Bahrain

$2bn deal to secure Bahrain energy supplies

ArabianBusiness.com (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago

Consortium signs up to build the Al Dur water and power development.

Bahrain projects delayed in bid to ease growth

ArabianBusiness.com (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago

EXCLUSIVE: Gulf state takes drastic action in bid to keep inflation under control.

Bahrain plans to invest 13 billion dollar in oil and gas sector

Big News Network.com (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago

Nicosia, Aug 29 : Abdul Hussain bin Ali Mirza, the Chairman of Bahrain's National Oil and Gas Authority (NOGA), has said that in the coming 20 years Bahrain will spend about 13 billion dollar in the oil and gas industry.

GDF Suez Wins BOT Contract for Al Dur-1 Power and Water Plant in Bahrain

Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

GDF Suez Energy International has won the contract to build, own and operate the Al Dur-1 power generation and seawater desalination plant in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Bahrain: Bogus Degrees

Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | yesterday

Bogus degrees? Bahraini Mahmood Al Yousif exposes those who helped themselves to some.

Bahrain: The high cost of Ramadan

Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | yesterday

Bahraini blogger Yagoob describes the effect of inflation on the holy month of Ramadan.

Bahrain: Fifth of population living in poverty

Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | yesterday

Bahraini blogger Mahmood reports that 20 per cent of Bahrainis are living below the poverty line.

Bahrain's labour productivity highest in Gulf: Report

Big News Network.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

Dubai, Aug 28 (IANS) Bahrain recorded the highest increase in labour productivity among all Gulf nations, according to an independent report.

Bahrain’s labour productivity highest in Gulf: Report

Thaindian News (Free subscription) | yesterday

Dubai, Aug 28 (IANS) Bahrain recorded the highest increase in labour productivity among all Gulf nations, according to an independent report. The ‘Growing Beyond Oil’ report, issued by the American not-for-profit organisation Conference Board, praised the success of Bahrain’s efforts to modernise its labour market stating that the resultant increased productivity is the key to [...]

Bahrain launches new women empowerment programme

Big News Network.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

Dubai, Aug 28 (IANS) Bahrain has launched a new women empowerment project designed to raise the status of women in that Gulf nation.

Bahrain banking sector posts strong growth in first half of 2008

Big News Network.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

Dubai, Aug 28 (IANS) Bahrain's banking sector continued to show dynamic and confident growth in the first half of 2008, according to that Gulf nation's leading economic authority.

• Bahrain banking sector surges $17bn in H1 - ArabianBusiness.com

Bahrain: Embarrassing Young People

Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008

From Bahrain, Lizardo is weary of how young people think. “I really can’t see how our country is going to be developed in the future while i’m seeing how our youth thinks! It’s really embarrassing when you hear them talk near your house, at school, cafes or even on the net,” he writes.

Bahrain: Bloggers are Trouble

Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008

Bahraini blogger and administrator of the locally banned Bahrainonline [Ar] online forum Ali Abdelemam posts an interview with him in an LA newspaper - on blogging and the how authorities view bloggers as trouble.

Bahrain: Grand Auto Theft Raid

Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008

“Around an hour ago, at 2 PM today, two inspectors from the Ministry of Information raided a “Euphoria” shop in Seef Mall and confiscated all Grand Theft Auto IV titles, Both PS3 & Xbox 360,” reports Redbelt from Bahrain. The game is also reportedly banned in neighbouring Saudi Arabia.

Ramadan and that

Neptunus Lex (Free subscription) | yesterday

I had the opportunity a few years back to spend a week first in Bahrain, and then later at Dubai, in the UAE during Ramadan - some of you may remember the time frame I am speaking of. Devout Muslims fast, declining to eat or drink during the daylight hours of Ramadan, and as GCC members, [...]