Rotana Jet will be operating a series of special flights during the 21st Gulf Football Cup, from Al Ain and Fujairah to Bahrain to transfer football fans to support the UAE national football team.Rajendran Vellapalath, Rotana Jet's Director Commercial and Planning, said:"Rotana Jet is looking forward to flying the football fans from Al Ain and Fujairah to Bahrain as part of our commitment to promote Sports Tourism in UAE. Operating these special flights from Al Ain and Fujairah not only demonstrates Read more [...]

Kuwait: Jan. 8 – (BNA) His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa has won the title of Humanitarian Personality of the Year with absolute majority of votes in a recent poll conducted by the Kuwaiti daily newspaper (Al-Sharq)in which tens of thousands of personalities from the GCC and Arab world. The participants hailed the role of HM King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa in placing the Kingdom of Bahrain amongst Read more [...]

Bahrain plans $2.5 billion infrastructure spend Manama, 1 hours, 1 minutes ago Bahrain will spend more than $2.5 billion on infrastructure projects including major road networks and construction in the next 10 years, said a senior government official. The funds will be used on schemes including, the Alba and Nuwaidrat interchange project, building six new schools as well as developing the country's road network, Works Minister Essam Khalaf was quoted Read more [...]

Bahrain schedules work on new complex Manama, 0 hours, 49 minutes ago Work on the new multimillion dinar National Assembly complex at Al Fateh Corniche in Bahrain will begin in July next year, a report said. Reclamation work on an artificial 100,000 sq m (10 hectare) island is already ongoing at the site with construction work to begin immediately, according to the report published in our sister publication, the Gulf Daily News. The state-of-the-art Read more [...]

The United States on Monday voiced its concern over a Bahraini appeal court confirming the jail sentences of 13 Opposition activists for participating in the 2011 anti-government protests, and said it "further restricts freedom of expression and compromises the atmosphere within Bahrain for reconciliation."Expressing regret over Monday's ruling by the Bahraini Court of Cassation, State Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland said at a press briefing that Washington had "repeatedly voiced our concern Read more [...]