From Qatar’s Al Jazeera television channel and Bahrain’s Gulf Air to the UAE Central Bank, many high-profile Arab companies have been targeted by internet hackers in recent years. Luckily for Kuwait, the Gulf state has so far remained relatively immune to cyber attacks. “I think our network is secure, but nothing is 100 percent. For some major clients we do alert them if they are getting attacks,” says Waleed Saleh Al Qallaf, chief executive of Qualitynet, Kuwait’s largest internet provider. “Why Read more [...]

GENERAL Organisation for Youth and Sports (Goys) president Hisham Mohammed Al Jowder crowned the Bahrain Youth Society (BYC) champions of the Youth Societies Six-A-Side Football Championship for the second successive time. The tournament champions defeated the Bahrain Disability Challenging Youth Society in the final match to end the competition with a 100 per cent win record and retain the cup glory. Sixteen teams, representing different youth societies from Bahrain, competed in the day-long tournament Read more [...]

Manama, June 15. (BNA) – The second conference for Bahraini women will be held in October 2013, it was announced today. The event will be convened under the patronage of Her Royal Highness Princess Sabeeka bint Ibrahim Al-Khalifa, Wife of His Majesty the King and President of the Supreme Council for Women. "This year's conference will be held under the slogan "Integrating Women's Needs in Development", SCW Secretary-General Hala Read more [...]

Manama, June 15 (BNA) -- Minister of Industry and Commerce Dr. Hassan Abdullah Fakhro paid a visit to Bahrain Flour Mills Company (BFMC), within the Ministry's efforts to stand on the market's developments and check on the availability of consumer staples prior to the start of holy month of Ramadan. The Minister's received a tour accompanied by Board Chairman Yusuf Saleh Al-Saleh, Board members Dr. Abdulla Mansour and Nadir Al-Moayed Read more [...]

The Australian Grand Prix will be held after the Bahrain GP next year. Picture: Michael Klein Source: Herald Sun MELBOURNE has lost pole position as the first race on the Formula One calendar. Next year's Australian Grand Prix has been bumped, losing its starting status to Bahrain.Confirmation of the calendar is not expected until August, but grand prix insiders Read more [...]

THE British School of Bahrain's Year Five students got a first-hand experience on how news is broadcast when they visited Bahrain Television as part of their Humanities topic 'What's in the News'. Students visited the old news studio and control room, where they learnt how a presenter reads the script and how the director gives cues. Everything was programmed in high-definition at the state-of-the-art television studio, said the trip organisers. "The students saw live how sports commentary Read more [...]

BERLIN: More investment and easier procedures are needed for stronger German-Arab economic relations, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said. He was speaking at the 16th Arab German Business Forum in Berlin. Bahrain sponsored this year's forum, which was attended by a business delegation from the kingdom led by the Economic Development Board (EDB) and the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Transportation Minister and EDB acting chief executive Kamal Ahmed received an honorary award Read more [...]