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• Saudi Film Festival concludes, announces winners for 2020 edition

  Among the winners, Arabic film And When Do I Sleep? by Husam Al-Sayed won the best feature film award whereas The Village by Mohammed Al-Hamadi won the best documentary award. The six-day festival was broadcast live on YouTube and offered 24-hour access to 25 films and included live broadcasts of discussions with filmmakers, according to Arab News.

  • Arab News - Final curtain falls on sixth Saudi Film Festival
• Wheat Rivalry Heats Up as Ukraine Starts Sales to Saudi Arabia

  Ukraine joined Russia in starting wheat sales to Saudi Arabia, giving European Union exporters another rival in one of their top markets.

• Saudi King tells Trump that kingdom is eager to achieve fair solution to Palestinian issue

  Saudi Arabia’s King Salman told U.S. President Donald Trump in a phone call on Sunday that the kingdom was eager to achieve a fair and permanent solution to the Palestinian issue, which he said was the main starting point of the kingdom’s proposed Arab Peace Initiative, the state news agency reported.

• Will Saudi Arabia build the world’s largest green hydrogen and ammonia plant?

  The Gulf is already a major producer and consumer of hydrogen, mainly for fertilisers and specialty chemicals. Like most hydrogen produced globally, it is the ‘grey’ kind made from hydrocarbons.

• IAEA to provide support to Saudi Arabia in its nuclear energy plans

  The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director general Rafael Grossi was quoted on Monday as saying that Saudi Arabia was preparing to adopt nuclear energy and the agency was providing support, Saudi state TV Al-Ekhbariya reported.

• ACWA Power inks $650m financing deal for Saudi’s Jubail-3A IWP

  Saudi Arabia-based developer, investor, and operator of power generation and desalinated water plants ACWA Power has signed a senior financing agreement worth $650m (SAR2.4bn) for Jubail-3A independent water project (IWP).

• Saudi National Day: Holidays announced for public and private sectors

  Saudi Arabia has announced holidays for private sector and public sector workers on the occasion of the 90th Saudi National Day on Wednesday, September 23, 2020 The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development on Monday announced two days off for public sector employees and a one-day holiday for those in the private sector.

• KAPSARC develops 3 models for Saudi Arabia’s economy, energy system

  The King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC) developed three models and tools for the economy and energy system in Saudi Arabia, in its effort to enhance the energy sector locally and globally, while also enhancing Saudi Arabia’s efforts to diversify energy sources and economic prosperity and achieving Vision 2030 goals. The center’s researchers have designed the Vision 2030 Dynamic Input-Output Tool, the KAPSARC Energy Model, and the Energy Policy Simulator Tool, in order to enhance the understanding of energy economics and environmental policies.

  • KAPSARC - Vision 2030 Dynamic Input-Output Table
• G20 ministers stress importance of opening borders to stimulate economy

  G20 foreign ministers stressed the importance of opening borders to stimulate economies, the Saudi foreign ministry said on Thursday. “Opening international borders in line with preventative measures” will “help to revive the economies of our countries” and restore hope in beating COVID-19, the Kingdom’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said at a G20 foreign ministers meeting in Riyadh.

• Netanyahu Privately Condoned U.S. Plan to Sell Arms to U.A.E., Officials Say

  But after news of the arms sale became public late last month, the Israeli prime minister repeatedly denied that he had given assurances to the Trump administration that Israel would not oppose the Emirati arms deal. The officials said Mr. Netanyahu’s public statements were false. He then stopped publicly complaining about the proposed arms sale after a meeting with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Jerusalem last week that brought the Israeli prime minister back in line, the officials said.

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