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Saudi Central Bank declares SAR50bn package to combat coronavirus

Around SAR30bn ($7.99bn) is expected to be made available to banks and finance companies in return for deferring small- and medium-size businesses’ loans

Saudi Aramco reports 21% profit drop for 2019 on lower oil prices

Brent crude averaged $64.12 a barrel in 2019 compared with $71.67 the previous year

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Coronavirus: GCC reports over 800 cases, 12% recoveries

The WHO declared the new strain of the coronavirus as a pandemic on Wednesday

Saudi Arabia suspends all international flights for two weeks

During the two weeks a few flights would be operated as “exceptional cases”

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Saudi Arabia bans travel, flights to EU, India, Philippines, among other countries

It has given a 72-hour period for its citizens and residents from the countries on the list to return to the kingdom

Saudi Arabia pledges to expand oil output capacity

The world’s biggest oil exporter will raise capacity to 13 million barrels a day from 12 million

GCC coronavirus update – Total cases near 400, more than 50 recoveries

The coronavirus continues its spread across the world having infected over 117,000 people

Saudi Arabia’s Aramco to pump 12.3 million bpd in April

It puts Aramco supply above its maximum sustainable capacity, indicating that the kingdom is even tapping its strategic inventories

Saudi grants 72-hour deadline for citizens to return to the country

Saudi also extended travel bans to 14 countries, including UAE, Oman and European nations

Dubai’s Emirates to operate special flights to Saudi from March 12-15

Only Saudi nationals will be allowed to travel on the special flights from Dubai to Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam

Saudi to issue SAR500,000 fine for withholding travel information at entry points

The Ministry of Health reported five new cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus on Monday, taking the total number of infections in the kingdom to 20

Saudi extends travel bans to 14 countries, including Oman, European nations

The recent travel ban covers Oman, Germany, France, Turkey and Spain

Coronavirus update: GCC cases cross 260 as virus spreads

The Covid-19 has infected over 113,000 people residing in more than 100 countries

Etihad flights that landed in Saudi on Monday had to return with all non-Saudi nationals

The kingdom temporarily suspended flights to and from nine countries, including the UAE, on Monday

Abu Dhabi, Dubai bourses trade Dhs27.5bn of shares in Jan-Feb 2020

Of this amount, Dhs14.3bn was traded by foreigners

Saudi Arabia bans travel to UAE, eight other countries

The kingdom will suspend all air travel between itself and the nine countries

Saudi Arabia to close schools indefinitely from Monday

The education ministry said the “preventive and precautionary” measures were recommended by the health authorities to protect students and staff

Saudi Arabia launches recruitment drive for Expo 2020 pavilion in Dubai

There will be a 50:50 ratio maintained in the number of males to females accepted into the programme

Saudi’s AlUla South project to begin issuing applications for building permits next week

The kingdom has announced plans to establish AlUla as the world’s largest living museum

Saudis plan big oil output hike following collapse of OPEC+ agreement

Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, closed down 9.4 per cent on Friday, its biggest daily drop since the global financial crisis in 2008, settling at $45.27 a barrel

Saudi Arabia restricts entry points for arrivals from UAE, Kuwait and Bahrain

Entry through land ports between the kingdom and the three GCC countries will be restricted to commercial trucks only

Saudi Arabia plans $6bn surge in mortgage refinancing

The value of outstanding mortgages has jumped to 482bn riyals – a 66 per cent increase since 2017 – with an official target of 500bn by end-2020

Saudi temporarily suspends Umrah for citizens, residents over coronavirus outbreak

The kingdom reported its first case of the coronavirus earlier this week

Saudi Arabia’s wealth fund parts ways with three executives

Chief strategy officer Dennis Johnson and head of risk, Martin Botha, have exited the company

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UAE, Saudi and Bahrain lower interest rates in line with Fed move over virus outbreak

Central banks in the GCC matched the Fed’s half-percentage point cut

UAE businessman MA Yusuff Ali receives Saudi premium residency

He becomes the first Indian to receive the kingdom’s coveted residency permit

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Saudi Arabia confirms first case of coronavirus

A Saudi citizen, who came from Iran via Bahrain, tested positive for the virus

Saudi Arabia launches online service for Umrah visa refunds

The refunds can be collected via the local Umrah agents in their respective countries

European Commission greenlights Saudi Aramco-SABIC deal

Saudi Aramco seeks to acquire a 70 per cent stake in SABIC for $69.1bn