Новости за 29.10.2019

Assembly delays grillings, elects Audit Bureau chief, panels KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah yesterday opened the new term of the National Assembly by calling for national unity in the face of explosive regional tensions and unrest, and also urged a quick resolution to the Gulf dispute. The Amir, in his first […]

Kuwait conveyed Arab, Islamic concerns at UN Security Council: Sheikh Jaber KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah praised the directives of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, which called for enhancing the spirit of solidarity amongst Kuwaitis. This came in his speech in the opening of the […]

Ghanem laments ‘calculated, organized attempts’ to damage Kuwait’s reputation KUWAIT: The State of Kuwait, like many vigilant countries, must meet challenges and conflicts with patience and wisdom, National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem said yesterday. Addressing the fourth ordinary session of the National Assembly’s 15th legislative term, the Kuwaiti top lawmaker indicated that current conflicts in […]

KUWAIT: MPs Abdullah Al-Kandari, Mubarak Al-Harees, Abdullah Fahhad Al-Enezi, Adel Al-Damkhi and Osama Al-Shaheen yesterday demanded forming a special parliamentary committee of five lawmakers to be selected by the parliament to investigate violations on public property committed by a company that had been utilizing lands owned by Kuwait Ports Authority over the past ten years, […]

KUWAIT: Consultant orthodontist Dr Rashed Al-Azmi revealed that 20 percent of orthodontic patients in Kuwait are above 20 years old. He said Kuwait comes first amongst GCC states in terms of the quality of dentistry services thanks to Kuwaiti dentists holding the highest degrees from the US and Europe and the use of the latest […]

Agency owner warns of ‘runaway maids’ scenario a la UAE KUWAIT: The Philippine Embassy is in the dark about the rules and guidelines of a recent ministerial decision allowing transfer of visit visas to work visas in Kuwait. Speaking on the condition of anonymity, an embassy source said they will wait until they are notified […]

KUWAIT: Education Minister Hamid Al-Azmi said 6,479 Kuwaiti employees resigned from the education ministry during the past three years, adding that the rare specialty allowance given to Kuwaitis and Gulf nationals of both genders reached nearly KD 2.23 million. Azmi said in an answer to MP Khalil Al-Saleh that employees who resigned between 2016 and […]

KUWAIT: Kuwait Union for Consumer Cooperative Societies Chairman Meshaal Al-Sayyar announced co-ops had closed their pharmacies in protest over the new pharmacies law, which they deem as marginalizing the role played by co-ops. The government had released a new law in recent weeks requiring that all pharmacies operating within the vicinity of co-op societies must […]

KUWAIT: Farwaniya detectives arrested an Arab man accused of molesting an Arab girl, the interior ministry’s relations and security information department said yesterday. Police received a call about a fight in Farwaniya, so detectives responded and found the caller was the girl’s relative, who told them the suspect had molested the girl. The suspect was […]

KUWAIT: Kuwaiti player at the Kuwait Disabled Sports Club Malak Hadi Al-Enezi won the bronze medal of the shot put event of the Sixth Gulf Women Championship being held in Kuwait. Malak scored 4.04 meters, as Bahrain’s Ruba Al-Omari was first with 7.42 meters, and her compatriot Bahrain’s Amal Ahmad was second with 5.30 meters. […]

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah said today that to protect Kuwait from internal and external conflicts, the people of the country should unite and cast away their differences and work together for a better future. In his address to the fourth ordinary session of the National Assembly’s 15th legislative term, […]