Analysis

SAUDI HISTORY

New Life-Sized Camel Sculptures Discovered in Saudi Arabia May Date Back 2,000 Years

• SUSTG Team
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• 2. 13. 2018

Archaeologists from France's National Center for Scientific Research (CRNS) and their colleagues from the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTH) have discovered camelid sculptures "unlike any others in the region."

• Renewable Energy

  

  ACWA Power Wins First Utility-Scale Solar Energy Project in Saudi Arabia

  SUSTG Team  |  2. 7. 2018

  Saudi Arabia has announced that ACWA Power, the Saudi power generation and desalination company, has won the contract for the first utility scale solar power project in Saudi Arabia with a record-breaking tariff of 2.34 US-cents per kilowatt-hour, according to reports.

• U.S.-Saudi

  

  Saudi Aramco CEO Says Company Eying U.S. Expansion

  SUSTG Team  |  1. 26. 2018

  Saudi Aramco's CEO Amin Al-Nasser said the company was eying expansion in the United States "where President Donald Trump’s tax cuts and support for the oil industry are making business increasingly attractive," Reuters reports.

• U.S.-Saudi

  

  House Speaker Ryan meets Saudi King Salman in Riyadh

  SUSTG Team  |  1. 24. 2018

  A statement by Ryan's office said his meetings in the Middle East "will focus on regional stability, the campaign against ISIS and terrorism, and Iranian aggression."

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  Saudi Alternative Energy Sector Set for Big Year with Localization in Focus

  SUSTG Team  |  1. 19. 2018

• Entertainment Investment

  

  Will Saudi Arabia Purchase a Stake in Hollywood’s Largest Agency?

  SUSTG Team  |  1. 17. 2018

  Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) is in talks to buy a 5-10% stake in Endeavor, the holding company for Hollywood talent agency William Morris Endeavor (WME), for $500 million, according to reports.

• Renewable Energy

  

  First Utility-Scale Solar Plant Planned for Northern Saudi Arabia Receives Bids

  SUSTG Team  |  1. 5. 2018

  Saudi Arabia's planned 300-megawatt solar photovoltaic (PV) project in Sakaka, Al-Jouf Province, will award projects "this month," REPDO says.

• 123 Agreement

  

  Bloomberg Report: Meeting Held Today at White House to Discuss Potential for U.S.-Saudi 123 Agreement

  SUSTG Team  |  12. 13. 2017

  Trump Administration officials are reportedly meeting at the White House today to discuss details of a potential nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia, known as a 123 Agreement, according to two administration officials quoted in Bloomberg.

• Yemen Civil War

  

  Former President of Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh Killed by Houthi Allies in Major Turning Point

  SUSTG Team  |  12. 4. 2017

  In a major turn in the ongoing civil war in Yemen, former President Ali Abdullah Saleh has reportedly been killed in fighting against his former allies in the three-year old war, the Iran-aligned Houthi militia.

• Tourism

  

  Saudi Arabia to Issue First Individual Tourist Visas in 2018, Prince Sultan bin Salman Says

  SUSTG Team  |  11. 28. 2017

  Saudi Arabia plans to issue its first tourist visas next year as the Kingdom looks to expand tourism and leisure as part of its ambitious Vision 2030 economic and social reform plans.