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KUWAIT CITY, Oct 26: National Assembly Speaker Ahmed Al-Saadoun has invited the MPs and the government to the inaugural ceremony and session for the second year of the 17th parliamentary term on Oct 31, 2023.The agenda of the session includes the following:■ Oath-taking of MPs and ministers who have not done so in accordance with Article 91 of the Constitution,■ Electing the Assembly Secretary,■ Electing the Assembly Observer,■ Grilling motion of MP Mubarak Al- Tasha against Minister of Public Works Amani Bugamaz on four issues as follows:● failure to carry out road maintenance works and delayed completion of projects;● corruption…

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 6: The General Administration of Residency Affairs Investigations, as part of the Ministry of Interior’s efforts to arrest violators and outlaws, arrested 36 expats of the residency and work law violation of various nationalities in Farwaniya Governorate. Additionally, 15 for selling locally distilled alcohol in the Mina Abdullah area were arrested, with 8 of them having consumed alcohol. They were referred to the competent authority to take the necessary legal measures against them. It is worth noting that Kuwait has been cracking down on residency violations and deporting violators of the residency law. The Ministry of Interior…

Kuwait’s Ministry of Interior has announced the termination of employment for over 800 expatriates, the majority of whom are from Arab countries. The terminated expatriates have been given a one-month grace period to finalise their employment affairs before the terminations take effect, according to Gulf News. While the ministry has not provided explicit reasons for these mass terminations, it is widely believed that the move is aligned with the ongoing Kuwaitisation policy. This initiative seeks to replace expatriate workers with Kuwaiti nationals across various sectors in the country as a means to prioritise employment opportunities for citizens. This recent announcement…

The United Arab Emirates to India market is enormous. This summer (S23), there are more than seven million seats for sale each way, the highest of any summer on record. It is the world’s seventh-largest international country pair and the first involving Asia. While a good amount of this capacity is filled by passengers transiting to other destinations, the point-to-point (P2P) market is itself significant. The UAE capital, Abu Dhabi, plays an important role. Abu Dhabi to India Abu Dhabi is one of five UAE airports with India flights this summer, based on OAG data. With more than 1.72 million seats…

Despite facing competition from Europe and the Global South, often deemed the world’s main tourist playgrounds, the Middle East is surging in popularity among travelers right now, with a growing number of them picking the sunny spot for their vacations instead. Though the likes of Dubai, Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar are often listed as the region’s main tourist destinations, it’s two other countries that are leading booking trends now, having registered a significant increase in visitor numbers. Why, then, are they so attracting so many foreigners, especially Westerners? New! Travel Off Path’s Exclusive Weekly Newsletter ‘The Upgrade’ the best…

IN a time of openness, you cannot close in on yourself, because time does not wait, and does not have mercy on anyone. To evolve is a feature of survival. This is why renaissance goes hand in hand with work, production, knowledge, and awareness of others. This rule is unfortunately absent from the minds of officials in Kuwait who insist on closing the country, as if the world is infected with the plague, and we must isolate ourselves. This is a brief overview of what the world has become accustomed to in the past decades. On the other hand, the…

KUWAIT CITY, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) — The first Chinese Cultural Center in the Gulf region launched its trial operation on Sunday in Kuwait’s Hawali governorate. “I hope this is not only a cultural center of China, but also a cultural center of Kuwait,” said Moussaid Zamir, the Assistant Secretary General of the Kuwait National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters, at the launch ceremony, adding Kuwait has always attached great importance to cultural development. The trial operation of the first Chinese Cultural Center in the Gulf region highlighted the special friendly relationship between China and Kuwait, said Chinese Ambassador to…

Kuwait has deported over 25,000 illegal expats between January and August 19, 2023, averaging 108 individuals a day, Arabian Business reported. According to orders from Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, Sheikh Talal Al Khaled, the massive deportation effort primarily targets those found guilty of violating residence and labour laws in Kuwait. The campaign aims to protect the country against law violators, particularly those engaged in illegal activities. There are approximately 10,000 women among deportees. The reasons for deportation range from drug abuse and distribution to begging or any action that poses a threat to national security. Kuwait’s crackdown on…

RIYADH: The UAE’s Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority recorded a 5 percent increase in total revenue in the first half of 2023 compared to the same period last year, according to the Emirates News Agency, also known as WAM. DIEZ’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization surged 34 percent between January and June compared to the year-ago period. As opposed to the first half of 2022, the revenues between January and June from leasing operations grew by 10 percent, government services by 36 percent and licensing by 39 percent. “The strong H1 2023 financial results underscore the authority’s ability to…

The 15th Brics summit has just concluded, with Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa issuing a declaration on a potential new global order, including “greater representation of emerging markets and developing countries in international organisations and multilateral fora in which they play an important role”. Alongside this statement came the largest expansion of Brics since its inception: as of next January, six additional countries will join, including Argentina; Egypt; Ethiopia; Iran; Saudi Arabia; and the United Arab Emirates. Brics now represents close to half of the global population and nearly half of the world’s oil production as well. It is fast outstripping its alter ego, the G7, comprised of Canada; France;…