Oman Observer

17/12/2025

Winners of Sultan Qaboos Award for Culture, Arts, and Literature feted

MUSCAT: Assigned by His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik, Dr Mohammed bin Said al Maamari, Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs, will preside over...

17/12/2025

The dinner was attended by several senior state officials, Their Highnesses, Excellencies and Honourables, senior military commanders, as well as heads of diplomatic missions accredited to the Sultanate of Oman.epublic of India, and the accompanying delegation, on the occasion of his official visit to the Sultanate of Oman.
The dinner was attended by a number of senior state officials, Their Highnesses, Excellencies and Honourables, senior military commanders, as well as heads of diplomatic missions accredited to the Sultanate of Oman.

17/12/2025

RFP floated for the operations of Oman Botanic Garden

Muscat Municipality has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the operation and management of the Oman Botanic Garden in Al Khoud, located in the...

17/12/2025

Oman-India friendship indispensable alliance

The enduring relationship between the Sultanate of Oman and the Republic of India is a testament to the powerful forces of geography, history and...

17/12/2025

Oman, India sign joint document, executive programme, 4 MOUs

Muscat: The Sultanate of Oman and the Republic of India signed today an executive programme, a joint vision document, and four Memoranda of...

17/12/2025

Heavy rainfall and thunderstorm alert issued for several governorates

17/12/2025

Saudi Arabia’s Tabuk region records heavy snowfall

17/12/2025

The Prime Minister of the Republic of India arrived in the Sultanate of Oman on Wednesday, commencing a two-day official visit.

Upon arrival at Muscat International Airport, His Highness Sayyid Shihab bin Tarik al Said, Deputy Prime Minister for Defence Affairs, led the welcoming party for the visiting Prime Minister and his accompanying delegation.

The Indian Prime Minister was accorded an official reception ceremony at the VIP Hall of the airport.

17/12/2025

Indian Prime Minister arrives in Oman

Muscat: The Prime Minister of the Republic of India arrived in the Sultanate of Oman on Wednesday, on a two-day official visit.Upon arrival at Muscat...

17/12/2025

Fitch Ratings has upgraded the credit rating of Energy Development Oman (EDO) to investment grade at 'BBB-', assigning a stable outlook. This action follows the agency's recent upgrade of the Sultanate of Oman's sovereign credit rating to the same level.

In its report, Fitch affirmed the company's standalone credit profile at 'bbb+'. The agency based its assessment on the scale of EDO’s integrated operations across the oil and gas sectors, the stability of its cash flows underpinned by long-term gas sales contracts, resilient government revenue streams, a prudent dividend policy and manageable debt levels.

With this rating action, EDO becomes one of the few companies to hold investment-grade status from both Fitch and Standard & Poor's. The latter agency upgraded EDO to 'BBB-' in September 2024.

17/12/2025

The last car rolled off the production line at a Volkswagen site in Dresden on Tuesday, marking the first time in company history that it has stopped production at a German factory as cost cuts bite.

A red electric ID.3 GTX signed by workers would be the last car made at the plant, Volkswagen Saxony said, making the glass-walled "Transparent Factory" the first domestic site in the company's 88-year history to have production completely shut down.

"The decision to end vehicle production at the Transparent Factory after over 20 years was not an easy one to make," Volkswagen brand boss Thomas Schaefer said this month.

"It was, however, absolutely necessary from an economic perspective."

The carmaker has said the site would become a research and development centre focussed on chips, artificial intelligence and robotics, with the Technical University of Dresden expected to eventually occupy about half of it.

"Socially acceptable alternatives" including termination agreements as well transfers to other plants would be on offer to workers there.

Volkswagen, facing a triple whammy of cratering sales in China, a sluggish economy in Europe and the costs of investing into electric cars, a year ago reached a deal with unions to cut 35,000 jobs by 2030 in Germany in a bid to cut costs.

17/12/2025

The Directorate General of Education in Muscat Governorate affirmed that a student involved in an incident on a school bus is in good health and suffered no harm, following the circulation of a video on social media platforms.

Muscat: The Directorate General of Education in Muscat Governorate affirmed that a student involved in an incident on a school bus is in good health...