The head of the Civil Service Bureau has urged embassies accredited in Bahrain to coordinate with the competent authorities before sending public sector employees on training missions or granting them scholarships. “We have received complaints from government employees about their colleagues being sent on training workshops or academic scholarships, fully funded by foreign embassies...
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Kuwait’s parliament will on March 25 hold an extraordinary session to discuss a no-confidence motion against the information minister submitted by ten lawmakers. “As per the parliament bylaws, a no-confidence request can be seen at least one week after it is presented; therefore, I suggest that we convene on March 25 to review it,”...
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Bahrain’s health minister and a lawmaker locked horns on Tuesday in a bitter standoff that sparked calls for calm and mutual respect by the parliament affairs minister and the speaker. Answering a parliamentary question about the performance of his ministry, Faisal Al Hamer, the health minister praised the competence and dedication of the mostly...
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The woes of the British ambassador to Bahrain have been compounded following new calls made by 240 owners of majlises to the local authorities to have him leave the country. In a petition published in the Arabic press, the signatories said that they were speaking on behalf of the Bahraini street and wanted the...
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