Новости за 22.04.2019

KUWAIT: A number of lawmakers pressed yesterday for the formation of a committee to launch an investigation into claims that thousands of Kuwaitis obtained their citizenship through illegal means. MP Omar Al-Tabtabaei went a step further by threatening to hold the prime minister to account over the highly sensitive issue. Tabtabaei strongly criticized the government […]

KUWAIT: An official source at the manpower authority said the authority exempts expats from the ban on transferring their residencies from small projects to the private sector if a worker initially transferred to a small company locally. The source said the decision banning the residency transfer from small projects applies to workers that were brought […]

KUWAIT: MP Ahmad Al-Fadhel called for banning video games which “incite violence”, citing a similar move by the Iraqi parliament. “What they did was based on international studies that proved that some games instill violent behaviors in children, so I decided to make a proposal in this regard,” he said. He said the proposal calls […]

Manpower authority eyes KD 608.3 million budget for 2019/2020 KUWAIT: Spokesman of Kuwait’s Public Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) Mohammad Buzubar said the authority received a complaint against a department director and a supervisor over a contract with the Ministry of Public Works, and a director of a project at a contracting company over suspicions of corruption […]

KUWAIT: Drugs and liquor seized in Kuwait in 2018 recorded an unprecedented rise, raising a red flag for all those concerned, Al-Qabas reported yesterday. An informed source said the drugs weighed 1,489 kg, 1,264 kg of which was hashish, 61 kg of shabu (methamphetamine), 2 kg opium, 69 kg marijuana, 1.250 kg cocaine, 27 kg […]

MOSCOW: Kuwait and Russia’s friendly relationship needs to be taken to the heights of partnership and integration, Kuwait’s chief lawmaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem told Russia’s upper house yesterday. Bilateral relations between the two nations, which began in 1963, have been “distinguished” in spite of the difficulties due to the Cold War period, which polarized nations in […]

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka said yesterday it believed a local Islamist extremist group was behind deadly suicide bomb blasts that killed nearly 300 people, as it ordered a national state of emergency beginning midnight. Government spokesman Rajitha Senaratne said investigators were looking at whether the National Thowheeth Jama’ath (NTJ) group had “international support” for the deadly […]

Company continues to enrich sustainability strategy towards environment KUWAIT: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, announced its collaboration with the ‘Green Dream’ environmental initiative on the occasion of Earth Day that is annually celebrated on April 22nd worldwide. The initiative aims at enriching environmental awareness by promoting the replacement of imported plants with […]

16th Arab Media Forum kicks off, titled ‘Media…Changes in Industry’ KUWAIT: Journalists and media persons from various Arab countries visited Kuwait to participate in the 16th edition of the Arab Media Forum held on April 21 and 22 under the patronage of His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. The forum was […]

Deals signed on media, culture, art and environment cooperation KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Bayan Palace yesterday the President of Mauritania Mohamed Ould Abd Aziz and his accompanying delegation. His Highness the Amir headed the Kuwaiti side during an official meeting with the Mauritanian President, held in attendance […]

KUWAIT: The General Assembly of Boursa Kuwait elected yesterday its new board of directors for a period of three years, headed by Hamad Al-Humaidhi, with Ahmad Al-Thunayan as Vice President. The board of directors includes member Bader Al-Kharafi, Talal Al-Bahar, Khaled Al-Falah, Raed Boukhamseen, Faleh Al-Ruqba and Bader Al-Jeyaan. The general assembly also approved the […]