HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani and HH Sheikha Moza bint Nasser with King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia at the official welcome ceremony at El Pardo Palace in Madrid yesterday. The Emir and Sheikha Moza are on a three-day visit to Spain.

Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar celebrated its second annual Georgetown Day last Thursday. Georgetown Day is a university-wide celebration of the campus community and more than 100 members of Georgetown staff, faculty and students along with their families attended this year’s event.

Motorists attempting to drive past the Qatar Sports Club on Saturday evening may have been left sat in their stationary cars wondering just what was happening in the stadium to cause such excitement and congestion in the area.

The Supreme Education Council (SEC)’s Higher Education Institute and the Japan embassy yesterday jointly announced the opening of the applications for Japanese scholarships to Qatari nationals who wish to study in Japan.

Qatar yesterday marked the World Malaria Day (WMD) under the theme: “To achieve progress and impact”.

Around 8,000 members of Qatar’s Sri Lankan community had a lot of fun yesterday at a get-together held at the Al Sadd Sports Club, to celebrate the Sinhala and Hindu New Year ‘Bakmaha Ulela,’ which began on April 14.