RO 36 million livestock & fish feed factory opens
BARKA, DEC 4The largest animal and aquatic feed factory in Oman was inaugurated on Thursday under the auspices of Dr Saud bin Hamoud al Habsi, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water...
Muscat hosts key global meeting of Numbering Agencies
MUSCAT, DEC 2 Muscat Clearing & Depository Company (MCD), an affiliate of Muscat Stock Exchange (MSX), hosted the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA)...
Fourth edition of Green Hydrogen Summit Oman kicks off
Muscat: Events of the fourth edition of the Green Hydrogen Summit Oman (GHSO) kicked off here on December 1 under the auspices of the Ministry of Energy and Minerals. Organized by Birba, in...
Oman is hydrogen-ready: Al Aufi
MUSCAT, DEC 1 Oman Minister of Energy and Minerals, Eng Salim bin Nasser al Aufi, stated that Oman is ready for the hydrogen transition despite what he described as a global “reality check” for...
Hydrom advances Oman’s hydrogen ambitions
MUSCAT, DEC 1Hydrom — the orchestrator of Oman’s energy transition — doubled down on its long-term ambitions on Monday, December 1, 2025, during the first day of the 2025 Green Hydrogen Summit...
EU sees oman as key partner in energy transition
MUSCAT, NOV 30 Oman hosted on Sunday, November 30, 2025, a summit organised as part of the ‘EU-GCC Cooperation on Green Transition Project. The event, held on the sidelines of the 2025 Oman Green...
‘The Light Compass’ illuminates heritage
Star Suhail, known internationally as Canopus, is the second-brightest star in the night sky — an ageing supergiant nearly 65 times the size of our sun and around 25 million years old. But across...
Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi inaugurated
Abu Dhabi: His Highness Shaikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council, on Friday inaugurated the Natural History Museum Abu...
Oman’s property index jumps 10.8% in Q2
MUSCAT: Oman’s real estate price index rose 10.8 per cent in the second quarter of 2025 compared with the same period last year, according to new data from the National Centre for Statistics and...
GCC–EU economic ties strengthen
MUSCAT: Trade and economic cooperation between the Gulf Cooperation Council and the European Union (EU) gained clear momentum in 2024, with total bilateral trade climbing to $196.8 billion, according...
TISCs key to driving national innovation: WIPO
MUSCAT: Technology and Innovation Support Centres, better known as TISCs, are key to driving innovation, according to Andrew Czajkowski, Acting Senior Director, IP for Innovators Department at the...
Contract awarded for RO 45m Al Mouj Road development
MUSCAT: The Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology has awarded a contract worth RO 44.94 million to leading construction firm Strabag Oman for the development of the Al Mouj...
Oman hosts Technology and Innovation Support Centres’ meeting
MUSCAT, NOV 5The Sultanate of Oman, represented by the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion (MoCIIP), hosted the regional meeting of Technology and Innovation Support Centres...
Omani executive coach earns global recognition
MUSCAT, NOV 4Omani executive coach Ghaya al Barwani has earned global recognition from the International Coaching Federation (ICF) in the Distinguished Coach category, receiving an Honourable Mention...
New market to unlock investment pathways
MUSCAT, NOV 3The Sultanate of Oman, represented by the Muscat Stock Exchange (MSX), launched the first Alternative Investment Market on Monday, November 3, 2025, under the auspices of His Highness...
ETCO Space inks cooperation pact with Polish university
MUSCAT, NOV 2ETCO Space, the company behind Oman’s first satellite ‘Aman-1’, announced that it has signed a cooperation agreement with Poland’s Wrocław University of Science and Technology,...
GCC non-oil GDP up by 4.4% in 2024
MUSCAT: Non-oil GDP across the Gulf Cooperation Council countries expanded by 4.4 per cent in 2024, driving the overall 1.9 per cent rise in real GDP, according to preliminary data issued by the GCC...
Hadatha Centres bridge cybersecurity, innovation and economy
MUSCAT: The Hadatha Centres for Cybersecurity Industry, launched under the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology (MoTCIT), are not merely research centres but drivers of...
Private enterprises Value added dips Q2 2025
MUSCAT, OCT 23Oman’s total gross value added (GVA) from private enterprises stood at RO 8,147.3 million in the second quarter of 2025, compared with RO 8,209.9 million in the same quarter of 2024,...
Omani youth capable of driving green change: EU Ambassador
MUSCAT, OCT 21Oman’s youth is a catalyst for green entrepreneurship, said EU Ambassador Christophe Farnaud during his keynote speech at the second edition of the Oman Climate Dialogue in...