Bahrain
May 7, 2013
The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) announced yesterday (Monday: 6 May 2013) that this week’s BD35 million issue of Government Treasury Bills has been oversubscribed by 297%.
May 6, 2013
Bahrain Electricity and Water Authority (EWA) has announced the launch of the largest utility-based IT project in the Kingdom’s history aimed at Accelerating its move towards smart grid and smarter energy and water services.
May 5, 2013
Gulf countries always fail the freedom of the press test, as seen with the 2013 World Press Freedom Index issued by Reporters Without Borders. Although these countries are wealthy and boast the trappings of modern states, they continue to rank at the bottom.
April 24, 2013
Bahrain academic staff have been granted substantial pay rises
April 23, 2013
Bahrain's economy is set to grow by 4.5 per cent this year and over 5pc next year, according to a leading private bank's top economist.
April 21, 2013
Tens of thousands have taken to the streets across Bahrain to protest Sunday’s Formula One Grand Prix amid a fierce government crackdown.
April 20, 2013
As the Sunni-Shia divide becomes increasingly more pronounced in the conflict in Syria, and sectarian violences regularly flares up in Iraq and Bahrain, what is the future of the two branches of Islam and the Middle East?
April 18, 2013
Activists told Amnesty International that dozens of protestors have been arrested
April 17, 2013
As protests increase in the run up to the Bahrain Gran Prix, new figures show that the race has generated $1.3 billion for the small island nation in the nine years since it first hosted the race.
April 16, 2013
Police in Bahrain fired tear gas and clashed with students on Tuesday in a raid on a secondary school in the capital, Manama, AP reports.
April 11, 2013
Kuwait will finance development projects worth $1.3 billion in Bahrain over the next few years, a report said.
April 9, 2013
According to the emirate's authorities, four suspects have been arrested following the attacks.
After gigs all across Asia, 'Michael Learns to Rock' band from Denmark quotes Dubai and Bahrain as two of the most memorable locations they have played.
April 3, 2013
Bahrain is a high growth market for Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) as air traffic between the two kingdoms continues to surge, the Saudi national carrier's top official said.
April 2, 2013
Bahrain's Shura Council has approved new legislation aimed at tightening regulation in the country's aviation sector