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SCH: Health insurance mandatory for all Qatar residents, visitors by 2014

In a complete overhaul of the current healthcare system, Qatar will require all residents and visitors of the country to have health insurance by the end of 2014, the Supreme…

ictQatar to set up call center for residents to complain about telecom services

ictQatar to set up call center for residents to complain about telecom services The Supreme Council of Information & Communication Technology (ictQatar), the country’s telecommunication regulator, is setting up a…

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Qatar opens ‘first of its kind in Middle East’ flower facility

A new facility for locally grown and processed flowers opened yesterday with an official ribbon cut by the Emir of Qatar. Roza Hassad, the flower production facility in Al Shahaniya…

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Price of bottled water may go up as KSA suspends product’s export

Traders in Qatar are growing alarmed at what they called a move by Saudi Arabia to stop exporting bottled water to other GCC countries, local media has reported. Qatar, which…

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Report: Qatar top sovereign buyer of European property in past 12 months

Qatar spent a whopping $4.3 billion – about six weeks of its natural gas revenue – on European property in the past 12 months, making it the continent’s top sovereign…

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Qtel announces three-year roll-out of 4G high-speed mobile internet

Qtel, the primary telecom provider in Qatar, has announced plans to launch faster mobile broadband internet across the country, upgrading infrastructure to fourth generation (4G) wireless standards. The 200 million riyal…

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‘We are now graduating students from universities that are spenders not savers’

Some 68 percent of the 1,100 GCC residents polled this year have said their savings are less than originally planned.

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Ministry of Business names and shames seafood restaurants for deceiving customers

In response to calls from the CMC and on social networks to name and shame eateries that violate Qatar’s consumer protection laws, the Ministry of Business and Trade has posted online…

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Qatar, Greece ink $1bn deal

Qatar, Greece ink $1bn deal Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund will invest $1 billion in European Goldfields Ltd., including $600 million to finance the London-based company’s gold-mining projects in Greece. Ahmad…

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