MANAMA: The 18th edition of the Society of Petroleum Engineers Middle East Oil Gas Show and Conference (MEOS 2013) concluded at the Bahrain International Exhibition and Convention Centre yesterday after four action-packed days that saw participation from 2,400 industry professionals and more than 7,000 visitors. Finance Minister and Minister in Charge of Oil and Gas Affairs Shaikh Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa said over the years MEOS has evolved into the largest and best attended technical event Read more [...]

I BELIEVE that some, if not most, old Bahraini women were gold investors. Since the old days, gold in Bahrain has been an attraction for women. Old Bahraini women, and there are still Bahrainis today who have the same interest, used to buy gold when the price went down and used to sell it when the price went up. Their incentive was not investment or profit but was more of exchanging their old jewellery for new ones to meet their utility function. It is true that, nowadays among Bahraini women, Read more [...]

TALKS aimed at ending Bahrain's political stalemate were thrown into limbo last night after Dialogue participants failed to agree on several key issues. It means a list of demands presented by five opposition societies and the (pro-government) National Coalition will now go back to the drawing board after seven sessions of debate. It comes despite participants reaching consensus on a draft schedule drawn up by a mini working group last Sunday. Dialogue spokesman Isa Abdulrahman said it included Read more [...]

Arab interior ministers condemned "Iranian support of terror operations in Bahrain and Yemen" during a meeting in Riyadh on Wednesday (March 13th), the official Bahrain News Agency reported. The meeting, held to examine an Arab plan to combat terrorism, is the 30th session of the Arab Interior Ministers Council. During the session, the Council issued a statement titled "Riyadh Statement to Combat Terrorism", in which the ministers rejected foreign attempts to disrupt the security of any Arab Read more [...]

Bahrain's seventh national dialogue session began Wednesday (March 13th) in Manama, Bahrain's Al-Watan reported. Session participants -- political groups, the government and others -- were slated to discuss an agenda drafted by the dialogue's working group on Sunday, to endorse points they deem appropriate, said Issa Abdurrahman, official spokesman for the national dialogue. During Wednesday's session, participants will seek to resolve challenges and build trust, in the interest of the country Read more [...]

The demonstration was held in the island of Sitra east of capital Manama on Wednesday with Bahrainis shouting slogans against the two regimes. Protesters burned effigies of Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. Earlier in the day, Bahrain’s public prosecutor said six people were arrested over the past couple of days for allegedly insulting the Bahraini king on Twitter.The latest detentions came two days after a court acquitted rights activist Yousef Read more [...]