Kuwait’s Minister of Oil and Minister of State for National Assembly Affairs Ali al-Omair today discussed cooperation in the oil sector and prospects of importing gas from Iran with Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh in a meeting Tehran. The meeting…
Day: June 2, 2014
NBK tower on track for gold LEED rating, MEED conference told
The 300-metre-high National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) tower in the Sharq district of Kuwait city is on track to secure gold rating under the US Green Building Council’s (USGBC’s) Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) green building rating methodology,…
Kuwait real estate sales in April up 60 per cent year-on-year: NBK
Real estate sales in Kuwait in April were worth KD 447m, 60 per cent higher than the figure recorded in the same month of 2013, according to a report issued today by the National Bank of Kuwait (NBK). “Real estate…
Work to start this year on Arabtec’s Egypt housing project: The National
Construction of the first phase of Arabtec of the UAE’s AED 146bn ($40bn) joint venture housing programme in Egypt is due to start at Al-Obour City north-east of Cairo in the third quarter of 2014, the Abu Dhabi daily The National reported…
Abu Dhabi on target for 3.2m hotel guests in 2014: TCA Abu Dhabi
The number of people staying at Abu Dhabi hotels rose to more than 1m in the first four months of the year and the emirate is on target to hit its 2014 target of 3.2m hotel guests, the Abu Dhabi…
Qatar statement on Sunday Times World Cup allegations
The Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy (SCDL) has denied any wrongdoings after the latest allegations made by The Sunday Times with regard to Qatar’s successful bid for the 2022 World Cup finals. “The Qatar 2022 Bid Committee always upheld the…