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Qatar and Italy collaborate on potential COVID-19 treatment

by Sahar ElKabbash Partnership researches how plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients could provide long-awaited treatment. Photo of samples being loaded onto the military aircraft Plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients in Qatar…

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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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Sports News

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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News

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.

News

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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News

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.

Politics

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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Business

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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