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Saudi Film Council created
Culture & Education | Wednesday 21 March, 2018 6:04 am
The Saudi General Authority for Culture (GAC) announced on Tuesday the creation of Saudi Film Council. Ahmed Al-Mazeed, CEO of the authority, said that the launching of the council is a first step in supporting the film and creative content sector in the Kingdom as one of the five main...
235 companies licensed to provide pilgrim services
Government | Wednesday 21 March, 2018 5:34 am
The Ministry of Haj and Umrah has licensed 235 companies to provide services to pilgrims and asked the General Syndicate of Cars to improve the transport services to cope with the rising number of visitors to the holy city. The ministry has also designed a special smartphone app to document the...
Ebsar Foundation seeks TVTC's help to give job training to the visually impaired
Healthcare | Wednesday 21 March, 2018 4:39 am
The Ebsar Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports the visually challenged, has asked the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation (TVTC) to conduct training programs to qualify the visually impaired members of society for the job market and issue them accredited...
Shangri-La Hotel, Dubai To Participate in Earth Hour 2018
Tourism & Hospitality | Tuesday 20 March, 2018 10:27 pm
Earth Hour, organized by WWF, is a global grassroots movement uniting people to take action on climate change and protect the planet. Earth Hour started as a lights out event in Sydney, Australia in 2007 and since then, it has grown to engage millions of supporters in more than 170 countries and...
Burj Rafal Hotel Kempinski appoints Christian Ruge as its new General Manager
Tourism & Hospitality | Tuesday 20 March, 2018 3:43 pm
The new General Manager at Burj Rafal Hotel Kempinski in Riyadh has been appointed: Mr. Christian Ruge, who brings 26 years of experience in the hospitality industry with him into his new position.    Christian Ruge began his career with InterContinental Frankfurt in Germany,...
Mobily is racing to a smarter future and is developing an IoT-related program in partnership with Ericsson
Technology & IT | Tuesday 20 March, 2018 3:05 pm
Etihad Etisalat “Mobily” in cooperation with Ericsson are preparing an IoT world program to be the first of its kind in the Kingdom that aims to create an interactive platform between university students and staff in order to develop IoT locally and internationally. This comes out of...
SEDCO Holding Group Top 4 Best Place to Work in Saudi Arabia
Business & Money | Tuesday 20 March, 2018 11:24 am
In line with the Saudi Vision 2030, the National Transformation Program (NTP) 2020, and Saudi Arabia’s future ambitions of developing and empowering the human resources, a vast number of companies invested in human capital for a better contribution to the country’s goals as well as to...
Saudi executives agree on multi-cloud’s business potential
Business & Money | Tuesday 20 March, 2018 8:00 am
C-level executives and business leaders in Saudi Arabia overwhelmingly agree on cloud computing’s positive and transformative impact, according to new findings released Monday. Commissioned by security and cloud experts F5 Networks, and conducted by research agency Think Positive, the...
Long-awaited specialist hospital opens in Hail
Healthcare | Tuesday 20 March, 2018 6:45 am
Emir of Hail Prince Abdulaziz Bin Saad formally opened King Salman Specialist Hospital in this northern city in the presence of Health Minister Tawfiq Al-Rabiah and other top officials. The hospital, with a capacity of 500 beds, will provide healthcare to some 700,000 residents of the city. The...
Aramco’s commitment to further elevate role of women in the Kingdom’s transformation reiterated
Environment & Energy | Tuesday 20 March, 2018 6:35 am
Saudi Aramco participated as a lead sponsor in the Women in Leadership Economic forum titled “Let’s Talk About Tomorrow,” taking place on Monday and Tuesday in Riyadh. At the forum’s opening session, Yaser Mufti, Saudi Aramco vice president of strategy and market...
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