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  • Saudi Arabia introduces mandatory health insurance for 3.7 million domestic workers

    Saudi Arabia has today introduced mandatory health insurance for domestic workers employed by households with more than four staff, according to the Saudi Council of Health Insurance (CHI). The CHI says the move is part of the CHI and the Insurance Authority’s efforts to enable all beneficiaries to access comprehensive care and prevention and to empower stakeholders to achieve justice, transparency, excellence and performance. 

  • Saudi energy minister announces discovery of 7 oil, gas deposits

    Saudi Arabia’s energy minister announced the discovery of seven oil and gas deposits in the Kingdom’s Eastern Province and Empty Quarter, Saudi Press Agency reported on Monday.Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said Saudi Aramco had discovered “two unconventional oil fields, a reservoir of light Arabian oil, two natural gas fields, and two natural gas reservoirs,” SPA said.

  • Saudi Customs thwarts attempt to smuggle 3.6 million Captagon pills at Jeddah Islamic Port

    Customs inspectors at Jeddah Islamic Port thwarted an attempt to smuggle 3,633,978 Captagon pills, which were found hidden in a consignment coming to Saudi Arabia. The Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA) explained that a shipment consisting of “iron equipment” was received at the port, and when it was subjected to routine customs inspections using modern security techniques, a quantity of grains was found hidden within the shipment.

  • Organizational structures for health clusters approved

    It is noteworthy that the first phase of the health transformation was completed by the Ministry of Health by the end of 2023 with the launch of 20 health clusters to serve beneficiaries in various regions of the Kingdom. Eight paths of the modern healthcare model were implemented, which include heart attack path, the stroke path, the early detection path for breast cancer, early detection path for colon cancer, serious injuries path, the obesity path in adults, the diabetes path in adults, and the palliative care path.

  • ‘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.