About Qatrova

Qatrova is an independent English-language news publication covering the State of Qatar for the people who live and work in it: expatriate residents, professionals, entrepreneurs and their families. The publication was established on a straightforward observation: Qatar changes quickly - in its legislation, its labour market, its economy and its cityscape - and reliable coverage of those changes in English requires a dedicated editorial effort, not an aggregation feed. Qatrova exists to provide that effort.

The publication covers nine beats: Politics, Business, World, Tech, Living, Education, Health, Society and Sports. In practice this ranges from decisions of the Council of Ministers and Shura Council sessions to LNG expansion and the companies of the financial centre; from Gulf and Middle East affairs, including the states most expatriates in Qatar come from, to telecommunications and digital government; from visas, residency, housing and schooling to healthcare, community life and the tournaments the country hosts. Coverage is assigned according to the weight a development carries for the reader, not according to its expected traffic.

Every article published under the Qatrova name is selected, verified and approved by a human editor before release. Names, figures, dates, quotations and official titles are checked against the primary source wherever that source exists, and material that cannot be verified is either qualified as unconfirmed or not published at all. The responsibility for these judgments rests with the editorial team and with no one else; the working rules that govern them are set out in our Editorial Policy and Ethics Policy.

Qatrova is published by its own editorial team, which is directly accountable for everything the site carries. Formal details of the publisher appear in the Legal Notice, and the editorial team can be reached through the addresses listed under Contact.