However, Bahrain’s score fell while the UAE’s rose on the 2015 Index of Economic Freedom, released by Heritage Foundation and Wall Street Journal.
A list published on the agency’s website included names of well-known Sunni and Shi’ite Muslim families.
The price will rise 25 cents on April 1 each year until it reaches $4 per mmBtu by April 1, 2021.
The deal is Investcorp’s second acquisition in Spain after its purchase of ceramics products maker Grupo Esmalglass-Itaca in 2012
Appearing in court, Salman denied all charges and said he had been calling for reforms in Bahrain through legal means.
The offering by the bank will have a lifespan of between five and seven years.
Under new rules, set to be unveiled in February, it is proposed that rent increases will only allowed at contract renewal.
The fund holds stakes in Bahraini companies including Aluminium Bahrain, Gulf Air and Batelco.
Rajab took a leading role in Shi’ite-led demonstrations in Bahrain in 2011 that demanded reforms.
Sheikh Ali Salman is facing four charges including promoting regime change by force, his defence lawyer said.
In Dubai on Sunday, the shares soared their 15 per cent daily limit to Dhs0.35 in their heaviest trading since mid-December.
The discontent among Bahrain’s Shi’ite masses has worsened since the arrest of Sheikh Ali Salman, a Shi’ite Muslim cleric.
The proposed expansion would boost the capacity of the Sitra refinery by 100,000 barrels per day, BAPCO’s CEO said.
The price of natural gas sold to industrial users will be unified and raised gradually from April 1, BNA said.
The new system is part of efforts by the central bank and the bourse to develop Bahrain’s capital markets and increase their contribution to economic development
The investment firm sold the development rights to a plot of land measuring 3.66 million sqm in Qatar’s Lusail City
A witness said that protest marches turned violent, with dozens of young men throwing petrol bombs at security forces who fired bird shot and tear gas back.
The witnesses said protest marches in Sheikh Salman’s district of the capital, turned violent, with security forces firing bird-shot and tear gas at the demonstrators.
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Sheikh Ali Salman, head of the al-Wefaq Islamic Society, was arrested after leading a protest rally against elections.
Signed just before the end of 2014, the loan is structured as a revolving credit facility.
The U.S. State Department expressed concern over the detention of a senior opposition leader on Wednesday, saying it would further inflame tensions in the country.
The U.S. State Department said that it was concerned that an arrest of such a senior leader could inflame tensions in the country.
Sheikh Ali Salman, head of the al-Wefaq Islamic Society, was arrested on Sunday after leading a protest rally against last month’s elections.
The verdict was announced by the chief prosecutor of terrorist crimes who said that the three were among 12 people charged with a bomb attack in February that killed the policeman.
A lawyer who represents al-Wefaq said the charges against him include incitement against the government, calling for its overthrow by by force and inciting the youth to revolt.
The officials did not specify the nature of violation that occurred during the rally.
Fitch Ratings downgraded Bahrain’s credit outlook last week to negative, saying the fall in oil exacerbated an already challenging fiscal situation.
The move will boost the GCC’s tourism industry, helping sectors such as aviation and hospitality.
The bomb explosion occurred in Bani Jamra, a Shi’ite village northwest of the capital Manama.