GOVERNMENT

December 10, 2018

KUWAIT: MP Yousif Al-Fadhalah announced that the private labor law’s amendments concerning indemnity and adjusting article 70 of law 85/2019 concerning official leaves will be discussed in a parliamentary session on Jan 8, before preparing a report by the parliamentary health committee. Fadhalah added that the adjustments target resolving problems that had been making citizens reluctant to work for"... Continue Reading

December 9, 2018

KHARTOUM: Zain Group announces that the President of the Republic of Sudan, Omar Al-Bashir has received Zain Group Vice-Chairman and CEO, Bader Al-Kharafi at a meeting held in Khartoum, the Sudanese capital. Also present at the meeting was Zain Sudan Managing Director, Elfatih Erwa.

During the meeting, Al-Kharafi took the opportunity"... Continue Reading

December 6, 2018

KUWAIT: Microsoft yesterday participated as the platinum sponsor at the 6th E-Government Forum taking place from 4-6 December at the Al-Baraka Ballroom, Crowne Plaza Hotel, in Kuwait City. The company demonstrated the power of its Cloud and Artificial Intelligence solutions to accelerate the government’s efforts towards e-services and drive digital transformation across all sectors in the country.

December 6, 2018

KUWAIT: Well-informed educational sources stressed the need to reach a final decision on the incentives offered to certain Ministry of Education (MoE) Kuwaiti staff members such as psychiatrists, accountants and other technical staff because too much work is needed to serve MoE with 116,000 employees, which made citizens refrain from accepting such jobs and opt instead for other less demanding government"... Continue Reading

December 5, 2018

KUWAIT: Minister of Commerce and Industry Khaled Al-Roudhan briefed the cabinet during its weekly meeting on Monday about the level of e-services in the public sector, and the government sought to address shortcomings either through solving hurdles or punishing officials failing to meet expectations.

In the meantime, the cabinet"... Continue Reading

December 2, 2018

The performance of all our governmental departments, institutions and corporation are declining. They are not serving the national interest of this young nation which is full of ambitions and great objectives.

Almost every day, we are faced with bad news from every sector of the government and its corporations. In the past six"... Continue Reading

November 26, 2018

KUWIAT: In what can be seen as a blow to the government’s plan to encourage national manpower to seek jobs in the private sector, recent statistics showed that 11,443 citizens resigned from their private sector jobs since 2015 and joined the government. Recent social security statistics show a drop in the number of citizens joining the private sector, namely in the period between 2015 and 2017, according"... Continue Reading

November 25, 2018

KUWAIT: The interior ministry announced yesterday the reopening of the Seventh Ring Road, which was closed due to recent rainfall that swamped some roads and formed puddles at various public locations.

The ministry said in a statement that traffic has"... Continue Reading

November 24, 2018

Kazakhstan and Kuwait are interested in expanding cooperation. The Arabian Peninsula state regards Kazakhstan as its important Central Asian partner. Negotiations continue between the two countries to simplify the visa regime as the countries plan to develop joint tourism. Arabs are interested in skiing, mountain hiking and falconry. Meanwhile, Kazakhs dream to visit the Persian Gulf, famous towers, large"... Continue Reading

November 24, 2018

The Ministry of Education, represented by the Educational Installations and Planning Sector, has adopted the final report on the special education complex project; including the unique design philosophy for huge development projects, reports Alrai daily.

The ministry affirmed in a report forwarded to Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement"... Continue Reading