NEWS & INSIGHTS

Ramadan is well underway, one of the most important periods on the Islamic calendar. In the United Arab Emirates, where the native population is heavily outnumbered by foreigners, efforts are underway to explain to expats the holy month and other […]

ABU DHABI // Passengers departing from or transiting through airports in the emirate of Abu Dhabi are to be charged a Dh35 service fee. The fee will be introduced from June 30, reported Aletihad, the Arabic-language sister paper of The […]

Riyadh: Saudi Arabian government will provide green card only to foreign investors and highly qualified experts among expats. The Kingdom expects to reap economic benefits generated by experts in the expat community. “The new system will be similar to the […]

Forecast Slumping remittances sent by migrant workers in the Persian Gulf to their homes in the developing world will rebound when oil markets stabilize and Gulf diversification plans pan out. But to appease and employ their growing local populations, Gulf […]

Dubai-based developer Nakheel has awarded a contract for nearly AED4 million ($1 million) to ILF Consulting Engineers for sewage treatment plant work at Deira Islands in Dubai. Under the agreement, Austria-based ILF will oversee the design and construction supervision of […]

Saudi Arabia’s cabinet approved a tax on undeveloped urban land and rules allowing foreign investors to own 100 per cent of retail and wholesale businesses, an official said on Monday. The measure aims to help resolve a shortage of affordable […]

Residential rates in Dubai are at their lowest since 2014 and will continue to fall this year, according to Dubai-based consultancy Phidar Advisory. Rent declined by 1.3 per cent month-on-month in May, compared with a compound monthly average decline of […]

Oman has no plans to impose income tax on expats, an official has reportedly claimed. Salem Al Saadi, an advisor at the Ministry of Manpower, was quoted as telling the Times of Oman that the sultanate “does not encourage such […]

The Riyadh metro is 36 per cent complete and is expected to be finalised within a period of two years and a few months, Riyadh Gov. Prince Faisal bin Bandar announced. Prince Faisal, who is also the president of the […]

Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has endorsed the design of the Roads & Transport Authority’s (RTA) 223 million dirhams ($60.71 million) Enterprise Command & Control Centre […]

Bahrain Cinema Company has announced the opening of a new 13-screen Cineplex at the Gulf Mall in Gharafa, Qatar at a total cost of QR60 million ($16.4 million). The new Cineplex, which has a total of 2,318 seats, also features […]