Life in Bahrain is not impressed with a new increase in housing lending – as real estate prices in Bahrain hit the ceiling – and announces that he has found a job abroad and is leaving the country ...

Although Bahrain has a number of universities, both government and private, many Bahrainis have the opportunity to go abroad to pursue undergraduate and postgraduate studies, often by means of ...

Rights groups warn Bahrain’s draft press law could lead to censorship and legal harassment of journalists and online creators through strict licensing and harsh penalties.

The past year has been difficult for some of Bahrain’s leading banks. Both Gulf International Bank and Arab Banking Corporation fell victim to the US sub-prime crisis: GIB undertook a $966 million ...

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The Central Bank of Bahrain announced today that the Bahrain insurance market posted its strongest-ever annual growth during 2008, with gross premiums surging by 34% over 2007 to register BD183.3 ...

Middle Eastern carrier Gulf Air has ordered 20 Airbus A330-300 and 15 A320-family aircraft in the second stage of a fleet-renewal programme. The Bahrain-based carrier, which revealed the order at the ...

MANAMA, Bahrain (September 25, 2008) – Bahrain’s national carrier Gulf Air has, with other leading airlines, Boeing and Honeywell’s UOP, a refining technology developer, established a group whos ...