RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (MNTV) — Economic ties between Saudi Arabia and Italy are entering a dynamic expansion phase, fueled by Vision 2030 projects estimated at $8.1 trillion, according to Matteo Zobas, head of the Italian Trade Agency. Speaking at the Saudi-Italian Investment and Business Forum, Zobas highlighted that these massive investments ...
BEIRUT/NICOSIA (MNTV) — Lebanon and Cyprus signed a long-awaited maritime demarcation agreement on Wednesday, clearing the way for potential offshore energy exploration and closer cooperation in the eastern Mediterranean. The deal was signed by Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides at Lebanon’s presidential...
MUSCAT, Oman (MNTV) — Oman re-entered global capital markets with a one-billion-dollar sovereign sukuk issuance that drew more than four times the amount offered, signaling strong investor confidence following recent credit-rating upgrades. The instrument carries a 7.5-year maturity, a 4.525 percent annual coupon, and a 60-basis-point spread ...
CAIRO, Egypt (MNTV) — Egypt’s engineering exports rose sharply in the first ten months of 2025, reaching $5.33 billion, a 12.4 percent increase from the $4.75 billion recorded during the same period last year, according to new data from the Engineering Export Council of Egypt. The council reported that October delivered a particularly strong b...
CAIRO, Egypt (MNTV) — Egypt is emerging as one of the world’s most promising digital trade markets, according to a new Standard Chartered assessment that highlights accelerating adoption of cloud technologies, digital assets, and global data standards across the country’s corporate sector. The bank’s Future of Trade: Digitization report, based...
MANAMA, Bahrain (MNTV) — Bahrain has entered the implementation stage of its first Trade Finance Registry (TFR), a major digital infrastructure project jointly developed by BENEFIT, Singapore-based MonetaGo, and Bahrain FinTech Bay. The initiative establishes a unified digital ledger for trade-finance transactions and invoices, aiming to redu...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (MNTV) — Oman is expanding its global air connectivity with a series of new routes to Asia, Europe, and Africa as the country accelerates its broader transport, tourism, and logistics agenda. The Civil Aviation Authority, working alongside airport operators and domestic and foreign carriers, is leading the effort to stren...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (MNTV) — Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources, Bandar Alkhorayef, met with Tunisia’s Minister of Economy and Planning, Samir Abdelhafid, to explore expanded industrial cooperation and deeper economic integration between the two nations. The discussions were held on the sidelines of the 21st session of...
SANA’A, Yemen (MNTV) — Yemen’s fisheries sector, long strained by conflict, damaged infrastructure, and climate pressures, is gradually recovering, according to World Bank. This resurgence is supported by the $45 million Sustainable Fishery Development in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden (SFISH) Program, led by the World Bank in partnership with ...
DOHA (MNTV) — Qatar Airways, operating the largest fleet of Starlink-equipped widebody aircraft, launched the “Sky Studio Challenge,” an innovative collaboration with Google that demonstrated full commercial production entirely inflight using Starlink connectivity. The experiment aboard a Starlink-enabled Airbus A350 flying from Doha to Atlant...
