GCC transport ministers yesterday approved the $11bn railway project that will link the six Gulf states.

The Al-Khor International School (British Stream) has won the second Qatar National Robot Olympiad hosted by Edutech Middle East, a leading provider of technology-enabled learning solutions, and the Qatar Independent Technical School (QITS) on Tuesday.

The Doha Centre for Media Freedom (DCMF), which was officially launched yesterday, will be taking up the matter of getting legislation introduced to benefit the local media in the country.

Prevailing market conditions will require Vodafone Qatar to submit a new set of dates for its Initial Public Offering (IPO) to the Qatar Financial Markets Authority (QFMA).

A general manager of a leading local group of companies has been summoned to court for allegedly embezzling QR74m (about $20m) from his employer.

New Yok • Qatar has underlined its deep belief in the importance of the supremacy of law at the national and international levels and said that the most important steps to achieve such a goal is coordination between the persons concerned and its application on all parties concerned. It is also important to avoid double standards when defending supremacy of the law and the immediate condemnation of any violation of it.

Qatar is to celebrate the Arab Environment Day today, marking the first Arab ministerial meeting on the Arab environment affairs held in Tunisia in 1986. The Minister of Environment H E Abdullah bin Mubarak bin Aboud Al Midadi said this year’s celebration will mainly focus on climate change, as being one of the major issues the whole world is facing. The minister also pointed out that Qatar is celebrating this day as part of The Emir, H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani and the Heir Apparent H