Millions of U.S. renters threatened with eviction as of today

Reading time: 2 MinutesMillions of American families are at risk of being evicted from their homes starting Saturday because they have been unable to pay their rent for months due to the pandemic, as a moratorium on evictions that had protected them expires.Lawmakers failed on Friday to reach an agreement to grant an additional deadline for financially strapped tenants, despite the ... Read more

AED 5.4 billion in Dubai real estate transactions last week

Real estate deals in Dubai

Reading time: 2 MinutesReal estate transactions in the Dubai Land Department during the past week amounted to more than AED 5.4 billion, as the department witnessed the registration of 1223 sales worth AED 2.89 billion, including 88 sales of land worth AED 620.22 million and 1135 sales of apartments and villas worth AED 2.27 billion. The most important land sales worth 121 million dirhams came in the area of Island 2 ... Read more

10 days left to import fresh fruits and vegetables without import permits

Reading time: 2 MinutesThe Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture has called on suppliers wishing to obtain import licenses for fresh vegetables and fruits to quickly apply for the necessary licenses before the expiration of the deadline set by the Ministry, which is scheduled from 1 Muharram 1443 AH, stressing that no shipment of fresh vegetables and fruits can be imported without an electronic import permit. Read more

“Industry: 79 new industrial licenses in June 96% of which national investment

Mask factories

Reading time: 2 MinutesThe National Center for Industrial and Mining Information of the Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources announced the issuance of 79 new industrial licenses during the month of June, led by factories operating in the food products industry with 16%, while about 88 factories started production work during the same month, bringing the number of new industrial licenses to 530 during the first half of 2021. Read more

“Residential” delivers 935 housing units to beneficiaries within the “Al Waha” suburb in Dammam

Facade suburb

Reading time: 2 MinutesThe “Residential” program announced the delivery of 935 housing units to beneficiaries within the suburb of “Al-Waha” in Dammam, indicating that the projects in which the units were delivered are the “Weaving Town” project and the “Mud” project, where 649 units out of 674 housing units were delivered in “Weaving Town” after the completion rate in the project reached 100% of the size of the units, and 286 units were delivered ... Read more

Implementation of the Executive Regulations for Environmental Licenses

Reading time: < 1 MinuteThe Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture announced the start of the implementation of the executive regulations of the controls and procedures related to the financial compensation for licenses, permits and environmental services in the Kingdom based on Article 48 of the Environment Law. The Ministry explained that the financial compensation aims to contribute to the activities to reduce the cost of the cumulative environmental impact resulting from them, as the competent center collects it in exchange for issuing or renewing permits or ... Read more

“Enforcement oversees auctions to liquidate 10 properties in Al-Aflaj, Jeddah and Wadi Al-Dawasir

Reading time: < 1 MinuteThe Attribution and Liquidation Center “Enforcement” announced the holding of several electronic auctions, namely: «Dora Al-Aflaj Auction», which starts on Monday, 2/8/2021, and reviews 3 investment opportunities consisting of a residential commercial building and two villas in Al-Aflaj governorate, with areas exceeding 2600 square meters, and «Dora Jeddah Auction», which starts on Sunday, 8/8/2021, ... Read more

“White Lands”: Increased electronic registration by owners in Taif and Jazan

White Land - Raw Land

Reading time: < 1 MinuteThe “White Lands” program confirmed the increasing registration of lands by their owners in the electronic platform in Taif and Jizan, with the expiration of the statutory deadline for registration that ended today, while the program registered large areas of white lands at the level of Medina and Asir metropolis, where the deadline for registration ended at the end of last June. Read more

Jeddah Islamic Port's first cruise ship terminal opens

Reading time: 2 MinutesThe General Authority for Ports (Ports) and Saudi Cruise celebrated the opening of the first cruise ship terminal in Jeddah Islamic Port, in the presence of a number of partners from the government and private sector, and a group of leaders and interested parties from different countries of the world. This announcement comes just six months after the establishment of Saudi Cruise Company, which was announced last January at the “Future Investment Initiative” conference ... Read more

Saudi Arabia launches the Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution in partnership with the World Economic Forum

Reading time: 2 MinutesHis Excellency the Chairman of the Board of Directors of King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Engineer Abdullah bin Amer Al-Swaha, today announced the launch of the Fourth Industrial Revolution Center in partnership with the World Economic Forum (WEF), on the sidelines of the first Saudi Forum for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, organized by the city at its headquarters with the participation of Professor Klaus Schwab, the founder and chairman of the World Economic Forum, and a number of ... Read more