Qatar’s Emir Shaikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani has postponed a visit to Germany scheduled for April 18-20 because of the shutting down of European airports. No new date for the visit was given by Qatar News Agency (QNA). However, the official news agency said that the Emir had given instructions to offer assistance...
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Kuwait’s Amir Shaikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah will on Sunday embark on a European three-leg tour that will take him to Italy, the Vatican and Germany. The visits aim to boost cooperation in the domains of policy, economy, media and culture, tackling matters of mutual interest, in addition to presenting Kuwait’s issue to...
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The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Monday said that she believed there was an “encouraging level of governmental activity to improve human rights” in the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) States, mainly in the areas of economic and social rights, children’s rights and human trafficking. However, there was also...
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Kuwait’s social affairs and labour minister said that his ministry would not be intimidated by the onslaughts on the labour market reforms, pledging to continue them. “The ministry has set up a system to help regularise the presence of thousands of foreigners in Kuwait and seek to eliminate forgeries, trafficking and abuses,” Mohammad Al...
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Qatar’s May 1 plan to scrap its visa-on-arrival facility for nationals of 33 countries, including the US and the UK, has been delayed. Qatar last month announced plans that it would change the rule and apply a visa reciprocity system that would affect the nationals of countries that did not offer Qataris visas upon...
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Saudi King Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz has pledged to build a SR1 billion ($266 million) medical city as a gift from the Saudi people to Bahrain and to the people of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). The pledge was made by the Saudi monarch on the first day of a two-day visit to Bahrain,...
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