Archive for June, 2010

Director of Legal Authentication Department Waleed Al-Mawash has disclosed that 1,020 Kuwaiti women married Asian and Arab expatriates from January until May this year, reports Annahar daily.
A total of 11,258 marriages took place during the said five-month period. Al-Mawash said 2,759 Kuwaiti men married Arab or Asian expatriates while 117 Bedoun couples tied the knot [...]

Kuwait Minister of Electricity and Water Dr Bader Al-Shuraiaan said Monday the Cabinet asked his ministry to produce suitable solutions to the strains of the power supplies in this exceptionally hot summer.
“The Cabinet sought during its weekly meeting last night a clear-cut mechanism for addressing this problem,” the minister told reporters here.
“It approved the formation [...]

After days of humid weather, Kuwait entered Monday a season characterized by sandstorms caused by northwestern winds, Kuwaiti meteorologist Issa Ramadhan said.
The country will be witnessing dry dust storms at speeds of 20-45 km/h till the end of the week, Ramadhan said, adding that high humidity in the upper atmosphere resulted in forming clouds which [...]

Judge Adel al-Sager read out the verdict against Nasra Yussef Mohammed al-Enezi, 23, at the court of first instance. The sentence will have to be upheld by the appeals court.
The woman was found guilty of “premeditated murder and starting a fire with the intent to kill.”
The August 15 inferno engulfed the women-and-children-only tent in minutes [...]

The number of those who own and use yachts are on the increase, specialists said here on Sunday, pointing out that the main problem facing yacht owners and traders are the lack of marinas or dry parking lots near the sea to absorb the annual increase in yachts.
The specialists asserted in separate interviews with KUNA [...]

Human Rights Watch on Tuesday urged Kuwait to stop prosecuting a prominent writer for criticising officials and to lift a ban on media coverage.
“Kuwait should stop prosecuting Mohammad Abdulqader Al-Jassem, a journalist and blogger, for criticising public officials,” the New York-based rights watchdog said in a statement.
“Kuwait’s prosecution office should also lift its ban on [...]

Turkish Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek met with Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister Muhammad al-Sabah at the recent Arab Economic forum. Speaking in Ankara, Simsek said that al-Sabah conveyed the Kuwaiti government’s invitation for Turkish construction firms to join approaching tenders for new infrastructure projects. He said that Kuwait has invited Turkish contractors to participate in upcoming tenders [...]

Kuwaiti Justice Undersecretary Dr. Mohammad Al-Ansari on Tuesday called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to prioritize Israel’s war crimes and crimes against humanity against the Palestinian people.
Al-Ansari, who is also the chairman of the national committee of international humanitarian law, told KUNA in a phone call from Rome, where he is taking part in [...]

ICBC, which currently has branches in Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi, is studying the feasibility of setting up operations in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, and will consider buying assets in other countries in the Middle East and the North Africa region, said Tian Zhiping, head of ICBC’s Middle-East operations.
“A deeper understanding of the region makes [...]