The Spanish government has approved a plan to sell of a quarter of its state-owned properties in a bid to raise hundreds of millions and boost the government's empty coffers. In plans approved last week by Spain's cabinet, some 15 thousand properties...

A huge new city for pilgrims covering an area of 1.6 million square meters with a capacity to handle 200 thousand visitors is being planned for Saudi Arabia's holy city in Madinah.
The new city will be aimed at accommodating the large number ...

Conservation work at the crumbling ancient Roman city of Pompeii began. The whole project budget estimated US$ 142 million and the EU is contributing US$ 56 million to the project which should be completed by 2015. The new preservation campaign follo...

Abu Dhabi staked its claim as the cultural capital of the Middle East on January 8 with the final go-ahead for its most eagerly anticipated landmark project. The main contract for the Louvre Abu Dhabi was awarded to the Dubai builder Arabtec. Constru...

A new indoor wooden theatre was built next to Shakespeare's Globe in London and it will be named after the Globe's founder Sam Wanamaker, reported the BBC. The 340-seat theatre, which is scheduled to stage its first public performances in January 201...