Activist on hunger strike
KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti activist sentenced to seven years in prison after he stormed parliament has begun a hunger strike in jail to demand a...
Govt given ultimatum over fuel, fees hikes
MP threatens to grill PM
KUWAIT: The National Assembly's financial and economic affairs committee yesterday gave the government two weeks to provide its views over...
Commerce ministry freezes prices of consumer goods – MPs flatly against new power...
KUWAIT: Minister of Commerce and Industry Youssef Al-Ali yesterday issued a total freeze on consumer prices to prevent any "artificial" hikes as the Assembly...
Public prosecution alerts borders to arrest Dashti upon his return
KUWAIT: The public prosecution issued a directive to all exit borders to execute an arrest warrant issued nearly a week ago for MP Abdul...
Amir, Crown Prince meet top state officials at Seif Palace
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at Seif Palace...
Ministers briefed on Arab ‘Jerusalem summit’ results
Cabinet reviews business environment improvement report
KUWAIT: The Cabinet held its regular session at Bayan Palace yesterday, presided by His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh...
Panel in favor of taxing expat money transfers
KUWAIT: The National Assembly's financial and economic affairs committee yesterday appeared headed to approve proposals to impose taxes on money transfers by expatriates despite...
MP Hayef says government delaying citizenship return
KUWAIT: Islamist opposition MP Mohammad Hayef yesterday charged that the government was deliberately delaying the implementation of an agreement to reinstate the citizenships revoked...
MP lauds sending board members to anticorruption authority
KUWAIT: MP Yousuf Al-Zalzalah said sending some board members of Kuwait Aviation Services Company (KASCO) to the Public Anti-Corruption Authority by the communications minister...
Two MPs plan to grill info minister
KUWAIT: The National Assembly's acting speaker refused to receive a request by opposition MPs Abdulkarim Al-Kandari and Riyadh Al-Adasani on Thursday to grill the...
MPs to amend ‘bad reputation’ laws
KUWAIT: MP Adel Al-Damkhi said the current parliament had succeeded in monitoring and is now eyeing to legislation through amending what he described as...
Cabinet OKs citizenship revocation panel
KUWAIT: The Cabinet has consented to a decree forming an ad hoc committee entrusted with looking into Kuwaiti citizenship abrogation cases. The move was...
