Новости за 23.04.2019

52 expats stuck in kingdom for 20 days after passports go missing from hotel KUWAIT: Forty-four out of 52 umrah pilgrims from Kuwait, who were stranded in the holy city of Makkah after losing their passports and documents, returned to Kuwait yesterday. They had spent more than 20 traumatic days in the kingdom waiting for […]

KUWAIT: Three opposition lawmakers yesterday filed to grill Information Minister Mohammad Al-Jabri over alleged administrative and financial violations and misuse of powers. Acting Assembly Speaker Essa Al-Kandari said the grilling will be listed on the agenda of the April 30 session, but the minister has the right to postpone the debate for two weeks. This […]

Bourse’s privatization first true privatization in Kuwait’s history: Ghanem KUWAIT: The proposed amendments to the labor law in the private sector present a great danger to the Kuwaiti economy, especially small and medium companies, which will not be able to bear such costs, a leading Kuwaiti economist said yesterday. Small and medium projects that are […]

KUWAIT: Several employees at the Ministry of Public Works resumed their sit-in yesterday at the ministry’s building in South Surra, in protest over not receiving their dues and allowances. The protesters said the ministry did not cooperate with engineers’ demands and deliberately stopped paying site allowances to ministry engineers and technicians, depriving them of their […]

KUWAIT: The Civil Service Commission decided working hours for government departments during the month of Ramadan will be from 9:30 am to 2:00 pm. These timings apply to the ministries of commerce, awqaf, justice, public works, education, services and information, authorities of housing care, ports, agriculture, youth, sports, environment, industry and minors’ affairs, departments of […]

Many of us in Kuwait are getting ready for Ramadan, expected to begin in the first week of May. Ramadan is a chance for many people who practice Islam to change their lives for the better, whether it is by detoxing, forgiving, quitting a bad habit or spending more time with family. What I love […]

KUWAIT: The Board of Trustees of Silk City and Boubyan Island prepared a draft bill to regulate the affairs of the proposed northern area development project, including the long-awaited Silk City. Dubbed the ‘Draft Law to Establish the Silk Region,’ the proposed bill seeks to establish an investment and commercial region of international character that […]

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia yesterday executed 37 of its citizens convicted of terrorism. The executions were carried out in Riyadh, Makkah, Madinah, the province of Qassim and the Eastern Province. The men were executed “for adopting terrorist and extremist thinking and for forming terrorist cells to corrupt and destabilize security”, said the official Saudi Press Agency. […]

BEIRUT: The Islamic State group yesterday claimed a series of bombings that killed more than 320 people in Sri Lanka, and released a photo and video of the men it said were responsible. The massive casualty toll would make the Easter Sunday attacks the deadliest overseas operation claimed by IS since the group proclaimed its […]

KUWAIT: Kuwait SC defeated Al-Qadsia 2-0 yesterday in the final showdown of the 57th version of His Highness the Amir Football Cup, thus securing their 14th trophy. Fahad Al-Hajeri scored both goals as early as at minutes 5 and 25. His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the sponsor of the competition, attended […]