Bahrain has told its ministers to reduce the frequency of their travels abroad to avoid wasting people’s time and hurting their interests. Prime Minister Prince Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa has instructed all ministers to limit their official visits abroad and to reduce the number of delegation members taking trips, Shaikh Ahmad Bin Atiyatallah...
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Archive for June 20th, 2010
Bahrain tells ministers to cut down overseas travel
Kuwait lawmakers seek to slash official work timing by two hours to save electricity
Kuwaiti lawmakers on Sunday said that the government should shorten summer working days by two hours in a bid to save electricity and avoid an ominous crisis that would affect thousands of homes. The MPs who held an extraordinary session to debate the looming power crisis said that government offices and establishments should open...
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Bahrain orders ministers to reduce official trips and to ensure permanent senior presence in ministries
Bahrain has told its ministers to reduce the frequency of their travels abroad to avoid wasting people’s time and hurting their interests. Prime Minister Prince Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa has instructed all ministers to limit their official visits abroad and to reduce the number of delegation members taking trips, Shaikh Ahmad Bin Atiyatallah...
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UN to reward excellence in public service
An Indian initiative allowing citizens to air their grievances directly to the Chief Minister and to get timely answers regarding the provision of public services at the state level will be rewarded by the United Nations this week, UN officials in Bahrain said. The organisation behind the initiative will be one of 23 institutions...
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Kuwaiti education minister pledges a laptop for every high school student
Kuwait’s education minister is set to launch a project that will provide every high school student with a laptop to help move schools into the digital age. “The project will start right after we finish the necessary infrastructure,” Moudhi Al Hmood said. “There is also an agreement with the curricula directorate to upload all...
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Mini Arab summit to be held in Libya in September
A mini Arab summit will be held in Libya in September, a Kuwaiti daily has said. The summit will bring together the Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, the Qatari emir Shaikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, the Iraqi president Jalal Talabani, the Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh and the Libyan leader Moammar Qaddafi, Al Dar...
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Global Peace Index says Qatar is the most peaceful country in MENA region
Qatar has topped the list of the most peaceful countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in the 2010 Global Peace Index (GPI). The ranking allowed Qatar to keep the special status among Arab countries for the second consecutive year. Globally, it was ranked as the 15th most peaceful country in...
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Qatar warns against fake emails, SMS
Nokia has alerted its Qatar customers against ‘fake SMS and e-mail’ issued on behalf of the mobile phone manufacturer and intended at ‘extorting money’. Nokia’s Qatar partner, the Consolidated Gulf Company (CGC) said such messages were being sent mostly in the name of Nokia UK, promising attractive prizes including cash to customers. “People are...
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New routes will boost Gulf Air performance in the region, officials say
Gulf Air officials have expressed confidence that the three new routes they launched this month would increase flight frequencies around the Middle East and help the airline improve its performance. Gulf Air on June began nonstop service to Alexandria on June 2, followed by direct flights to Aleppo, Syria, on June 15 and to...
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