Новости за 05.01.2019

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KUWAIT: Well-informed sources at the manpower authority said the authority is about to issue a resolution suspending the transfer of dependent (article 22) visas to article 18 visas to work for the private sector. The sources added that the decision was made following intensive studies with the aim of preventing expats from changing their residency […]

Arabic dailies cite little advertisement income, rising cost for step KUWAIT: The once-a-week newspapers’ publication suspension in Kuwait has left the door wide open for speculations that this step would either be recalculations of feasibility of overall paper production or start of transformation to online copies. Journalists however considered the decisions by local Arabic Al-Qabas, […]

KUWAIT: The ministry of commerce said yesterday 1,498 licenses for companies were issued via the single business counter in December. The permits included 1,393 for individual companies, 13 for very small businesses (VSBs) and 35 for mobile vendors. The single counter has received 5,014 applications for establishing companies, 2,014 of which were approved. Up to […]

‘Municipality only issues licenses for spas, not massage centers’ KUWAIT: Kuwait Municipality only issues licenses for spas and not massage centers, acting director Faisal Al-Juma said. Responding to an inquiry by Municipal Council member Hamdi Al-Azmi concerning the licenses of spas and massage centers in residential buildings, Jumaa explained that the municipality only issues licenses […]

KUWAIT: Kuwait Dive Team of the Environmental Voluntary Foundation announced yesterday successful settlement of thousands of marine species in Jaber Al-Kuwait Reserves for Sea Creatures and the grand reserve in large sizes and various species. These organisms include seashells, oysters, shellfish, algae, corals and some molluscs, said the environmental projects officer at the Diving Team, […]

Fajer Al-Saeed is a Kuwaiti producer and a strong media personality. I know her personally as a social and political activist. She is a woman who knows very well what she says. Ms Fajer is now under strong attack from several quarters because she expressed her personal opinion clearly on social media. Freedom of expression […]

Hashel succeeded in taking care of one of the world’s strongest banking sectors KUWAIT: The Banker magazine, which specializes in financial and banking information, has elected the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) Governor Dr Mohammad Al-Hashel as the best central bank governor in the Middle East for 2019. The magazine published on its website yesterday […]

Trip to focus on GCC ties, countering Iran • No timeline for Syria withdrawal WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will tour eight Middle East capitals including Kuwait next week in an effort to shore up crucial alliances strained by the Yemen war, US plans to exit Syria and the murder of journalist Jamal […]

Prolonged showdown between religious hardliners and authorities THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Twin arson and bomb attacks rocked southern India yesterday, continuing a violent backlash that followed the entry of two women into a Hindu temple that forbids female devotees. The Sabarimala temple in Kerala state has been at the centre of a prolonged showdown between religious hardliners and […]