Analysis

EU announces five-year Schengen visas for Saudi, Omani and Bahraini citizens

• SUSTG Team
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• 4. 23. 2024

The EU will now allow citizens from Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Bahrain to apply for five-year Schengen visas. This marks a significant step forward in strengthening people-to-people relations between the EU and the GCC.

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  At Davos, Kingdom Pushes Diplomacy and PIF Talks 2024 Investment Strategy

  SUSTG Team  |  1. 17. 2024

  Saudi Arabia's strong presence at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland is emblematic of an increasingly confident Kingdom on the global stage, with top officials from both the government and Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund on the ground to promote Saudi Arabia's interests.

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  Saudi Arabia’s 7th FII Sees only “10-20” Cancellations out of 6,000 as Major Summit in Riyadh Proceeds Ahead

  SUSTG Team  |  10. 23. 2023

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  US, Israel Deny Local Report That Saudis Freeze ‘Normalization’ Talks

  SUSTG Team  |  9. 18. 2023

  Israeli and US officials on Monday denied a report in a Saudi-owned newspaper that Riyadh had frozen normalization talks with Israel because it refuses to make concessions to the Palestinians, Bloomberg reports.

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  Saudi Professional League, 2023-24 Season by the Numbers

  SUSTG Team  |  6. 5. 2024

  Saudi Arabia's professional football league, the Roshn Saudi League, concluded it's 2023-24 season with a number of records smashed and new benchmarks reached.

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  Global Defense Spending Spikes in 2023

  SUSTG Team  |  4. 22. 2024

  According to a study by Forecast International in 2023 global defense spending grew at its fastest pace in the last decade as governments respond to security crises unfolding around the world.

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  U.S. Continues Campaign to Secure Critical Red Sea Trading Route with Terrorist Designation for Houthi Groups

  SUSTG Team  |  1. 18. 2024

  The U.S. government on Wednesday returned the Yemen-based Houthi rebels to a list of terrorist groups as Washington seeks to halt attacks on international shipping in the Red Sea, according to a report in Reuters.

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  Saudi Arabia Establishes ‘Esports World Cup’ with Competition in Globally Popular Games, Major Prize Pool

  SUSTG Team  |  10. 24. 2023

  Saudi Arabia has announced the launch of the Esports World Cup, an annual event that will include the most popular games in the world and have a prize pool of $10 million, according to reports.

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  King Salman’s pivotal role in Saudi Arabia’s past and present with author and columnist David Rundell; plus, archaeology in Al Ula, Wa’ed’s new investment, and more…

  SUSTG Team  |  9. 15. 2023

  Author David Rundell joins to discuss King Salman's incredible impact on Saudi Arabia. King Salman has played an enormously pivotal role for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the development of the modern Saudi state. Before the conversation, the hosts discuss an archaeology summit taking place in Al

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  Aramco Share Sale Nets $12 Billion

  SUSTG Team  |  6. 5. 2024

  This is Aramco's second share sale after it first entered public markets in 2019 offering 1.5% of the company and raising a record $29.4 billion, history’s largest IPO to date. Aramco is the world’s largest oil company in terms of both daily crude production and market cap.