NEWS
Politics
HRH Premier praises cooperation between executive, legislative branches
His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa received at Gudaibi...
July 29th, 2019
HRH Premier receives Sri Lankan ambassador
His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa received at Gudaibi...
July 29th, 2019
Economics
Bahrain to host social work conference
The second International Conference for Social Work Excellence will be held on November 5-...
July 7th, 2019
Bahrain’s Dilmun Burial Mounds inscribed on World Heritage List
The UNESCO World Heritage Committee has inscribed Bahrain’s Dilmun Burial Mounds on the Wo...
July 7th, 2019
Industry
NBB, Benefit in deal to offer direct debit solution
National Bank of Bahrain (NBB) has announced the signing of an MoU with Benefit Company to...
July 29th, 2019
Gulf Air adds extra flights for upcoming hajj season
Gulf Air, the national carrier of Bahrain, has announced that it will add 38 extra flights...
July 29th, 2019
Markets
Bahrain Bourse daily trading performance
Bahrain All Share Index has closed at 1,527.68 points marking an increase of 4.97 points a...
July 29th, 2019
Bahrain Bourse daily trading performance
Bahrain All Share Index has closed at 1,475.62 points marking an increase of 4.59 points a...
July 2nd, 2019
ANALYSIS
Politics
ANALYSIS: Debunking Iran’s claim of ‘advisory roles’ in Middle East wars
Mohammad Ali Jafari, commander of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), has acknowledg...
December 17th, 2017
Economics
Bahrain leads GCC in income, infrastructure: BCG
Bahrain performs particularly better than its GCC peers in the dimensions of income and em...
August 15th, 2018
Industry
GCC luxury e-commerce to reach $1.5bn in 2021, says research
E-commerce sales will account for $1.5 billion of the Gulf’s high-end luxury segment withi...
May 15th, 2017
Markets
GCC bourses await new liquidity to recover – Analysts
The GCC stock markets need the entry of new liquidity on Monday to be able to break above ...
August 8th, 2017
ECONOMY
Bahrain: Economy February 2019
Bahrain maintains growth albeit at slower pace The Bahraini economy posted its second successive quarter of growth following a contraction in the opening quarter of 2018. Bahrain’s headline real growth…
RISK
Bahrain: Risk February 2019
Bahrain’s move to become a high tech nancial hub could be undermined by concerns over its external nancing position, a more hardline authoritarian streak, and diplomatic rift with Qatar. •…
INDUSTRY
Bahrain: Telecommunications & IT September 2018
Bahrain’s telecommunications market is highly saturated. With a population of just 1.4 million people as of 2015, the country has the same number of mobile operators as much larger markets…
FDI
MENA FDI July 2017
Even by the tumultuous standards of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, the past few years have been remarkably violent and destructive. The Syrian and Libyan economies have…
SME
MENA Small and Medium Enterprises September 2017
Over the past several decades, the MENA region has realised the growing importance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in economic development and diversification, job creation, reducing unemployment, raising incomes,…
