on Tuesday by Makkah Emir Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, who is the director of the King Faisal Foundation and chairman...

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Government | Tuesday 10 January, 2017 9:07 am

King praised for directive to hike Haj quota

The Council of Ministers on Monday lauded the directive of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman to lift from this year the cuts in the quota of both domestic and foreign pilgrims imposed five years ago. The Cabinet said that the King’s directive shows his care for Muslims and his...

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Government | Thursday 29 December, 2016 10:37 am

VFS Global launches first-ever Belgium Visa Application Centre in the Middle East

Travellers to Belgium and Luxembourg from Saudi Arabia can now apply for their visas at a modern and streamlined visa application centre Residents of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia can now apply for visas to Belgium and Luxembourg at a Visa Application Centre launched for the Embassy of the Kingdom ...

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