Analysis

EDUCATION

Design Released for Saudi Arabia’s New Global Business School in Jeddah

• SUSTG Team
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• 5. 14. 2018

Renderings of the forthcoming Global Business School in Jeddah have been published online, depicting a massive building that will serve as a modern campus for the educational institution in Saudi Arabia's second largest city.

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  Will Trump’s JCPoA Decision Affect U.S.-Saudi Nuclear Talks?

  SUSTG Team  |  5. 11. 2018

• Quality of Life 2020

  

  Saudi Arabia Launches $13b ‘Quality of Life 2020’ Program to Promote Entertainment, Health, and Sports

  SUSTG Team  |  5. 4. 2018

  At a ceremony in Riyadh yesterday, the Kingdom unveiled its plans to spend 50 billion riyals ($13.33 billion) by 2020 on a new 'Quality of Life 2020' initiative to promote entertainment, health, sports and education as part of a modernizing drive by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

• Saudi Oil

  

  Following Audit, Saudi Aramco Reserves ‘Higher than Expected’

  SUSTG Team  |  5. 1. 2018

  An audit of Saudi Aramco’s oil reserves done ahead of a planned IPO has found the state oil giant "to have higher reserves than it previously reported," Reuters reports, citing sources familiar with the matter.

• Entertainment

  

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

  SUSTG Team  |  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.