Female athletes to compete in the GCC Olympic Games for the first time

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Olympic sports competition is underway in Kuwait, with female athletes competing for the first time.

The regional competition, which began in 2011, is held every four years and allows athletes from member countries Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi A...

UAE TO DROP ALL ANTI-QATAR MEASURES

HIGHLIGHTS

• Khalid Abdullah Belhoul reported that the UAE will start following the marking of the AlUla Declaration in Saudi Arabia to end all estimates taken against the State of Qatar as indicated by the assertion gave on fifth June 2017
• He is the Un...

ASEAN-KOREA CENTRE INTRODUCES AWARDS FOR 4 EXCEPTIONAL STARTUPS TO NURTURE GROWTH

• The ASEAN-Korea Centre, in a joint venture with the Gyeonggi Center for Creative Economy and Innovation (GCCEI), called out the four most outstanding companies, Dec. 3, in an annual event to support startups from ASEAN and Korea with the only aim being, to encourage investment and mutual ...

GCC MEETS VIRTUALLY: SAUDI EXTENDS 3 MONTHS FOR THE EXPATRIATES

Highlights: 

• GCC holds its virtual meeting 
• The GCC nations will sea, air and land routes open to each other for transportation of goods 

Commerce ministers of the Gulf operation council (GCC) held a virtual meeting to discuss the econ...

GCC chemical industry produced sales of $84.1bn in 2018

The Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA), the voice of the Arab Gulf chemical industry, published the' GPCA Pulse of the Chemical Industry Report ' highlighting the development, export, consumption, job creation and investment made in the Arab Gulf in 2018.

The G...

Prices of solar panels, installation drops by a surge in the industrial and residential sectors

The alternative energy sector in the UAE and the GCC region has been enjoying a surge in interest and growth in each the industrial and residential sectors, driven primarily by a call in the value of star panels and their installation, specialists at the 21st Water, Energy, Technology and setting...

Largest Solar Farm in UAE

The United Arab Emirates has launched the biggest single solar energy farm in the world, the 1.18-GW Noor Abu Dhabi, Engadget reports citing a tweet by the United Arab Emirates's capital government.

The facility, that dwarfs the biggest solar farm within the United States—the ...

World Road congress executive says producing emissions is the key to road design

Castillo spoke at the World Road Congress in Abu Dhabi last week, presenting his conclusions from a primary of its kind study on the reduction of car emissions on the road through consistent style.
The design of a city’s roads is important to ambitions of reducing emissions, rising t...

Why geothermal energy is taking the spotlight

Dubai within the United Arab Emirates is already considering the employment of warmth energy to produce power needs in natural action plants, with preliminary studies into the energy offer already showing promising results. Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) is requesting proposals for ...