The labour law amendments will allow private sector workers to take more days of holiday
There was no word on the outcome of the talks
Kuwait’s emir Sheikh Sabah is acting as a mediator between Doha and other GCC states including Saudi, UAE and Bahrain
Sheikh Al-Sabah told his Qatari counterpart that he hoped he would give a chance to efforts aimed at “containing tension in brotherly relations among brothers”
The country has been considering an IPO of its stock market for years, but political infighting and entrenched bureaucracy have held up the process
The measure could affect tens of thousands of expats in administrative roles in the private sector
The loan is the largest ever ECA-backed corporate facility
The settlement relates to accusations of overcharging the government in contracts held during the US invasion and occupation of Iraq
The profit forecast is despite losses at a number of KPC units
South Jahra Labour City will house 20,000 low-income workers when completed
The safety inspectors say the nature of their work means they should not have to use the system
The terminal will have the capacity to handle 25 million passengers per year
Mohammad Al Hashel said the negative impact of a remittance tax was greater than any income benefits
Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah was alleged to be a co-conspirator of Guam football chief Richard Lai, who pleaded guilty to taking $1m in bribes
Musallam al-Barrak was freed on Friday after serving a two-year prison sentence for insulting the country’s ruler
OPEC sources said an internal assessment was that if they failed to extend the agreement, oil could slide back to $30-$40 a barrel
The investigation was said to follow the arrest of a Kuwaiti man in the Philippines
The project will be 35 per cent financed by the two partners
Kuwait was the third weakest market in terms of pay rises
Fahad al-Rajaan was convicted at home of corruption and embezzling public money
Safaa Al Hashem said traffic congestion needed to be addressed before issuing new licences to foreigners
Kuwait needs 120,000 barrels per day of fuel oil in the summer
The new higher rates do not apply to citizens
At its peak the facility produced around 200,000 barrels of oil per day
Electricity and water minister Essam Al-Marzouq has expressed alarm at rising consumption in the country, according to reports
Oil producers agreed in December to cut their combined output by almost 1.8 million bpd in the first half of the year
Heavy rain caused chaos in Kuwait over the weekend
Applications will now be accepted until a date in the second quarter
Mohammad Al-Ansari said the government had failed to reduce congestion in the country
The country’s ministry of information has asked for additional cuts to the film