Posts Tagged ‘Bahrain’
By Ben Flanagan • Mar 15th, 2010 • Category: Construction, Cover Story, infrastructure
Given their long history of antagonism, Bahrain and Qatar need to build some bridges. Luckily, they’re doing just that, with the planned $3 billion ‘Friendship Bridge’ linking the two Gulf states.
By Kipp • Feb 21st, 2010 • Category: Middle East Business News
The rate increased from 1.6 percent in December last year to 1.8 percent in January.
By Kipp • Feb 10th, 2010 • Category: Middle East Business News
Bahrain has stopped issuing visas on arrival to certain categories of GCC workers.
By Kipp • Feb 8th, 2010 • Category: Middle East Business News
Bahrain had ended the practice a decade ago, but resumed it in 2007, says Human Rights Watch.
By Kipp • Jan 31st, 2010 • Category: Middle East Business News
Rasheed al-Maraj, the country's central bank governor, also told Arabiya TV that the bank plans to a $1 billion bond for the government.
By Aarti Nagraj • Jan 14th, 2010 • Category: Bahrain, Cover Story, Labor, The Work
Bahrain has just approved a proposal to increase the annual leave for private sector employees by a week. Predictably, businessmen and employers are annoyed.
By Kipp • Dec 16th, 2009 • Category: Middle East Business News
Gulf States have some of the lowest tax rates and easy of tax payment in the world…
By Dana El Baltaji • Nov 10th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Regional, Transport
Saudi Arabia started work on a 39 kilometer metro in its capital, Riyadh. More will follow suit.
By Kipp • Nov 9th, 2009 • Category: Bahrain, Middle East Business News
Office rents in Bahrain have reduced by 20 percent…
By Aarti Nagraj • Oct 20th, 2009 • Category: Bahrain, Cover Story, Health, The Work
Bahrain, which is suffering from high rates of absenteeism at work, has now approved a new plan that allows civil servants in the country to take a week off to support ill family members.
By Kipp • Oct 5th, 2009 • Category: Middle East Business News
Bahrain’s Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa has…
By Kipp • Sep 28th, 2009 • Category: Middle East Business News
The central bank governor of Bahrain’s, Rasheed al-Maraj, said he anticipates the kingdom’s economy…
By Aarti Nagraj • Sep 24th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Health, Regional, The Life
As the number of swine flu cases in the region rise, authorities are resorting to varied methods to promote awareness.
By Aarti Nagraj • Sep 17th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Health, Regional, The Life
Officials of Gulf States are delaying the start of schools due to the rise in the number of H1N1 cases in the region is increasing.
By Kipp • Sep 12th, 2009 • Category: Bahrain, Middle East Business News
Bahrain will ban imports of ozone depleting substances from…
The emirate’s fashion scene may have been affected by the financial crisis, but some in the industry see a more positive trend in the future.
Though often described as a ‘Mexican oligarch’, the world’s richest man, who is worth a cool $53bn, has Lebanese ancestry. And he hasn’t forgotten it.
Around 35% of the medication sold in the Middle East is fake, compared to just 1% in the US. Kipp examines the threat posed by this $75 billion global trade, ...
The News Corp boss did not make a single reference to Dubai in his speech at Abu Dhabi’s glitzy media summit. But he still has links to the emirate’s high-profile ...
Democracy is the “most important priority” for the Arab youth, according to a recent survey. But some say this marks an urge for greater self-determination, rather than a change in ...
One was rocked by a ‘fake ads’ scandal, the other has seen a steadily declining number of entries. So which of the region’s competing advertising awards has the edge?
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