Emir sends greetings to Slovak leader

His Highness the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and His Highness the Deputy Emir Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad al-Thani yesterday sent cables of congratulations to the President of the Slovak Republic Andrej Kiska on the occasion of his country’s National Day.HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani sent a similar cable to the Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic Robert Fico.Decision oncampingHE the Minister of Municipality and Environment Mohamed bin Abdullah al-Rumaihi yesterday issued a ministerial decision to form a committee to organise camping activities under the chairmanship of the Assistant Undersecretary for Environmental Affairs.The Committee is responsible for determining the locations of the camping, stipulating that coastal areas shall be far from the beach, setting the general and special regulations for camping, studying the problems and obstacles referred to the Committee regarding the camping activity to provide suggestions or appropriate solutions.Real estate dealsReal estate transactions in Qatar during the period from August 20 to 24 were worth QR1,227,963,593, official data showed yesterday. The weekly bulletin released by the real estate registration department at the Ministry of Justice said that the types of real estate traded included plots of land, houses, a multi-use buildings, a residential building and a hotel.