Manama - BNA
Bahrain dailies issued today focused in their principal headlines on the main local, Arab and international events which happened over the past 24 hours.
The following is a round-up of the main topics:
- Premier issues two edicts restructuring the Minor’s Council and forming the Vocational and Safety Council.
-Crown Prince: Looking forward with utmost optimism to achieving comprehensive security and continuing the growth momentum.
-Mohammed bin Mubarak receives Isa Award for Service to Humanity jury chief and member
- BDF Commander-in-Chief inspects military units.
-Khalid bin Hamad arrives in Grozny and hails joint Bahraini-Chechen ties.
-Electricity and water Affairs Minister briefed about power-saving technologies. -Education Minister: biggest Braille printer in the Middle East provided for blind students in Bahrain.
-Industry and Commerce Minister meets owners of hypermarkets.
-Industry and Commerce Minister meets GCC Secretary-General.
-Industry and Commerce Minister hails innovative youth projects.
-Bahrain signs two financial agreements with Saudi and the UAE
-Saudi, the UAE and Kuwait pump $10 billion to bolster Bahrain’s financial stability.
-Ministerial committee for financial affairs and rationalized spending: the financial plan to balance Government spending and revenues by 2022.
-Ombudsman launches 5th report which shows a decrease in the number of complaints.
-BCCI chairman discusses economic cooperation with Morocco.
-More than 97% verified their data on the voters’ lists on the elections portal.
-British Ambassador to Britain: the exhibition of the Rashid Al-Khalifa reveals Bahrain’s art to the world.
-Supreme Council for Women holds workshop on drafting women-related reports.
-Arab Parliament hails efforts to remove mines.
-Four Turkish soldiers killed and five injured in explosion in the east of the country.
-Washington levels charges against 7 Russian intelligence agents in connection with the international piracy case.
-Massive international relief aid in quake-hit Indonesia.