Qatar

Qatar Airways adds flights to Colombo and Dhaka

August 22, 2017

DOHA, Qatar, 21 August 2017: Qatar Airways continues to expand with new flights to Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Saying it is responding to robust demand from passengers it is increasing its Colombo service from four to five flights weekly effective 11 September. The airline’s Dhaka service will also [...]

Qatar to issue Permanent Residency to certain categories of expats

August 2, 2017

Qatar’s Cabinet today approved legislation where certain categories of foriegners could be issued with permanent residency which could affect tens of thousands of foreigners living in the tiny gulf state. Those who are granted the new status would be afforded the same education and [...]

No Qatar dialogue unless conditions met- Four Arab countries

July 30, 2017

Manama (MDW Live) – Four Arab countries boycotting Qatar are ready for dialogue to ease the dispute if Doha agrees to certain demands, Bahrain’s foreign minister said on Sunday after a meeting with his counterparts. Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed al-Khalifa [...]

Difference of Visions the reason for Gulf Crisis-Qatar Ambassador to Russia

July 29, 2017

The Ambassador of the Qatar to Russia Fahad bin Mohammed Al Attiyah said that the cause of the current Gulf crisis lies in the different visions between the State of Qatar and the siege countries with regard to the present and the future. During an interview with the Russian radio station Echo [...]

Look ‘beyond crisis’ and look to establish new relations to replace old- UAE FM Anver Gargash

July 26, 2017

(MDW Live) Dubai – Anver Ghargash UAE State minister for Foreign Affair today said that it was important to look ‘beyond crisis’ and look to establish new relations and in the process replace old ones. In a series of tweets he said today that, “now that Qatar crisis has [...]

Gulf Countries Indicate Some Flexibility on Demands on Qatar

July 19, 2017

Senior diplomats from the four Arab countries that have broken ties with Qatar indicated Tuesday that they were no longer insisting on 13 precise demands that the Qataris must satisfy, or on a specific deadline for them to comply. The remarks by the diplomats from Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi [...]

Qatar Plans Food Cluster to Boost Supplies at Home

July 17, 2017

Domestic Al Jaber Engineering awarded $431 million contract Project was started last year, before Saudi-led boycott Qatar will spend 1.6 billion riyals ($431 million) to build a food-processing and storage facility near Hamad Port in about two years that will more than meet local demand for sugar, [...]

Qatar Central Bank Says Country Has $340 Billion in Reserves, Can Weather Arab Sanctions

July 12, 2017

Doha — Qatar has $340 billion (264.27 billion pounds) in reserves that could help the Gulf country to weather the isolation by its powerful Arab neighbours, central bank governor Sheikh Abdullah Bin Saoud al-Thani said. “This is the credibility of our system, we have enough cash to preserve [...]

$1 billion headache for Airbus as Qatar cancels four jets

July 7, 2017

(Reuters) – Qatar Airways has axed orders for four A350s because of delivery delays, Airbus said on Thursday, handing the European planemaker a new headache over what to do with jets worth $1.2 billion at list prices as it tries to close a sales gap with rival Boeing. The decision means [...]

Qatar Airways joins Gulf carriers off US laptop ban list

July 6, 2017

Doha, Qatar — Qatar Airways joined two other major long-haul Gulf carriers on Thursday in getting off a U.S. ban on laptops and large electronics in airplane cabins, despite facing logistical challenges amid the country’s diplomatic dispute with several Arab nations. Doha-based Qatar Airways, [...]