Winners of the 37th annual King Faisal International Prize will be honoured by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, HRH King Salman at a glittering ceremony at Al Faisaliah Hotel in Riyadh on Sunday, March 01.Awarded for the first time in 1979, the King Faisal International Prize (KFIP)...
Madinah Gov. Prince Faisal bin Salman was present at the Arab Orphans’ Day celebration organized by the Ministry of Social Affairs on Thursday in the holy city.In Islam, according to the Holy Qur’an and Sunnah (the teachings of the Prophet [peace be upon him]), caring for orphans is of great...
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has appointed Mohamed H. Al-Mady of Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) as chairman of the General Organization for Military Industries (GOMI).The king issued a number of royal decrees appointing key people to other important positions.Abdullah...
Saudi Arabia’s inflation fell to 2.2 percent in January, according to official data.The Central Department of Statistics released the January consumer price data on Thursday, showing inflation at its lowest level since at least September 2012, when the current data series began.Prices of housing...
Work on the tunnel for the first line of the Riyadh Metro is expected to start after two months with the arrival of the spare parts of the tunnel boring machine (TBM) imported from Germany.“The spare parts for the TBM have arrived. Assembling the TBM takes two months,” said a source whose...
A drop in the number of judges and the high number of vacancies at the Justice Department has led to the accumulation of unresolved court cases, especially in the most populated regions, the Shoura Council revealed.Shoura members urged the Ministry of Justice to fill vacant jobs in judiciary, as...
Riyadh Passport Department deployed Wednesday two mobile units offering e-services at two major locations.One was in King Khaled University Hospital at King Saud University’s main campus and the other at King Saud Medical Complex (formerly Al-Shumaisy Hospital) in southeast central part of the...
On a directive from Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, istisqa (rain prayer) was performed in all parts of the Kingdom on Monday with the participation of governors of the regions and their deputies and senior government officials. The sermons of the day pointed out that misdeeds...
Defense Minister Prince Mohammed bin Salman chaired the Economic and Development Affairs Council’s first meeting at the Royal Court in Riyadh on Wednesday and discussed a number of important issues related to boosting economic progress and improving public services.At the outset of the meeting,...
Expatriate workers from different countries have wholeheartedly welcomed the launch of the Ministry of Interior’s (MoI) new service which enables them to process visas online for their spouses and dependent children to bring them to the second home, Saudi Arabia.Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin...