Doha 01 May 2017 Al Meera Consumer Goods Company (Q.S.C) announced today its ‘1438 consumer goods at cost price’ distinctive offer, that comes as part of the Company’s Ramadan campaign under the slogan ‘an abundance of good, in the month of goodness’; which will be launched in a few days, as a tribute to the...

Doha 01 May 2017 RasGas Company Limited (RasGas) successfully loaded and delivered its 2,000th cargo of LNG to Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS) on 25th April, 2017. The cargo was lifted by the KOGAS vessel, “SK Summit”, which also carried the first cargo of LNG supplied by RasGas to Korea in August 1999. In recognition of...

Doha, Qatar 02 May 2017 His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the Father Emir, and Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation (QF) attended the 2017 edition of QF’s Convocation this evening. Her Excellency Sheikha Hind bint Hamad...

Doha 30 April 2017 The Qatar Institute for Public Finance (QIPF), in collaboration with the Ministry of Finance (MoF), and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), organized a press conference in Doha today, to highlight some of the valuable outcomes and insights drawn over the three days of a workshop entitled ‘Value-for-Money in...

Doha 30 April 2017 Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), a member of Qatar Foundation (QF) for Education, Science, and Community Development, celebrated the graduation of its largest class to date at a ceremony held on 30 April at the HBKU Student Center in Education City. The university conferred degrees on 148 graduates in the presence...

Doha 1st May 2017 Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) recently hosted the second Qatar International Pain Conference (QIPC) bringing together a first-class international faculty comprising 250 participants from Qatar and the region. The goal of the event, organized by HMC’s Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and Perioperative Medicine in collaboration with the prestigious European...

Doha 01 May 2017 (CRA) The Communications Regulatory Authority of Qatar (CRA) has coordinated the implementation of the second phase of the regulation on reducing roaming charges within the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for the benefit of telecom consumers in Qatar and the rest of GCC member states. The reduced roaming rates will be for...

Washington US Department of Defense Press Operations 1st May 2017 Today, US Department of Defense released its Annual Report on Sexual Assault in the Military for Fiscal Year 2016. This year’s report shows fewer Service members are experiencing the crime and a greater proportion of Service members are reporting sexual assault than ever before. The...

Tunis 29 April 2017 (QNA) Qatar Media Corporation has won two prizes in the 18th session of the Arab Radio and TV Festival which concluded in the Tunisian city of Hammamet last night. Qatar Television's program "Besaraha" won the first prize in the talk show category of the main television competitions, while "Al-Watar Al-Khames" program...

Paris 28 April 2017 (QNA) Dr. Hamad bin Abdulaziz AL Kuwari, advisor at the Emiri Diwan and Qatar's candidate for the Director General post at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), presented his vision for the organization in presence of 58 members of UNESCO's Executive Board chaired by Germany's Michael Worbs. Dr...