Analysis

ENTERTAINMENT

Saudi King, Crown Prince Attend Groundbreaking Ceremony for Qiddiya, Saudi Arabia’s Answer to Disneyworld

• SUSTG Team
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• 4. 30. 2018

Saudi Arabia's King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attended the opening ceremony this week of the Kingdom's massive forthcoming entertainment city, Qiddiya, on the outskirts of Riyadh this weekend.

• Syria

  

  Will Saudi Arabia Send Troops to Syria? Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir Says Talks with U.S. Ongoing

  SUSTG Team  |  4. 18. 2018

  Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir said it is "in discussions with the United States about sending troops to Syria," according to the Washington Post, as President Trump seeks a way out for the U.S. military there.

• 29th Arab League Summit

  

  Arab Leaders Gather in Dhahran to Unite on Regional Challenges

  SUSTG Team  |  4. 16. 2018

  Arab leaders gathered in Dhahran this weekend for the 29th session of the Arab Summit, held for the first time at the recently-opened King Abdulaziz International Cultural Center in Dhahran on Sunday.

• Solar Power

  

  Saudi Arabia’s Swings for Fences With ‘Bold, Risky’ Solar Bet

  SUSTG Team  |  3. 30. 2018

  Saudi Arabia and SoftBank signed a MOU to build a $200 billion solar power project this week in New York, dwarfing all other projects and placing the Kingdom and its 3,000 hours of sunshine a year into a global leadership position in the renewable energy field.

• Saudi-UK Relations

  

  Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Visits UK on Wednesday with Billions in Deals Eyed

  SUSTG Team  |  3. 6. 2018

  Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will arrive to the United Kingdom on Wednesday, his second stop in a multi-national tour with a broad economic and diplomatic agenda.

• Saudi Economy

  

  VAT, Fuel Price Reforms Cause Bump in Saudi Inflation

  SUSTG Team  |  3. 1. 2018

  Inflation rose in Saudi Arabia in January 2018 by 3 percent year-on-year, and 3.9 percent month-on-month "largely as a result of the implementation of VAT and utility and fuel price reform during the month," Riyadh-based Jadwa Investment confirmed in a research note.

• Military

  

  King Salman Replaces Top Military Commanders in Cabinet Shuffle

  SUSTG Team  |  2. 27. 2018

  Saudi Arabia has replaced some of its top military officers by royal decree, elevating a younger generation as the war in Yemen approaches its fourth year without a victory.

• Vision 2030

  

  Major Leap for Saudi Economy as Kingdom Set to Introduce Bankruptcy Laws

  SUSTG Team  |  2. 19. 2018

  Saudi Arabia’s cabinet has approved a bankruptcy law that is likely to be a boost to the Kingdom's efforts to attract investment and provide protection for entrepreneurs, according to reports. King Salman has reportedly endorsed the new law.

• Kingdom Tower Jeddah

  

  Development on Jeddah Tower and Surrounding Economic City Moves Forward After Alwaleed’s Release

  SUSTG Team  |  2. 9. 2018

  Construction of what is planned to be the world's tallest skyscraper in Jeddah is going ahead following the release of Saudi Arabia's Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, the head of the consortium behind the $1.5 billion project said.

• Saudi Economy

  

  Saudi Economy to See 1.5% Growth in 2018, Jadwa Says

  SUSTG Team  |  2. 5. 2018

  The Saudi Arabian economy will grow by an estimated 1.5 percent in 2018, up from a contraction in 2017 of -0.7 percent, according to a new report from Riyadh-based economic analysts at Jadwa Investment.