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Kuwait eyeing taxation system • Muwaizri likens Assembly to KGB KUWAIT: Prominent lawmaker Adnan Abdulsamad yesterday strongly defended expatriates living and working in the country and rejected a campaign targeting them, insisting that they are here because Kuwaiti companies brought them to serve the country. Speaking during a debate on the Amiri speech in the […]

KUWAIT: The interior ministry’s residency affairs directorate announced new regulations for issuing various types of visit visas, said informed sources, noting that the residency affairs director directed various department managers to set a minimum salary of KD 500 for sponsors applying for visit visas for their parents or in-laws. The instructions also authorized various immigration […]

KUWAIT: Starting next week, 73 Indian nurses who have been stranded in Kuwait without a job for the past two years will finally begin regular duties at Kuwait’s public hospitals and clinics. This was confirmed by a representative of the group, who spoke to Kuwait Times on the condition of anonymity. “We are very happy […]

KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Public Institution for Social Security (PIFSS) has filed a libel suit with the supreme court of the United Kingdom against asset management company Man Group PLC and its subsidiaries. PIFSS said in a press release yesterday it is seeking tentative compensation amounting to $156 million, charging the company with making clandestine deals with […]

KUWAIT: The interior ministry has warned against gathering or marching in violation of the laws without obtaining permission from competent authorities. This came in a press statement by the general directorate of relations and security information at the ministry yesterday after reports were circulated on social media about plans by some individuals to march in […]

‘Exemption lead to indifference, lack of commitment to attendance’ KUWAIT: The Civil Service Commission (CSC) is the only state department supervising the implementation of the official seven-hour workday in the public sector with no exceptions for any government body, government insiders said. Any exemptions made due to certain circumstances or job nature will open the […]

VATICAN CITY: Vatican Pope Francis expressed best wishes for a prosperous and peaceful New Year to the Kuwaiti leadership, headed by His Highness the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, and the people of Kuwait. This salutation came during Pope Francis’s reception of Kuwaiti Ambassador to Switzerland and the non-resident Ambassador to the […]

KUWAIT: Farwaniya detectives arrested three Arabs only four hours after they robbed a money exchange and stole KD 32,500, the relations and security information department at the interior ministry said. Interior Ministry operations received a call about a robbery in Jleeb Al-Shuyiukh. The man who made the call said that he was robbed while taking […]

KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) signed yesterday a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to strengthen cooperation and consolidate efforts to enhance levels of civil aviation. DGCA Chairman Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah told reporters that the DGCA strives to consolidate its joint cooperation with international organizations […]