Home News Article Dec 24 2015 more articles from In This Article InterContinental Regency Bahrain Manama Bahrain, 24th December 2015 InterContinental Regency Bahrain , one of the leading five star hotels in the Kingdom, recently hosted a corporate event at their sister property InterContinental Al Khobar on Sunday, the 20th of December, 2015. The event was held for corporate clients, travel agencies as well as the media in the Read more [...]

Manama, Dec. 24 (BNA): Commander-in-Chief of the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF) Field Marshal Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa conducted a field inspection visit to a BDF unit. The commander-in-chief was initially briefed on the unit's latest developments and thoroughly checked its latest training and preparation programmes as well as its military preparedness and readiness posture. He said the BDF will continue harnessing all capabilities Read more [...]

Manama, Dec. 24 (BNA): The second and final day of Bahrain Arabian Horseshow saw strong competition between the competing stables from Bahrain and GCC countries. The show is jointly organised by Bahrain Royal Equestrian and Endurance Federation (BREEF) and Bahrain Horse Society (BHS) and is held at the Military Sports Federation in Rashid Equestrian Club in Al Raffa, Sakhir. The second day of the competition included Read more [...]

Home News Article Dec 24 2015 more articles from In This Article Gulf Air B.S.C. (c) Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain - 24 December 2015 Gulf Air , the Kingdom of Bahrain's national carrier, today released the results of its quarterly Customer Satisfaction Survey results for Q3 2015. Customer comments for the period from July to September 2015 revealed an overall 31% increase in compliments, a 6% decrease in complaints and a 26% increase Read more [...]

The mother of detainee Ali Hassan Adam appealed to the Bahraini Ministry of Interior to release her son so that he would be able to receive treatment before losing his sight in both eyes because he suffers from Retinal Atrophy. Mother of the detainee sentenced to 15 years in prison further stated: "Since 2007 my son was diagnosed in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia of suffering from Retinal Atrophy by 70% in each eye. The results of the tests were sent at that time to Germany, but doctors have Read more [...]

Manama: A new alert has gone out about dangerous buildings in Bahrain. From now on demolishing old, rundown homes in built-up areas of Bahrain will only be allowed with special permission from the government, a top minister announced. Works, Municipalities and Urban Planning Affairs Minister Essam Khalaf told the GDN he was particularly concerned about the risk of damage to surrounding buildings when structures were knocked down. “We want to protect private property from being Read more [...]

Manama, Dec. 23 (BNA): Bahrain Arabian Horseshow kicked off on Wednesday at the Military Sports Federation in Al Araffa, Sakhir. The two-day event was jointly organised by Bahrain Royal Equestrian and Endurance Federation (BREEF) and Bahrain Horse Society (BHS). The contest witnessed strong competition between the participants who were categorised in accordance to the age groups of the horses. The groups Read more [...]

Petty Officer 1st Class Jeremy Starr An island that has been inhabited for about 50,000 years surrounded by the waters of the Arabian Gulf and features a huge amount of palm tress and tons and tons of sand 20 miles east of Saudi Arabia is a place known as the Pearl of the of the Gulf, an island 40 miles Read more [...]

Treat yourself over the holidays to a peek at Bahrain's state media website (http://bna.bh/portal/en). It's all you'd expect from an authoritarian regime's mouthpiece. There's the fawning updates on the ruling family's every move, reports on various sycophantic courtiers telling the king how great he is, and coverage of the endless orgy of congratulatory cables sent from various minor royals to others.Since the violent government response to largely Read more [...]

Sheikh Ali Salman, Secretary General of Al Wefaq National Islamic Society, said in a message from his prison cell, “Political and economic developments have proven right and necessary the opposition’s demands for radical reform in Bahrain”. He added in another tweet, ” A year in prison has deepened my belief of an inclusive national rescue project to save Bahrain from this awful political and economic situation”. “An agreed upon genuine political resolution is inevitable, all Read more [...]