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Rajab faces charges including inciting violence, defamation

Public Prosecution

Senior District Attorney Abdulrahman Al-Sayyed announced  that Nabeel Ahmed Abdul Rasul Rajab had appeared before the Lower Criminal Court to face charges of inciting illegal rallies and marches online by using social networking websites. The activist was arrested at the [...]

May 6th, 2012 | Posted in Bahrain News | Read More »

Authorities start tearing down dangerous structures

Old and dangerous structures are being demolished by the authorities in Manama

Manama Municipality starts to demolish the abandoned and ramshackle buildings in Manama, in implementation of the Monitoring Committee for Abandoned and Ramshackle buildings’ decisions, in coordination with the Gulf Company and with cooperation with the concerned government institutions.   The [...]

May 6th, 2012 | Posted in Bahrain News | Read More »

Culture Ministry and St. Petersburg Museum ink agreement

Culture Minister Shaikha Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifa, right, after the agreement signing ceremony

An agreement was signed on Saturday between the Culture Ministry in Bahrain and the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg in Russia, in line with the Kingdom’s keen interest to enhance cultural exchange with other countries.   Culture Minister Shaikha [...]

May 6th, 2012 | Posted in Bahrain News | Read More »

GCC continues to co-operate in telecom sector

GCC Telecom Meeting in progress in Manama

The delegations participating in the GCC Technical Telecommunications’ meeting stressed the need to continue holding coordinating meetings between the member states to discuss the mutual interactions between them on the cell-phone networks.   During the meeting which is held at [...]

May 6th, 2012 | Posted in Bahrain News,Telecom | Read More »

VIVA Bahrain wins ‘growth story of the year’ award

Ulaiyan M. Al Wetaid, VIVA Bahrain CEO, right, receiving the award

Leading telecom operator, VIVA Bahrain was awarded the prestigious “Growth Story of the Year” at the TMT Finance Middle East 2012 Awards in Dubai for its outstanding achievements during 2011.   Organized as part of the 6th Annual TMT Finance [...]

May 6th, 2012 | Posted in Bahrain News | Read More »

BJA AGM adjourns for want of quorum

Members of Bahrain Journalists' Association after the AGM on Saturday

The annual general assembly of the Bahrain Journalists’ Association (BJA) have been adjourned on Saturday, till May 19th, for want of quorum, the BJA in a statement said. The BJA in a statement confirmed that during its Ordinary General Assembly, [...]

May 5th, 2012 | Posted in Bahrain News | Read More »

IFEX is welcome to visit Bahrain

Ministry of Social Development logo

The Ministry of Human Rights and Social Development in a statement assured that it had entertained the requests of more than 10 international NGOs to visit Bahrain and would continue to do so in future as well.   The Ministry [...]

May 5th, 2012 | Posted in Bahrain News | Read More »

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