Oman News Archives

Valued at INR2.05bn , the order envisages supply and supervision of erection and commissioning of a 126MW gas turbine generating unit for a power project being set up by Petroleum Development Oman at Qarn Alam, nearly 400km from Muscat.

Indian Ambassador to Oman, Anil Wadhwa, and Senior Indian Air Force Observer, Air Vice Marshal Ramesh Rai, visited the Thumrait airbase of Royal Air Force of Oman on Tuesday.

Under the auspices of Ahmed Al Dheeb, under secretary of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the Omani Centre for Investment Promotion and Export Development in association with Bank Muscat hosted a seminar - - Exporting To Libya' - at the Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry conference room yesterday.

Oman: 3 hours, 18 minutes ago Oman's biggest companies are putting their support behind the Gulf's largest tourism and property conference - the prestigious Gulf Tourism and Property Investment Forum - with Oman Air, Omantel, Oman Mobile and Bank Muscat having pledged their support for the event.

Oman: 3 hours, 44 minutes ago A total of 68 chefs from all major hotel properties in Oman will be taking part in the first-ever Chefs' Competition at Food and Hotel Oman 2009, which will be inaugurated on Monday at the Oman International Exhibition Centre in Seeb.

Is Oman soccer going places? Well if all goes well, Claude Le Roy's boys are likely to take on five-time World Cup champions Brazil on November 17 right here in Muscat, according to an agency report yesterday.

MUNICH/MUSCAT - The introduction of direct flight between Muscat and Munich will contribute to further bolstering of German-Oman connections, said Dr Marcel Huber, state secretary, Bavarian Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs recently.

Oman: 47 minutes ago Oman Air, the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman launched on September 30th its non-stop scheduled services between Muscat, capital of the Sultanate of Oman, and Frankfurt and services between Muscat and Munich on October 1st.

Oman: 1 hour, 4 minutes ago This coming Sunday, October 25, 2009, marks the start of the new winter timetable at Munich Airport.

Khalifa bin Ali Al Harthy, Oman's ambassador to Germany said that the number of German tourists visiting the Sultanate of Oman has always shown an upward trend.

A Norfolk-based Navy ship seized about four tons of hashish being transported aboard a boat off the Horn of Africa.

An ambitious GCC rail network linking Kuwait with Muscat could be up and running by 2017, the project manager said yesterday.

Indian Air Force and Royal Air Force of Oman will conduct a week-long bilateral Air Force exercise codenamed - Eastern Bridge - at the RAFO Base, Thumrait, Oman, from Oct 22-29. This will be the first-ever air exercise between the two countries.

The Sultanate has used $300 million out of the $2 billion - Support Fund' to help domestic companies wriggle out of the recession and may not require the balance $1.7 billion as the economy has been fast recovering from the impending financial crisis, central bank governor Hamood Sangour Al-Zadjali said here yesterday.

Oman: 47 minutes ago Oman Oil Company Exploration and Production and Reliance Exploration and Production DMCC, India recently signed farm out and joint operating contracts, under which OOC EP will have a 30% stake of block 18 offshore Oman.

2009 1:27PM UAE / October 11. 2009 9:27AM GMT MUSCAT // Oman will base its 2010 budget on a projected average oil price of $50 a barrel, the national economy ministry said on Sunday, sparking calls for the government to take a less conservative approach given the downturn.

India and Oman will conduct their first joint air exercises, code named Eastern Bridge, Oct.

New Delhi: The Indian Air Force will commence a week-long joint exercise with the Royal Air Force of Oman from 22 October, a senior air force official said Wednesday.

Oman: 1 hour, 59 minutes ago The Kuwait based leading brand of consumer electronics and home appliances, Wansa will now be available in Oman.

Abu Dhabi, Oct 12th, 2009 : Lt. General Hamad Mohammed Thani Al Rumaithi, Chief of Staff of the UAE armed forces, accompanied by a high-level military delegation, arrived this afternoon in the Omani capital of Muscat to head the UAE delegation to the seventh meeting of the Supreme Military Committee of the Chiefs of Staff of the GCC states.

Oman Air has launched its new first class "mini suite" product - with Thales TopSeries in-flight entertainment - on a new three-class Airbus A330-300 aircraft.

MUSCAT // A growing number of young people in Oman are choosing their future spouses after courtships, challenging deep-rooted traditions of marrying close relatives as demanded by tribal elders.

Wansa, the leading brand of consumer electronics and home appliances based in Kuwait, will now be available in Oman.

Oman: 3 hours, 18 minutes ago The transport and logistics market in the Middle East, encompassing ground transport, air/sea freight, freight forwarding, warehousing, and supply chain management has witnessed double digit growth in recent years, according to a new report by Booz and Company, a global management consulting firm.

The recent initiative taken by Omani bloggers to help raise awareness about the spreading swine flu in the country managed to attract media attention and raise money to help take the initiative further.

With only a couple of months left before the new tax law comes into effect from January next year several key issues like transfer pricing and anti-avoidance, dependent agent rules and global taxation norms that Omani business groups would have to focus has become very vital, a senior tax consultant said.

Oman: 2 hours, 5 minutes ago Bank Sohar has upgraded its Oman-wide ATM network to accept Visa debit and credit cards issued by local and international banks making the bank's facilities even more accessible to Omani residents and visitors to the Sultanate.

MUSCAT a ' The Sultanate and the Netherlands yesterday signed an agreement on avoidance of double taxation and prevention of income tax evasion.

The Sultanate of Oman has sent its Chief of Staff of the Sultan's Armed Forces to meet with senior military officials yesterday during a courtesy call that aimed to enhance the long established bilateral relations the two Sultanates share.

IDS Softwares Pvt. Ltd., global leader in providing integrated IT solutions for hospitality industry, has reinforced its presence in Oman by bagging a new order through Vision IT Solutions, an IT Solutions & Infrastructure Company in the country for its sales and first line of support.

Oman: 2 hours, 51 minutes ago EMCOR Facilities Services Group Ltd Middle East, has announced the launch of its operations in the Sultanate of Oman for the delivery of integrated facilities, estate and property management solutions.

The minutes of the official talks held yesterday between the Sultanate and Yemen were signed at Salalah Crowne Plaza Resort yesterday.

Oman: 1 hour, 2 minutes ago Oman's economy minister, Ahmad Mekki has said that the Sultanate plans to spend OR119m on expansions of the Salalah airport and sea port, Reuters has reported.