Ankara 22nd WPC The top managers of leading oil and gas companies will meet at 22nd World Petroleum Congress (WPC) that will be held in Istanbul on 9-13 July. President and Chief Executive Officer of Saudi Aramco Amin N. Nasser, CEOF of BP Bob Dudley, the head of China’s CNPC Wang Yilin, CEO of Petrobras...

Milan, ITALY 08 April, 2017 An exceptional lifestyle and lavish 270-room Mondrian Doha hotel is set to open at the end of 2nd quarter of 2017. It will be SBE’s first hotel in the Middle East as well as Marcel Wanders’ first hotel for the region. “What better place for us to reveal the exciting...

Doha 08 Apeil 2017 (QNB Economic Commentary) Qatar’s Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics (MDPS) released GDP data for Q4 2016 last week. Real GDP growth was 1.7% in Q4 and 2.2% for 2016 as a whole, moderating from annual growth of 3.6% in 2015. Going forward, we expect growth to pick up in 2017...

Doha 5th April 2017 Doha Festival City,an entertainment, retail and hospitality destination in Qatar, managed and operated by Al-Futtaim, opened its doors to the public recently. Thousands of visitors flocked to the new Mall and participated in its glittering opening ceremony. New mall in outskirts of Doha on North Highway is adjacent to IKEA Stores...

Lapu-Lapu City (Philipines) 07 April 2017 (PNA) Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said here on Thursday night that the 10 member-economies of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are on the right track in harmonizing their policies that will further lay the groundwork for a strong regional economy as the world enters what he...

Manila 07 April 2017 President Rodrigo Roa Duterte will be embarking on a state visit to three countries in the Middle East including the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Kingdom of Bahrain and the State of Qatar. In a press briefing in Malacañang today Friday, April 7, Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary Hjayceelyn Quintana said the...

Doha 06 April 2017 (QNA) Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs, Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid Al Mahmoud, on Thursday inaugurated the Second Edition of the three-day Procurement and Contracting Conference & Exhibition, 'MOUSHTARAYAT 2017' held at the Doha Convention and Exhibition Center. AlMahmoud honored five companies who won the First...

04 Apr 2017 (CNN) By Christopher Green US President Donald Trump has sent Xi Jinping a clear message before the two meet in Florida later this week. With all his customary bluster, Trump told the Financial Times that China "will either decide to help us with North Korea, or they won't," and if Beijing decides...

Doha 04 April 2017 (QDB) In its drive to promote Qatari products across local, regional and global markets, Qatar Development Bank (QDB), through the support of its export program, Tasdeer, participated along with 29 leading Qatari companies at Big 5 Saudi, an exhibition for operators in the construction industry. The expo was held at Jeddah...

31 March 2017 IHS Jane's Defence Weekly Turkish prime minister Binali Yildirim has announced that Operation 'Euphrates Shield' in Syria has come to an end. "If a threat comes, Turkey can initiate more cross border operations but under a different name," he said in an interview with Turkey's NTV news channel on 29 March. He...