Massive difference in sales and rental prices of Riyadh, Jeddah (Zawya)
Sales and rental prices in Riyadh are two to four times that of Jeddah, according to a report. The data collated by Cityscape Intelligence said rental prices for apartments in Riyadh and Jeddah vary immensely.
Between Tehran and Riyadh (The Moscow Times)
Moscow and Riyadh have reportedly been negotiating for several years now about the Saudi purchase of Russian air-defense missile systems, but so far this has not yet occurred.
France in big culture push to arts-repressed Saudis (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The chorus of Pays-Basques singers which greeted Saudi King Abdullah at a Riyadh fair would have been unremarkable elsewhere, but was a whiff of change for the conservative Muslim kingdom.
11 pardoned OFWs from Saudi Arabia miss flight to Philippines (Manila Bulletin)
Eleven pardoned overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Saudi Arabia missed their midnight flight back to Manila last Monday. A statement issued by Migrante-Middle East regional coordinator John Leonard Monterona last Friday said that Arnulfo Alcantara, one of the OFWs, had called him and informed him that they are still at the Malaz Central Jail in Riyadh after missing their Monday flight. He said ...
Multibillion projects under way in Riyadh (Zawya)
15 March 2010 RIYADH: The Ar-Riyadh Development Authority (ADA) Ar-Riyadh Development Authority (ADA) is investing SR14.31 billion ($3.816 billion) in four projects in the capital city.
Riyadh four times more expensive than Jeddah (Arabian Business)
Huge discrepancy in kingdom's real estate costs revealed in new price index.
'Friends of Yemen' to meet in Abu Dhabi on March 29-30 (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A meeting of "Friends of Yemen," a forum of aid donors to the poorest country in the Arabian peninsula, is to meet in Abu Dhabi on March 29-30, the Emirati state news agency WAM said on Thursday.
Civil Works Managers - Riyadh (Cellular-News.com)
Panacea One are currently recruiting for a leading Telecommunications Service Provider with offices across the Middle East Region. They have an urgent requirement for a number of Civil Works Managers to join their team in Riyadh on a permanent basis.
Al-Diriya development discussed (Zawya)
18 March 2010 RIYADH: Riyadh Gov. Prince Salman, who is also the chairman of Arriyadh Development Authority (ADA), on Tuesday presided over a meeting of the executive committee for the development of Al-Diriya, said Abdullatif bin Abdul Malik Al-Sheikh, head of ADA's projects and planning center.
Creation of real estate commission lauded (Zawya)
18 March 2010 RIYADH: The Council of Saudi Chambers of Commerce and Industry (CSCCI) has welcomed a proposal to establish a Supreme Real Estate Commission. The call was made at the Saudi Real Estate International Conference, which took place in Riyadh last week.