UN’s top court set to hear Qatar’s rights violations case against UAE

The United Nations’ highest court is to begin hearing an urgent case brought by Qatar against the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which Doha accuses of “human rights violations” amid a Saudi-led boycott of the country.The three-day hearing is to begin at The Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ) later on Wednesday. Qatari and Emirati lawyers […]

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How to Change Sponsorship in Qatar

The following conditions should be fulfilled to apply for changing the employer: • The sponsored person shall have completed two years inside the country with the same sponsor. • No Objection Certificate (NOC) from current sponsor to transfer the sponsorship to the new sponsor. • Approval of the new sponsor to transfer to his sponsorship. […]

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ICAO Council Rejects Blockading Countries’ Appeals against Qatar

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Council has decided to reject the appeals submitted by the blockading countries regarding the incompetence of the ICAO to consider Qatar’s complaints. This came during an ICAO session held today to hear the two complaints the State of Qatar had submitted about the negative impacts caused by the blockading […]

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Equal housing loan rights for women in play

The Parliament has endorsed draft laws on the final accounts of Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) and Kuwait National Fund for Small and Medium Enterprises Development for fiscal 2016/2017, as well as linking the 2018/2019 budgets of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) and its subsidiaries. Out of 49 parliamentarians who attended Tuesday’s session, 34 voted in favor […]

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Qatar’s central pharmacy the most technologically-advanced hospital pharmacies in Middle East

Qatar has always been known to be a place to provide state-of-the-art facilities to its residents, be it in all fields. Proving the statement is the central pharmacy that supplies Hamad Medical Corporation’s (HMC) three new hospitals in Hamad Bin Khalifa Medical City is regarded to be one of the most technologically-advanced hospital pharmacies in […]

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Qatar goes visa-free for 80 countries

Qatar has announced visa-free entry for citizens of 80 countries with immediate effect. The countries include the USA, the UK, Canada, India, South Africa, Seychelles, Australia, and New Zealand among others, according to a Reuters report. Citizens of these countries will not need to apply or pay for a visa. They will be issued a […]

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Banking Basics for Expats in Qatar

Banking is central to our lives nowadays and when you relocate to a new country, it can become a top priority.  Expats generally find that banking in Qatar, with its well-maintained network of local and international banks, is easy. Still it is important to familiarise yourself with the rules in Qatar. Banking in Qatar The […]

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Qatar National Library to organise book swap

File picture of Children’s Section of Qatar National Library. Pic: Salim Matramkot / The Peninsula The Peninsula Online For the first time in Doha, Qatar National Library’s Children section is inviting kids to swap their old fiction and non-fiction books that they have already read. Organised for those in the age group of up to […]

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