Qatar to buy $5.9 billion worth of warships from Italy
Photo for illustrative purposes only. Credit: US Navy Qatar has agreed to buy seven navy ships from Italy at a cost of nearly $6 billion, officials have announced. The purchase will…
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Italian Super Cup returns to Qatar in December
Doha, which hosted the Super Cup in 2014, apparently beat out several other cities for hosting rights to this year's pre-season football competition.
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Qatar’s Emiri Naval Force signs $1 billion deal for Italian missiles
In a statement this week, MBDA Italia said it has signed a contract worth more than $1.1 billion to outfit Qatar's Emiri Naval Forces vessels with Exocet MM40 Block 3 anti-ship missiles, as well as Aster 30 Block 1 and VL MICA air defense missiles.
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Construction on new Qatar warships to begin in 2018
Italy’s Defense Ministry said the total value of the deal, which also includes weapons systems, is €5 billion (QR20.4 billion).
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Reuters: Qatar to spend $5.6 billion on Italian warships
The new agreement with the state-backed shipbuilder would be one of the largest additions in recent years to Qatar’s swelling maritime forces.
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Emir to make official visits to Italy, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Qatar-backed Al Jazeera Balkans has been broadcasting from Sarajevo since 2011, and the Gulf state is preparing to launch a “friendship fund” for Bosnian small businesses, The Economist reported.
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Italian company to provide airspace defense monitoring system to Qatar
The Italian firm said that the agreement is "worth hundreds of millions of euros" and entails supplying Qatar with a system composed of a network of KRONOS radars and associated command and control centers.
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PHOTOS: Italian ship drops anchor off Doha coast to drum up business
Flagship aircraft carrier Cavour stops in Qatar to showcase Italian-made goods, including fighter jets, furniture and electronics, in hopes of boosting exports to the Gulf country.
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Qatar, five others officially submit Olympic game bids
Qatar and five other nations have officially submitted bids for the 2020 Olympics, the International Olympics Committee has announced. Doha will compete with Baku (Azerbaijan), Istanbul (Turkey), Madrid (Spain), Rome…
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