Новости за 06.08.2019

Expat employees must authenticate degrees or face termination KUWAIT: The Civil Service Commission (CSC) received several notes from the State Audit Bureau about the mechanism of employee appointments and approving financial allowances for those having university degrees. It called for immediate action towards these notes in order to save public funds and protect the administrative […]

KUWAIT: Kuwait Municipality Director General Ahmad Al-Manfouhi explained the current procedures in cooperation with other government bodies to evict “bachelors” from private and model residence areas. Manfouhi said in a video display at the ministerial committee of the Council of Ministers that the government asked the Public Authority for Civil Information to take necessary action […]

KUWAIT: Correspondence among government authorities showed that implementation of selective tax in Kuwait will reduce obesity and smoking by nearly 25 percent during the next five years. Selective tax is an indirect tax that the end user bears as the value of taxing products that are harmful to public health or environment, and they are […]

KUWAIT: The defense ministry has sent 3,100 Kuwaitis to courts for evading compulsory military service, Al-Qabas daily reported yesterday. Informed sources said 1,000 of those are youth who did not report from January until July 2019, while 2,100 did not report last year. Sources said sentences were issued against 600 citizens varying between one week […]

KUWAIT: Hawally and Salmiya fire stations responded to a call about a fire at the Kuwait Disabled Sports Club in Hawally. The fire started in a kitchen adjacent to the main building, which was evacuated and the fire was put out. No injuries were reported in the incident, and an investigation was opened to reveal […]

KUWAIT: The US Federal Reserve’s recent decision to slash interest rate on the US Dollar and ongoing trade war between Washington and Beijing contributed to lifting gold prices in the past two days from $1,400 to $1,475 per ounce. A report issued yesterday by the Kuwaiti Sabayek company for precious metals said that gold price, […]

Professional multinational teachers provide children the opportunity to learn music KUWAIT: Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Cultural Center announced yesterday the opening of a Music School for Children to develop their musical skills starting from September. Inauguration of the Music School will be in conjunction with the launch of the center’s 2019-2020 third cultural season and comes […]

KUWAIT: An aerial view of Kuwait City. — Photo by Fahad Al-Otaibi (KUNA)

Tehran unveils three new precision-guided missiles TEHRAN: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said yesterday that Iran favors talks with the US if it lifts sanctions against the Islamic republic, despite his top diplomat turning down a meeting with US President Donald Trump. Rouhani said “peace with Iran is the mother of all peace” and “war with […]

BEIRUT: Sitting at a plastic table outside her flatbread sandwich shop in the Lebanese capital, Nadime Yazbeck says she wishes the government would deal with the stench from the local trash dump. “They really need to find a solution to these smells,” said the 66-year-old Beirut resident, in a spotless white t-shirt and hair net. […]