Qatar

The country could record its highest number of tourists ever this year, having already welcomed almost 3,3 million visitors in the first eight months of 2024, a 26% increase over last year, when more than 4 million visitors were welcomed

Qatar Museums unveiled a new metal sculpture at the Al Shafallah Centre: 'Infinity Love' honours 25 years of support by Sheikha Moza, who founded the centre in 1999 to support people with disabilities

A new study by Smart focuses on public attitudes towards retirement savings in Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE; the survey of 1.500 individuals revealed that most respondents considered benefits as a key driver to relocate to Qatar or other Gulf countries

Hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup has accelerated economic diversification, with a massive public infrastructure investment programme launched in 2011 leading to the construction of ports, roads, subways and airports, reports IMF

The National Library of Qatar will launch a digital family archive platform in 2025 to document a range of archival materials, including passports, photographs, stamps and correspondence

In order to improve the country's instant payment system, the Central Bank of Qatar introduced the 'Request Payment' function through its 'Fawran' service in line with the Third Financial Sector Strategic Plan

The second phase of the summer training programme of the Qatar Media Centre of the Ministry of Culture will kick off on 1 August, with workshops, educational and recreational sessions, targeting groups aged between 8 and 16 years old

The Qatar Skydive Team of the Qatar Air Sports Committee, part of the Joint Special Forces, won the bronze medal at the CISM World Military Parachuting Championship, in Hungary, in which 33 countries took part

A recent study shows that the Pre-diabetes Risk Score, developed using clinical data from the Qatar Biobank and relying solely on non-invasive parameters, accurately diagnoses pre-diabetes in more than 90% of individuals in a real-world clinical setting

The Qatar Red Crescent Society announced that its doctors in the Gaza Strip have performed 18.927 medical interventions since the first week of the Israeli aggression, including over 3.000 life-saving surgeries

The first phase of the platform for licensing private educational institutions, comprising all departments of the ministry's private educational affairs sector, was launched

The Ministry of the Interior's directive to halve fines for traffic violations came into force: the 50% discount is applied from 1 June to 31 August

An in-depth survey to assess the digital inclusiveness of Qatari citizens and residents; launched by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, it will last until 8 June 2024