In an effort to promote itself as a destination for investment, business and overseas visitors, Bahrain has launched itself as a global brand in an international marketing campaign. Bahrain’s Economic Development Board (EDB) announced it would be spearheading the initiative. The goal is to unify the efforts of various sectors into a single brand that [...]
by Elizabeth Shaheen Yes, you can grow wisteria in your Bahrain gardens. I did. I know that that is a past tense, but I purchased a pink blooming wisteria from the Bahrain International Garden Show last year. It was absolutely fine during the summer months and when it went into expected dormancy in the winter. [...]
Urgent action is being taken to clean up the badly polluted Tubli Bay, officials declared yesterday. Environmentalists and government officials met yesterday to map out plans to eradicate sludge which is polluting the bay. The meeting was between officials from the Works and Housing Ministry and the Public Commission for the Protection of Marine Resources, [...]
A Bahraini man has been badly injured in an attack by crows, which swooped on him outside his home. Hassan Isa Buhasan, aged 30, was still being treated for a severe eye injury at the BDF Hospital yesterday. He was leaving the family home in Sadad, Sitra [?], on Saturday morning, when three out of [...]
Bahrain is attracting major international admiration for its housing, education and health networks.This is the result of citizens working hand-in-hand with the government, said the Premier yesterday. He revealed that “many more economic and financial projects are in the pipeline, aimed at improving people’s lives”. Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa made his [...]
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Bahrain needs to build relations with the world as a small nation and the network of friends resulting from that should be utilised to the advantage of the kingdom’s economy, the crown prince and BDF commander in chief, Shaikh Salman bin Hamad al khalifa, has said. In an interview with the daily ‘Al Ayam’, published [...]
More than 100,000 fans are expected to flood the Bahrain International Circuit (BIC), in Sakhir, during the 2007 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix. The F1 weekend will be held from April 13 to 15 and organisers say that ticket sales are 20 per cent up on last year. “Ticket sales have been phenomenal in recent [...]
A SENIOR government official yesterday denied any suggestion that Bahrain’s Spring of Culture festival was “immoral”. He also urged MPs to question Information Minister Dr Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar rather than launch their own probe into the event, which they have dubbed the “Spring of Sex”. Minister of State for Parliament and Shura Council Affairs Abdulaziz [...]
A REPORT released yesterday criticised Bahrain’s national elections for failing to provide all voters with an equal voice. Large differences in size between constituencies meant the municipal and parliamentary elections were missing the “one man, one vote” principle, according to the report. It was compiled by election monitors from the Bahrain Transparency Society and the [...]
