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  • Saudi Arabia’s Bond With U.S. ‘Goes Beyond Energy’
     

    The U.S. and Saudi Arabia have a close relationship with a bond “that goes far beyond energy,” Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi said. The minister told graduates during his commencement speech at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, that “We seek together a world of greater understanding, mutual tolerance, and respect for human dignity and personal […]

     
  • Saudi Women Tackle Everest to Advance Breast Cancer Awareness
     

    To the ten Saudi women attempting a punishing ascent to a major milestone on the world’s highest peak, the dangers of reaching the Mount Everest base camp are no match for their cause. As a part of an ever-growing effort in Saudi Arabia, the campaign, “A Woman’s Journey: Destination Mount Everest,” intends to raise awareness […]

     
  • Statement on the Temporary Ban on Beef Imports from the U.S. to Saudi
     

    The Saudi Food & Drug Authority has issued a temporary ban on beef imported to Saudi Arabia from the United States. On May 2, 2012, the Saudi FDA issued decision 33/90 preventing the import of all beef products from the U.S. due to a confirmed case of BSE, bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

     
  • The Surprising $100 Billion Solar Investment
     

    If you thought Germany and California were aggressively trying to add solar power to the grid, the oil state of Saudi Arabia is giving both of them a run for their money with recent plans to enter the solar market. The country is looking for investors in a $109 billion plan to build 41 GW […]

     
  • Effat University on the Forefront of Change in Saudi Arabia
     

    I was also impressed to see Effat graduating a quarter of its students from its College of Engineering, which it established in partnership with Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering. When I first visited Effat seven years ago, it was still in the early stages of establishing engineering as a degree, a first for women […]

     
  • Saudi Arabia’s First Female Director Brings ‘Wadjda’ to Cannes
     

    Wadjda, the first-ever film shot in Saudi Arabia, hits the Cannes market as The Match Factory begins pre-sales at Cannes’ Marche du Film on the coming-of-age drama from Haiffa al Mansour, the first female Saudi filmmaker. Haifaa wrote and directed Wadjda, which tells the ordinary but uplifting story of Wadjda, an 11-year-old girl growing up in […]

     
  • Baseball and Saudi Economic Policy
     

    Dr. Muhammad Al-Jasser, Minister of Economy and Planning, recently spoke to the Young Businessmen’s Committee of the Riyadh Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Though the setting would appear innocuous, Dr. Al-Jasser’s remarks were not. The theme was the Future Vision of the Saudi Economy and they are worth reading in full.

     
  • Opening the TASI: What You Need to Know
     

    Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter and the Middle East’s biggest economy, is about to complete a gradual process to open its stock market, known as the Tadawul or TASI, directly to international investors for the first time.  The initial step toward this action was to give other GCC countries the right to invest […]

     
  • Seven years of prosperity and development
     

    Saudi Arabia will mark the seventh anniversary of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah’s accession to the Saudi throne on May 17 with a variety of programs highlighting the remarkable progress achieved by the Kingdom in education, health, industry, agriculture and other sectors under his wise leadership. King Abdullah’s announcement at the Shoura […]

     
  • Saudi Perspective on the Middle East: Obaid
     

    In this SUSRIS exclusive presentation, the “Saudi Perspective on the Middle East: The View from Riyadh” assessment provides: the background and context for Saudi diplomacy — assets and characteristics; economic and energy data; sources of regional instability; the “New Gulf Union”; profile of Gulf defense configurations; the Kingdom’s role in regional stabilization and its political and […]

     

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  • Blueprint Foresees Dramatic Expansion of Saudi Aviation Sector

    Sweeping new proposals for Saudi general aviation herald official government sanction that would increase airports, aircraft operators, and MROs for the sector, which includes business aviation. The roadmap—"Saudi Arabia: A New Global Hub for General Aviation"—anticipates tourism growing 2.5 times by 2030 and an overall SAR$365 billion ($97 billion) to be spent on tourism and aviation.

  • Saudi Arabia prepares for Riyadh Metro launch, more infrastructure to ease traffic

    Saudi Arabia is looking forward to the launch of the Riyadh Metro and expanding the infrastructure to facilitate traffic, said Minister of Transport and Logistics Services Saleh Al-Jasser. Speaking at the third edition of the Future Aviation Forum (FAF) 2024, Al-Jasser asserted Saudi Arabia’s keenness to apply the latest technologies for traffic management and legislative arrangements to improve traffic in Riyadh.

  • Saudi Aviation Industry Likely To Create 35,000 New Jobs by 2030

    Saudi Arabia's aviation sector contributed $21 billion to the Kingdom's gross domestic product in 2023 while generating an additional $32.2 billion in tourism receipts, positively impacting other key areas of the economy.

    "This transformation is one that we invite the world to share. We seek private sector partners with expertise to help us achieve our ambition," said Al-Jasser.

  • Ireland, Spain, Norway announce recognition of Palestinian state

    Ireland, Spain and Norway announced on Wednesday that they would recognise a Palestinian state on May 28, saying they hoped other Western countries would follow suit, prompting Israel to recall its ambassadors.
    Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said the move was aimed at accelerating efforts to secure a ceasefire in Israel's war with Hamas in Gaza.

  • Saudi Arabia completes 1st phase of desertification assessment with creating 246 maps

    The National Center for Vegetation Development and Combating Desertification (NCVC) has completed a significant step in its fight against desertification with the first phase of a project to assess the state of land degradation across the Kingdom. This resulted in the creation of 246 detailed maps, which provide valuable insight into desertification trends and the current state of land degradation in different regions. NCVC teams conducted extensive field surveys, research, and studies to better understand the process of desertification and land degradation, and identify effective strategies to combat them.

  • Saudi Ma’aden has extracted lithium from seawater, CEO says

    Saudi Arabian Mining Company Ma'aden has successfully extracted lithium from seawater, although not at levels that are commercially viable and its project remains at the pilot stage, its CEO told Reuters on Tuesday.

  • Saudi Crown Prince promises stable oil supply to Japan

    Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman promised stable oil supplies to Japan in a video conference with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said in a media release. The crown prince told Kishida that "Saudi Arabia remains committed to the stable supply of crude oil to Japan and that Saudi Arabia would like to cooperate with Japan in other areas including the field of clean energy," it said.

  • Saudi Studio Telfaz11 Set To Shoot Concept Comedy ‘Alzarfa’ as Its Followup To Smash Hit ‘Sattar’

    Fast rising Saudi studio Telefaz11 – the label behind record-breaking wrestling comedy “Sattar” – is set to make an ambitious concept comedy titled “Alzarfa” that will combine the heist movie and film-within-a-film genres.

  • Saudi Arabia’s national carrier orders more than 100 new Airbus jets as it ramps up tourism push

    Saudia Group, which represents the Saudia airline and its budget carrier Flyadeal, said Monday that it ordered 105 aircraft from the French aerospace company’s A320neo family of jets, including 12 A320neos and 93 A321neos. That brings Saudia Group’s Airbus aircraft order backlog to 144 of the A320neo family planes.

  • US and Saudi Arabia close to defence and civil nuclear deal

    “We now have a near final set of arrangements, which would be the bilateral elements of this deal, and we really believe the Saudi deal is pretty much there,” the senior official said. “But there are elements of it, including a credible pathway for the Palestinians and also some other elements, that would still have to be completed.” The official added: “The crisis needs to recede to open up space for this.”