Новости за 12.12.2019

Parliament session to resume if government formed on Dec 24 KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah yesterday condemned the attempt to physically assault national assembly speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem when he was offering his condolences at the Sulaibkhat cemetery. His Highness the Amir said in a cable to Ghanem that the attempted […]

KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti citizen turned himself and his vehicle in to police yesterday, confessing that he was behind a traffic accident that took place a day earlier and claimed the lives of two female Kuwaiti teachers. Security sources said that the two teachers were heading to Solafa Bint Saad school where they work to prepare […]

KUWAIT: Customs inspectors recently managed to foil three attempts to smuggle drugs into Kuwait through Kuwait International Airport’s Terminal 4 (T4), said security sources. The first suspect, a GCC national who arrived form the US, was arrested with possession of marijuana kept in a glass container. The second suspect, an Arab man, arrived from an […]

PARIS: Kuwait’s Permanent Representative to UNESCO Dr Adam Al-Mulla has welcomed UNESCO adding of Kuwait’s date palm production and related cultural activities on its list of intangible heritage, describing it as a new achievement for Kuwait. Mulla noted that Kuwaiti cadres’ participation in many educational and training workshops helped build capabilities of those who prepared […]

Good morning dear brothers and sisters. In this article I would like to continue my previous article which was about John’s diaries on his visit to Kuwait. As I mentioned in my recent article [https://news.kuwaittimes.net/website/johns-diaries-on-kuwait/] I was speechless because I could not reply to John’s queries about unfortunate practices taking place here. While out driving […]

Many people have started planning for the New Year break, which is only two weeks away. This year the excitement is due to the calendar that shows Wednesday, Jan 1, 2020 will be an official holiday on the occasion of the New Year. But that is not all – because Thursday, Jan 2, will be […]

‘Mohammad Juma Khan mixed Indian and Yemeni heritage to create new musical style’ Kuwaitis had been emotionally connected with Adeni music for decades and that is evident in songs played at various folklore functions in the country. Perhaps the success of this style of music in Kuwait should be attributed to one Mohammad Juma Khan, […]

‘Director wins prestigious Shakespeare award for Hamlet’ “To be or not to be,” – In Kuwait few are likely to know the origins of this famous quote. But one young Kuwaiti director has taken Hamlet to new heights, directing the play in its original language. Hamad Al-Jenaie is a Kuwaiti producer, actor, director and photographer. […]

MOSCOW: Russia said yesterday it was expelling two German diplomats, in a tit-for-tat move after Berlin ejected two Russians over the killing of a former Chechen commander in a Berlin park. Germany immediately protested the move, warning that Berlin could take “further action” in the escalating row. “As a retaliatory measure, the Russian side has […]