Analysis

INVESTMENT

Saudi Issues Record Number of Foreign Investor Licenses in a Single Quarter, MISA Says

• SUSTG Team
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• 8. 11. 2021

Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Investment (MISA) reported issuing 478 new licenses in the first quarter of 2021, "the most number in a single quarter since records began in 2005" and a 36% increase from the same quarter last year, according to reports.

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  Daily New COVID-19 Cases in Saudi Arabia Fall Below 1,000 for First Time in Two Months

  SUSTG Team  |  8. 6. 2021

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  Saudi Mortgage Lending Surges 27% in First Half of 2021 — SAMA Data

  SUSTG Team  |  8. 3. 2021

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  Saudi Arabia Steps Up Pressure on Residents to Vaccinate with New Restrictions on Public Spaces

  SUSTG Team  |  7. 21. 2021

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  Saudi Arabia Vaccination Drive Accelerates as Toll Passes 8,000 in Kingdom, Deadline Looms

  SUSTG Team  |  7. 15. 2021

  Saudi Arabia's daily Coronavirus vaccination rates passed 400,000 as the government continued to emphasize the importance of the jab ahead of a key deadline in which citizens and residents will need to prove they have received the vaccine to take part in many normal daily activities.

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  Saudi Prince Khaled bin Salman Visits Washington, Meets with Top Biden Officials; U.S., Saudi Speak on Oil

  SUSTG Team  |  7. 7. 2021

  Saudi Arabia's deputy defense minister and former ambassador to the United States Prince Khaled bin Salman on Tuesday became the highest-ranking Saudi envoy to visit Washington since Joe Biden became president in January, Reuters reports.

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  Saudi Arabia to Invest Over $133 Billion in Transportation Sector as Details of New Plan Emerge

  SUSTG Team  |  7. 6. 2021

  New details are emerging regarding Saudi Arabia's new plans to turbocharge growth in the Kingdom's transportation sector and place it in more direct competition with the UAE as a hub connecting east and west, according to comments from the Kingdom's transportation minister this week.

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  Will Oil Reach $100 Soon? Traders, Industry Execs See Oil Rising Higher

  SUSTG Team  |  6. 23. 2021

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  Report: Progress Toward the End of the Conflict in Yemen

  SUSTG Team  |  6. 22. 2021

  The Saudi-led coalition fighting to restore the U.N.-backed government in Yemen and the Iran-backed Houthi rebels are working on a peace deal that would bring toward a close the years-long fighting in the country, according to a report in Reuters, which cited three sources.

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  Shoura Council Calls on Saudi Body to Study Expanding Foreign Ownership of Saudi Land

  SUSTG Team  |  6. 11. 2021

  Saudi Arabia’s Shoura Council has called on the Kingdom’s Real Estate General Authority “to coordinate with the relevant authorities to study its proposal allowing non-resident foreign individuals to own real estate in Saudi Arabia amid specific controls,” the local Saudi Gazette reports.