With Qatar nearing its full self-sufficiency target in food production, the Ministry of Municipality and Environment has announced that it would start exporting dairy and poultry products by year end.
Aspetar, Qatar’s orthopaedic and sports medicine hospital, has been re-accredited by the International Olympic Committee as one of its 11 research facilities aimed at improving athletes’ health and injury prevention.
The English Premier League has become the latest global sporting body to launch legal proceedings in Saudi Arabia against bootlegging operation beoutQ.
Despite the 2022 World Cup still being four years away, FIFA has awarded the competition’s Spanish broadcasting rights to multimedia giants Mediapro, who has announced it will launch a new 24hr football TV channel for the same.
As strong winds continue to engulf Qatar, the Ministry of Public Health has advised the residents to follow preventive measures to curb the onset of potential dust-related illnesses and allergies.
The volume of trade, as well as the value of goods, exchanged between Qatar and Turkey, have taken an enormous leap forward and the upward trend is set to continue in the coming years as well.
Qatar’s multi-talented Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah continued to prove himself as the Middle East’s most successful rally driver by clinching the Dakar Rally title for the third time in his career.
Qatar overcame heavy odds to beat Saudi Arabia 2-0 in the AFC Asian Cup in Abu Dhabi and top Group E with maximum nine points. They will next take on Iraq in the round of 16 on January 22.
The beIN Media Group has launched a website that holds to account Saudi Arabia-based pirating channel beoutQ, which has been stealing copyrighted content from around the world on an industrial level.
In a highly anticipated game, Qatar will take on Saudi Arabia in the AFC Asian Cup in Abu Dhabi, which will be the first meeting between the two sides since the start of the illegal blockade of Qatar.
Qatar has been ranked as the safest country in the world in a report by Numbeo, which is the world’s most extensive database of user-contributed data on cities and states around the globe.
Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker has ruled out investing in India’s cash-strapped Jet Airways due to substantial investment by the UAE’s Etihad Airways.
Keep your warm clothes ready as a new cold spell is likely to hit Qatar this weekend, with the Met Department warning of temperatures as low as 8°C in some parts of the country.
Qatar's Ministry of Education has been giving a lot of incentives to investors wishing to set up private schools in the country. It has so far received 57 applications for new schools, which it is now scrutinising.
After much deliberations and studies, Qatar’s Ministry of Education and Higher Education has decided to let some community schools operate in two shifts starting from the new academic year.
Qatar’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani has made it clear that the country will not normalise relations with the Assad government in Syria, despite many other governments doing the same.
Revenues from restaurants at Katara and Aspire today (January 15) will be donated to help Syrian refugees in the camps of Arsal, a Lebanese border town.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to further strengthen his country’s ties with Qatar in the coming days, recalling the latter’s strong support during times of crises.
The Qatar Investment Authority, which currently has invested about $30bn in the USA so far, is set to raise it to $45bn within the next two years to balance it with its European portfolio.
Mike Pompeo, who is on a tour of the Middle East, has said that the boycott of Qatar by Gulf countries had gone on for long enough and that the Trump administration was looking on helping end it soon.
Winter vegetable markets have become increasingly popular in Qatar, especially as the government is striving for self sufficiency and encouraging residents to buy local products.
Ashghal has opened the longest and deepest bidirectional tunnel in Qatar for beneficial use as part of the construction of the Al Rayyan Road Upgrade Project Phase 2.
The Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs has issued a new contract form that will have to be filled out by prospective employers if they are to hire domestic workers.
