Kuwait News

KUWAIT CITY, May 12: Kuwait Finance House CEO and KFH-Turkey Chairman Mohammed Al-Omar announced that KFH-Turkey has achieved profit during Q1 of 2013 that reached TL 51 million, and assets reached TL 19.7 billion with a 4% increase.

GENEVA, May 10, : The State of Kuwait called for offering all required technological and financial help to parties to the S t o c k h o l m , Rotterdam, Basel conventions to help handle hazardous chemicals and wastes.

Foreign Minister Dr. Tedros on Tuesday met a 10-man parliamentary delegation from the State of Kuwait.

KUWAIT CITY, May 8, : The Central Bank of Kuwait released today the provisional figures for the Balance of Payments of the State of Kuwait for 2012 and revised data for the 2010 and 2011 in accordance with the guidelines of the sixth edition of BOP Manual issued by the International Monetary Fund in 2009.

LONDON, May 7, : Somalia won international pledges of extra cash and military assistance on Tuesday at a major conference convened to help the East African country cope with the twin threats of Islamic militancy and piracy.

KUWAIT CITY, May 7: The Finance and Economic Affairs Committee agreed on Tuesday to raise housing loans for citizens from KD 70,000 to KD 100,000 as well as to increase rent allowance from KD 150 to KD 250.

KUWAIT CITY, May 5: Assistant Undersecretary for Traffic affairs Major-General Abdulfattah Al-Ali said the campaigns against traffic law violators will continue, reports Al-Qabas daily.

FEW imagined that such a young Kuwaiti author could take the Arab world, and the whole world by storm, but Saud Al-Sanousi's The Bamboo Stalk proved to be a force to be reckoned with, and even after winning the award, the book continues to disappear as soon as it hits the shelves of all major bookstores.

KUWAIT CITY, May 2: The National Assembly Thursday discussed the national unemployment issue in heated special session.

WE thank Allah the Almighty because our colleague Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Zhikra Al-Rashidi has retracted her earlier decision - the decision to deport from the country 100,000 foreigners each year.

KUWAIT CITY, May 1: Kuwait plans to increase service charges on foreigners, media reports said Wednesday, triggering the ire of the main labour union which also blasted the government for deporting hundreds of expatriates.

GENEVA, April 30, : There are $11.2 billion remaining in Iraqi debt for Kuwait, said a Kuwaiti official here Tuesday at the Seventy-fifth Session of the Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission .

The supervising authority of the Jahra Road Development Project, Kuwait's leading infrastructural project, announced the recent updates in project works as Engineer Yasser Budastour shed lights on the progress of structural works which includes the launch of the bridge erection process in The UN Roundabout, by installing 55 segments connected with ... (more)

Turkey and Kuwait signed a total of eight agreements regarding aviation, higher education, livestock breeding, culture and arts, visa exemption and defense, following a meeting held at the Presidential Residence, with the participation of the President, Abdullah Gl and... The first thing you need to do is choose a news reader, if you already don't ... (more)

Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika welcomes the Emir of the State of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Djaber al-Sabah at the Djenane El Mufti residence in Algiers, on January 14, 2013.

KUWAIT CITY, April 27: The Interior and Defense Affairs Committee at the Parliament will discuss a draft bill on the compulsory military service on Monday, reports Al-Rai daily quoting Committee Chairman MP Askar Al-Enzi. Al-Enzi revealed the government presented the proposal based on a similar suggestion presented in 2008 to obligate all Kuwaiti ... (more)

Two Grantham veterans who have taken it upon themselves to get a national memorial built to their fallen comrades have received a massive financial boost.

MEMBERS of the 'Give us back our seats' have nothing to do except use offensive language, issue threats, intimidate others and hold meetings to mourn over the debris.

KUWAIT CITY, April 24, : In a candid, frank and expanded meeting with chief editors of Kuwaiti press, His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah reiterated Kuwait's full commitment to and respect of the freedom of expression and freedom of press.

KUWAIT CITY, April 22, : Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Al-Sabah said Sunday the high consultative committee of the Ministry has set out a comprehensive strategy for caring for the youths.