Manama, Jan. 25. (BNA) – The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) will organise a visit of a delegation representing 15 countries to the kingdom of Bahrain to benefit from its e-Government experience. The visit, the first of its kind in the world, is a result of the great success of the Civil Service Forum, hosted by the Kingdom in June, 2013, under the auspices Read more [...]

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) The Bahrain Center for Human Rights expresses its deep concern for the authority’s continued mistreatment of prisoners, especially activists and prisoners of conscience and neglecting to provide the necessary health conditions in prison, amidst the utter silence of Jaw’s Central Prison administration which refuses to improve the conditions of detainees or to comment on the complaints about the violations taking place inside.Confirmed information received by the BCHR indicates Read more [...]

However, issues of concern entail steady rise of public debt, with untold consequences to pubic the economy at large. Outstanding debt amounted to $7.7 billion in 2010, yet $9.5 billion in 2011, still $11 billion in 2012 and worse $13.3 in 2013. Accordingly, the debt level represents around 43 per cent of the GDP. Yet, the IMF has warned that the debt amount could alarmingly reach $20 billion in 2018 or 61 of the GDP.