Government | Saturday 3 February, 2018 5:36 pm

Saudi crown prince named the ‘most powerful leader in Middle East’

With Saudi Arabia embarking on the ambitious NEOM project, recent reports highlighting discussions on creating a technology hub in the kingdom have turned the spotlight on Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman’s growing stature in the Middle East.   The hub would be established in ...

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Government | Wednesday 31 January, 2018 6:00 am

Courts notify litigants by SMS and email

The Ministry of Justice on Sunday officially started to implement the royal decree to use digital communication for judicial notifications. Waleed Al-Samaani, the justice minister and chairman of the Supreme Judicial Council, ordered the implementation after the e-notification controls had...

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Government | Tuesday 30 January, 2018 5:29 pm

56 graft suspects still in detention; settlements valued at over SR400bn

Saudi Arabian Attorney General Sheikh Saud Al-Mojeb said on Tuesday that 56 corruption suspects were still in custody out of 381 people detained on graft charges. Al-Mojeb also said that total settlements with the suspects had topped SR400 billion in various forms of assets, which include real ...

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Government | Sunday 28 January, 2018 2:56 am

Crown Prince’s visit to desalination plant an encouragement for Saudi workers

Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, deputy premier and minister of defense, visited the Jeddah Desalination Plant Wednesday evening to personally congratulate the Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) workers on their achievement, said SWCC governor Engineer Ali Bin Abdulrahman...

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Government | Thursday 25 January, 2018 12:45 pm

Dubai Customs’ Carpet & Art Oasis 2018 hits AED 20 million in sales

Dubai Customs has brought down the curtain on the 23rd edition of Carpet and Art Oasis 2018, with sales hitting AED 20 million.   Themed ‘A Fabric of Creativity’, the exhibition organised by Dubai Customs in association with Oilfields Supply Center Ltd featured more than...

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Government | Thursday 25 January, 2018 4:00 am

Al-Jubeir: Mohammed bin Salman wants Saudi Arabia ‘a powerful state’

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubair said on Wednesday that the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman wants to turn Saudi Arabia into a normal and powerful country.   "The world is not used to seeing Saudi Arabia moving quickly and boldly," he said during a conference held at...

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Government | Thursday 25 January, 2018 12:55 am

Shoura approves commercial mortgage law

 The Shoura Council on Wednesday approved the draft commercial mortgage law.   Yahya Al-Samaan, assistant president of the council, said that the law, which consists of 47 articles, aims at regulating commercial mortgage contracts.   It also protects the rights of the...

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Government | Wednesday 24 January, 2018 6:27 am

Jazan port to take delivery of goods for Yemen

Saudi Arabia will facilitate Jazan port to receive shipments of commercial goods, which are being sent under the humanitarian package to alleviate the suffering of the Yemeni people. “The Kingdom will take all the required organizational, logistical and financial measures in this...

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Government | Wednesday 24 January, 2018 5:58 am

First VAT returns to be filed before February end: GAZT

The General Authority for Zakat and Tax (GAZT) has reminded all enterprises registered in value added tax (VAT) whose supplies of goods and services exceed SR40 million annually to file their tax returns on a monthly basis, as stipulated by the VAT Law. As such, enterprises in this category...

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Government | Tuesday 23 January, 2018 7:35 am

Saudi Shoura wants Customs Department run as independent authority

A Shoura Council committee has called for the transfer of the Saudi Customs Department to an independent public authority, financially and administratively. This came within a series of recommendations proposed by the Financial Committee in its report based on the annual report of the Customs...

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