30 November 2020
Kuwait government has been urged to extend residency permits of engineers for three months. The Call has been launched by Federation of Kuwaiti Engineering Offices.
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30 November 2020
Kuwait is poised to fix up labour market rules due to pandemic. One of the expected decisions is assessing employers’ needs of expat and national workers.
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30 November 2020
UN: Kuwait has a long way to go to reduce its heavy dependency on oil revenue, but still, Kuwait has a huge potential to attract foreign investment.
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27 November 2020
Abu Dhabi's food giant Agthia is buying up Kuwaiti bakery chain - Al Faysal Bakery and Sweets.
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24 November 2020
Expats working in Ministry of Education will be terminated and will be replaced with Kuwaitis.
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24 November 2020
Kuwait Gulf Oil Company has asked the government to delay a key road project for 18 months to complete new oil pipeline protection plans.
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21 November 2020
Around 80,000 domestic workers will return to Kuwait. They have to undergo stringent health measures before and after arrival.
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21 November 2020
Kuwaitis travelling abroad are advised to get health insurance. It should include coverage for the treatment of coronavirus.
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13 November 2020
Kuwait International Airport will commence 24-hour operation from November 17. Proposal for institutional quarantine for those returning from ‘banned countries’
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13 November 2020
Almost 2 lakh expats entered Kuwait in two months despite government pledges to stem the foreign workers’ flow.
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10 November 2020
Kuwaiti Ministry of Interior will allow renewal of residencies for visa violators. Many non-Kuwaitis caught in the web of illegal permit trading
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07 November 2020
The first Jazeera Airways flight landed in Muscat from Kuwait on 2 November, marking the operation of the Kuwaiti low-fare airline’s first direct flight to the Omani capital.
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02 November 2020
Kuwait is estimated to have lost around 100 million Kuwaiti dinars due to the closure of the airport and the ban on 34 countries.
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30 October 2020
Kuwait has banned import of poultry from Kazakhstan, Mauritania and Senegal. This ban is due to spread of bird flu and Rift Valley disease.
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25 October 2020
Kuwait Airways will resume flights to Saudi Arabia from October 25.
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21 October 2020
The Joint Committee at the Public Authority for Manpower cracks down on illegal markets and shops. Over 70 expats violate municipality rules and set up unlicensed shops.
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18 October 2020
Representatives of Parliament and government discuss demographic imbalance bill in a meeting held this week by the parliamentary Human Resources Development Committee.
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18 October 2020
Kuwait Municipality has proposed service based contracts for expats, which is part of a governmental job replacement policy.
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30 September 2020
Indians are advised to apply for passports ‘well in advance’, Indian embassy has said.
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16 September 2020
Kuwait’s only and most comprehensive event on Maritime has been postponed. The Kuwait Maritime Summit will be now held on September 16– 17 september 2020.
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15 September 2020
Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait (BBK) is set to take over Ithmaar Bank’s Bahrain operations. The Deal also extends to acquiring certain assets of IB Capital, owned by Ithmaar.
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15 September 2020
Kuwait has suspended all types of new visas. More than 400,000 expats with valid residence permits stranded outside Kuwait.
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09 September 2020
Kuwait Expat quota bill was discussed in the parliament. They will not target number of expats but number of jobs held by them.
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09 September 2020
The demographic imbalance has been a hot topic in Kuwait National Assembly as various MPs have put forth proposals to address the issue.
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06 September 2020
There are no signs that Kuwait will soon end a ban on flights from countries exporting domestic workers.
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