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  • ‘Top Chef Middle East’ Moves to Saudi Arabia’s Neom Hub for New Season

    “Top Chef Middle East,” the hit Arabic-language adaptation of Bravo’s TV series, is moving to Saudi Arabia’s innovative Neom production hub. Leading Middle East broadcaster MBC – which is Saudi-owned – is teaming up with Neom Media Industries to launch production of the eighth season of the reality culinary contest near the planned futuristic city known as “the Line.”

  • Saudi Arabia’s unemployment rate holds steady at 3.5% in Q1

    Notably, labor force participation among Saudis increased by 1.0 percentage points to reach 51.4%, indicating a growing willingness to enter the workforce. The data reveals a significant improvement for Saudi men. The employment-to-population ratio climbed to 63.6%, while the unemployment rate fell to 4.2%, suggesting a successful integration of men into the job market.

  • Recap of Sedrah and NextGenAI Hackathons (in Saudi Arabia)

    The way hackathons generally work is that they are short 1–3 day events focused around a certain theme. Participants form teams to build a prototype (usually from scratch) in that time, and present at the end for the judges to evaluate.

  • Saudi Aramco holds OSPs for LPG in July steady, Sonatrach raises it by 11-18%

    Saudi Arabia's state oil producer Aramco (2222.SE), opens new tab left unchanged official selling prices (OSPs) for liquefied petroleum gas in July, while Algeria's Sonatrach raised OSPs for LPG by 11-18% due to a rising demand from the Mediterranean region, traders said. Aramco's July OSP for propane was stable at $580 per metric ton , as well as for butane, at $565 per ton. Propane and butane are types of LPG with different boiling points.

  • Saudi Arabia will require unified charging ports for portable electronics

    In Saudi Arabia, the authorities, represented by SASO, have announced the decision to standardize charging ports for portable electronic devices sold within their country. The decision will take place in two phases. The first phase will begin on 1 January 2025 and includes devices with totally 18 HS Codes, covering mobile phones, tablets, digital cameras, e-readers, portable video game devices, headphones, earphones, amplifiers, keyboards and computer pointer devices, in addition to portable navigation systems, portable speakers and wireless routers. The second phase shall start 1 April 2026 and will include laptops.

  • MBC Group picks new Saudi location for Season 8 of “Top Chef”

    Production of the new season of “Top Chef” will take place in the NEOM Media Village, home to four world-class sound stages and resort-style lodgings for cast & crew, with every episode featuring rigorous challenges designed to push the chefs’ skills to the limit.

  • Saudi unemployment rate continues its downward trend, reaching 7.6% in 1Q 2024

    The unemployment rate for all Saudis continued its downward trend after recording a drop to 7.6 percent in the first quarter of 2024 compared to 7.8 percent during the fourth quarter of 2023. This rate became close to more than the Vision 2030 target, which has been set at seven percent, according to the Labor Market Bulletin for the first quarter of 2024, released on Sunday, by the Saudi General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT).

  • Saudi Foreign Ministry highlights women empowerment in diplomacy

    The Kingdom’s Foreign Ministry held a seminar here on Sunday titled “The Role of Women in Diplomatic Work,” the Saudi Press Agency reported. The event at the Prince Saud Al-Faisal Institute for Diplomatic Studies was held to mark last week’s UN International Day of Women in Diplomacy. Among those who attended were Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Waleed bin Abdulkarim Al-Khuraiji, female ambassadors to the Kingdom, and members of the foreign diplomatic corps.

  • Who does Saudi Arabia play in 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers?

    Saudi Arabia learned its 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying fate on Thursday as the Green Falcons were handed a tough third round group that includes fellow Asian heavyweights Australia and Japan. Roberto Mancini’ side, which labored to a second place finish behind Jordan in second-round qualifying, will need to improve if it is to claim a spot at the World Cup finals in the USA, Canada and Mexico in two years’ time.

  • Saudi Arabia expands footprint in Djibouti with major investment projects

    The Saudi Ajyal Petroleum and Energy Company laid a cornerstone for the $12.7 billion refinery project in Djibouti Damerjog International Park (DDIP), south of the country’s capital, earlier this week with the presence of Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed, the Prime Minister of Djibouti. An agreement to create Saudi Logistics City in the Djibouti port free zone was reached earlier this month by a group of Saudi businessmen.