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Muscat: Muscat Municipality has issued a tender for consultancy services to study the traffic situation in the capital.Bids have been invited from specialized international companies with experience...

Muscat: Oman Charitable Organisation (OCO) shipped the first batch of food aid through the Rafah crossing to the Gaza Strip.Recently, OCO, in coordination with the Embassy of the Sultanate of Oman in...

Muscat: The digitalization of Schengen visa application procedures, which was approved by the European Council last week, will be completed by the end of 2028.In 2026, the EU visa application platform...

Muscat: Around 97,000 of the total 2.9 million visitors who came to the Sultanante of Oman at the end of September 2023 were German nationals.According to the National Centre for Statistics and...

Muscat : The number of visitors to Jabel Akhdar was 173,655 until the end of October 2023, according to the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI).The number of Omani visitors to Jabel...

The Airports Council International (ACI) inaugurated the first edition of the "Airport Innovate" Conference and Exhibition in Muscat on Tuesday in the presence of Engineer Hamoud bin Said al Maawali,...

Muscat: In line with several technological advancements planned in the near future, new E-Gates have been installed at the Muscat International Airport, which will be operational this week.Speaking to...

Muscat: The Oman Consulate in Mumbai has released the procedures to be followed for repatriation of bodies of citizens who die in India. The procedures to be followed include coordination with the...

Muscat: The Ministry of Transport and Communications and Information Technology (MTCIT) has invited a tender for supervision consultancy services for the construction of the Road to Jabal Shams...

Muscat: The Social Protection Fund (SPF) announced the opening of online registration, to avail childhood and the elderly benefits which are two of the benefits stated under the Social Protection Law...

Muscat: The Social Protection Fund (SPF) has announced the opening of online registration on Saturday, to avail childhood and the elderly benefits, one of the two benefits of the social protection...

Muscat: The EU Council has adopted new rules that allow people who plan to travel to the Schengen Area to apply online for a visa.The date of the application of the new rules will be decided once the...

Muscat: The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has urged the mobile users to activate the voice calling experience over 4G VoLTE networks.While VoIP uses Wi-Fi to make calls, VoLTE uses 4G...

Muscat: The National Day holidays were announced on Monday at the time when temperatures dropped in recent days in the Sultanate of Oman. While the sun continues to be bright during the day, nights...

Muscat: The Ministry of Health (MOH) has said that the approval of sick leave certificates issued by private clinics and hospitals can be done online via MOH portal.Citizens and residents can approve...

All Orange and White taxis operating must join the licensed companies before January 1, 2024, the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology (MoTCIT) stated.The licensed...

Muscat: The number of Facebook users surged by 102 percent in the Sultanate in the first half of 2023, compared to the second half of 2022, according to the report by the Telecom Regulatory Authority...

Muscat: Around 1.2 million GCC nationals visited the Sultanate of Oman until the end of September this year.They were followed by Indian nationals (463,000), Yemenis (108,000), Chinese (97,000), and...

Muscat: The Sultanate of Oman on Wednesday chaired the 40th meeting of the Interior Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries and and approved the unified Gulf tourist visa project.The...

Muscat: Asyad Group has invited a tender for the construction of infrastructure for the upcoming Free Zone (Phase 1) project at Muscat International Airport on Monday. The Free Zone Area will be...