Новости за 08.09.2021

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By B Izzak KUWAIT: Five lawmakers yesterday submitted a draft law calling on the government to liquidate the troubled state-owned Touristic Enterprises Co (TEC) and replace it with various entertainment projects. MPs Hasan Jowhar, Muhalhal Al-Mudhaf, Abdullah Al-Mudhaf, Hamad Rouh El-Din and Muhannad Al-Sayer said in the bill that TEC has reached a stage where […]

CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi praised yesterday the “important role” played by the State of Kuwait and its leadership in dealing with issues facing the Arab World. “The security of the Gulf region is connected with the Egyptian national security,” Sisi stressed. This came during a meeting held between President Sisi and Kuwait’s Foreign […]

By Ben Garcia KUWAIT: Domestic helpers in Kuwait can claim their end of service benefits (indemnities) from their employers as stipulated in the domestic labor law signed and approved by the National Assembly in 2015. The new domestic labor law includes the right of domestic workers to a weekly day off, 30 days of annual […]

KUWAIT: In an effort to reduce the budget deficit, the Ministry of Finance began a series of meetings with various state departments to discuss the frameworks of implementing government instructions to reduce spending by 10 percent and increase non-oil revenues. The government aims to save around KD 2.3 billion in spending, in addition to increasing […]

KUWAIT: Kuwait Airways announced re-launching commercial flights scheduled to 11 destinations in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka starting from Tuesday. The destinations include Mumbai, Delhi, Kochi, Chennai and Trivandrum; with two flights a week scheduled, in addition to Bangalore and Ahmadabad with one flight a week, the airline said in a statement yesterday. Furthermore, […]

KUWAIT: Two workers were killed while firefighters and rescue teams managed to rescue a third at Kuwait International Airport’s Terminal 2 construction site after they were engulfed by sand for about four hours, according to the Kuwait Fire Force. Minister of Public Works Rana Al-Fares said a committee will conduct an “immediate and impartial investigation” […]

VIENNA: Speaker of Kuwait’s National Assembly Marzouq Al-Ghanem submitted a proposal on forming a parliamentary committee to discuss the possibility of avoiding the misuse of social media networks, with maintaining the values of freedom and democracy. This came in Ghanem’s speech before the fifth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament in Vienna on Tuesday. The […]

KUWAIT: In an additional step to welcome back travelers to the country, Kuwait Telecommunications Company – stc, a world-class digital leader providing innovative services and platforms to customers, enabling the digital transformation in Kuwait, announced that it greeted arriving passengers at gates T1 and T4 in Kuwait International Airport by distributing special gifts as they […]

IRBIL: Irbil Governor Omid Khoshnaw praised yesterday Kuwait’s support for refugees in Iraqi Kurdistan region. In a press statement after meeting with Kuwait’s Consul General in Irbil Dr Omar Al-Kandari, the governor said that Kuwait was always the first to support and aid the needy in the region. Khoshnaw also praised the humanitarian acts of […]