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Turkey’s parliament is widely expected to approve Sweden’s NATO membership bid on Tuesday, clearing the biggest remaining hurdle to expanding the Western military alliance after 20 months of delays. Turkey’s general assembly, where President Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling alliance holds a majority, is set to vote on the application that Sweden first made in 2022 following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Once parliament has ratified the move, Erdogan would be expected to sign it into law within days, leaving Hungary as the only member state not to have approved Sweden’s accession. Hungary had pledged not to be the last ally to ratify,…

The Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (SCIA) expressed its appreciation to His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, on the issuance of the Royal Order (63) of 2023, restructuring the Sunni and Jaafari Endowments Councils. The council hailed HM the King’s keenness to develop Islamic work in Bahrain, consolidate authentic religious values and traditions, and support Islamic affairs, especially the Islamic Endowments and its subsidiaries, considering it an important part of the kingdom’s history, identity, stability, and values. On the council’s 13th ordinary session on its fifth course, Shaikh Abdulrahman bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Khalifa, SCIA President, congratulated…

Mohammed bin Mubarak Bin Daina, Minister of Oil and Environment and Special Envoy for Climate Affairs, inaugurated the 10th edition of the Bottom of the Barrel Technology Conference (BBTC MENA). The conference was organised by Euro Petroleum Consultants (EPC), in cooperation with the Ministry of Oil and Environment and Bapco Energies. A group of experts, engineers, and officials from companies specialised in aspects of the local, regional, and global oil industry participated in the conference. The conference will address topics related to raising the level of fuel oil utilisation based on global trends, challenges, and requirements. The minister said that…

Bahrain Airport Company (BAC), the operator and managing body of Bahrain International Airport (BIA), announced accrediting Bahrain International Airport and the Pearl Lounge with the prestigious 5-star rating by Skytrax, the world’s top airport and airline rating body, for the third year in a row in recognition of the high standards of its facilities and services. Skytrax announced the ranking after a detailed Audit at BIA, based on their criteria including direct services for departures, arrivals, diverted flights, airport facilities and customer services, security, immigration, and retail, as well as food and beverage facilities. This ranking highlight BAC’s commitment to providing exceptional…

Amna bint Ahmed Al Rumaihi, Housing and Urban Planning Minister, has stated that the new programmes launched by the Ministry in partnership with the private sector have contributed to the provision of more housing services and accelerating the fulfilment of housing demands, in order to achieve the required balance with the volume of annual housing requests received by the Ministry. She indicated that the housing financing schemes have achieved positive results on the social and economic levels, by providing housing services to thousands of Bahraini families since their launch in the third quarter of 2022, noting that requests to benefit…

More than 200 ancient pre-Hispanic artifacts ranging from ceramics to important works of indigenous art have been successfully reclaimed by Peru from collectors and institutions around the world. Some of the objects, which include sculptures, textiles and tools, are more than 2,000 years old, with the oldest dating back to 200 B.C. The objects were returned to the South American country from private collectors and institutions in the United States, Germany, Belgium, Canada and Spain. They include the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History in California, the F.C. Gundlach Foundation in Germany and Belgian auction house Booneshares, Reuters reported. Most…

The Information &eGovernment Authority (iGA) has published its Foreign Trade report for Q4 2023, which encompasses data on Trade Balance, Imports, Exports of products with national origin, and Re-exports. As per the report, the value of imports has increased by 5%, reaching BD1.476 billion during Q4 2023 in comparison with BD1.410 billion for the same quarter in 2022. The top 10 countries for imports marked 69% of the total value of imports. According to the report, China ranked first for imports to Bahrain, with a total of BD207 million, followed by Brazil being the second with BD136 million, and The…

Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, Foreign Affairs Minister, participated in the G77 + China Summit 2024, chaired by Yoweri Museveni, the President of Uganda. Dr. Al Zayani emphasised Bahrain’s readiness to enhance cooperation with all countries and organisations to address contemporary challenges, including ending disputes, preventing new conflicts, and building a culture of peace, coexistence, and dialogue against fanaticism and terrorism. He affirmed that Bahrain is ready to contribute to mitigating climate change impacts, promote clean, sustainable energy, protect vulnerable groups, and ensure a prosperous future for all, in order to achieve sustainable development goals and ensure a…

Ali bin Fadl Al Buainain, the Attorney General held a press conference today at the Public Prosecution headquarters to announce annual statistics for the year 2023. He affirmed that the Public Prosecution takes into account the social and developmental dimensions that the legislator intended to take into account in order to achieve social and economic security, and the financial and psychological stability of individuals and families, as they are the determining factors that the kingdom sets for development, protecting the country’s fundamentals and economic capabilities, as well as safeguarding human rights. The Attorney General stated that 2023 included some important…

Kampala : Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, Foreign Affairs Minister, met his Nepalese counterpart, Narayan Prakash Saud, on the sidelines of the 19th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement, currently hosted by the Ugandan capital city, Kampala. The two ministers discussed the friendship and cooperation relations between Bahrain and Nepal across various fields, in addition to ways to further strengthen them to meet the two countries’ interests. They also reviewed issues of common concern.