Bahrain

March 14, 2012

Edutex 2012 is showcasing undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, vocational training, short-term certificate courses, diplomas, professional development programmes and distance learning courses
10:07 GMT

Thousands of prospective university students are discussing study options at a major educational exhibition that opened in Bahrain yesterday.

March 5, 2012

Bahrain's government will commit to shoulder in the first year BD200 for each graduate hired by companies and in the second year BD150
09:44 GMT

Bahrain’s Cabinet has approved an BD8 million ($21.2 million) plan to train and employ an additional batch of 2,500 university graduates as part of efforts to keep unemployment at "its lowest".

February 18, 2012

As Bashar al Assad follows in father's footsteps (the late Haafez al Assad had blood on his hands from Hama '82), keeping a deathly watch over his people as they are slaughtered, we ask what became of his Hippocratic oath. Assad Junior trained to save lives & sight as an eye doctor: medical care not military devastation was his calling.
22:31 GMT

Firmly into 2012, how are the Arab revolutions developing? We check in with some of the Arab protest pictures to gauge to what extent they have reached revolution saturation, or on the contrary are just getting started.

February 14, 2012

Bahrain
07:24 GMT

Bahraini forces have clashed with anti-regime protesters in Bilad al Qadim village near the capital Manama on the eve of the first anniversary of the Bahraini uprising.

December 31, 2011

The Syrian crisis has been escalating, and the last Friday of 2011 saw a climactic spate of protestor killings, using nail bombs. The opposition is defiant, and as the death toll rises so does the volume of protests - fortified in the knowledge that the Arab League (following sanctions) are in town on their mission to halt the regime crackdown.
16:41 GMT

As the year comes to close, many are relieved that a year of stormy clouds and unabated anger is behind us. Things can only get better or is there still worse to come? In 2011, it turned out that we could not forecast the range of violent weather, nor could we predict the rage of people. From the Gulf to the Caucuses, and from the USA to Japan the world felt pain in 2011.

December 13, 2011

Iran & KSA: The last century felt exacerbated tensions between the 2 countries, with distinct detente, 
alternating with rapprochement, periods. Tension comes of Sunni & Shia clerics from both camps respectively deeming the other's 
religious beliefs incorrect. Iran's hardliner Ahmadinejad, is unlikely to bridge the gulf between Persia & Arabia.
13:37 GMT

The relationship of Arab and Persian can be summarized as one of antagonistic alternating bouts of best of friends with worst of neighbors!

November 23, 2011

King Hamad
19:52 GMT

A special commission investigating Bahrain's March crackdown on Shiite-led protests said on Wednesday that police used "excessive force"

November 4, 2011

Mubarak
14:16 GMT

In the first such visit by an Arab or foreign ruler since he stepped down on February 11, ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak met earlier this week Bahrain's King Hamad bin Issa

October 6, 2011

Bahrain International Investment Park
08:10 GMT

The Kingdom's Minister of Industry and Commerce has announced a $13 billion commitment to Bahrain International Investment Park.

August 14, 2011

Bahrain
07:12 GMT

Chairman of the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce, Dr. Essam Fakhro, said on Monday that Bahrain’s economy lost approximately $2 billion dollars due to the political unrest.

August 4, 2011

Food waste along with other domestic waste constitutes about 11pc of the total municipal waste, which is collected by private contractors and disposed at the Askar Municipal Landfill site about 25km away from Manama
17:18 GMT

ABOUT 30 percent of all food purchased in Bahrain during Ramadan will be thrown away, says a top environmentalist.

July 31, 2011

Bahrain Prime Minister, Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa
08:00 GMT

Massive efforts to boost Bahrain's energy reserves were recently urged by His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa.

July 28, 2011

By the end of first half, Global Bahraini General Index dropped by 7.59 percent, as it ended at 107.21 points
09:34 GMT

The Bahrain bourse had a turbulent first half of 2011, brought on by the political unrest that hit the Middle East, and extended to the country’s capital Manama.

July 26, 2011

With a $10 billion GCC grant announced in March, it is now time for the local financial community in Bahrain to respond to this opportunity and proactively present the government with options for profitable investments in and with Bahrainis
16:00 GMT

Middle East investment professional Douglas Hansen-Luke argues that financial experts in Bahrain's private sector should decide where the money goes.

July 24, 2011

Batelco will help develop infrastructure in Bahrain by investing BD25 million ($66 million) each year over the next three years
16:00 GMT

Batelco, Bahrain's leading telecom operator, plans to invest up to $199 million over the next three years on developing infrastructure in Bahrain.