Bahrain

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Bahrain Petroleum (Bapco) refinery's crude run last year exceeded its annual business plan by 1.83 million barrels a year, having achieved a 262,400 barrels per day production record.

Oil prices included in Bahrain’s 2013-2014 state budget and estimated at $90 per barrel are feasible and reflect market predictions, said a government official, Despite OPEC expecting prices to be $100 or more.

Bahrain is gearing up to host a meeting of top Gulf government ministers on Monday, which is set to focus on the Syrian crisis and regional military cooperation and economic unity.

As fuel subsidies come into focus across the region, Bahrain is to review the spending on them, which are expected to cost the treasury BD1 billion ($2.637 billion) a year by 2014.

The volume of trade exchange between China and Bahrain hit $1.2 billion in the nine months of 2012.

Work on the first phase of GCC Development Programme–funded projects is set to start in Bahrain next month.

Bahrain's ailing national carrier Gulf Air may be forced to hire 100 unemployed Bahraini pilots despite plans to slash its heacount by as much as 1,800 as part of a proposed US$492m government bailout deal, it was reported.

Fans of Zainab Al Askari were over the moon when reports surfaced that the former Khaliji actress would be making a comeback.

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit this month in Bahrain will not announce the union of the six member states, Bahrain’s foreign minister has said.

Bahrain should achieve economic growth of 2.4 per cent this year and that should rise to 2.9pc next year, despite protests continuing in the country.