Few people can claim to have done as much for empowering women in Bahrain as the wife of King Hamad, Her Royal Highness Princess Sabeeka…

After marathon negotiations and complex rivalries, the composition and leadership of all the Parliament committees has finally been decided - a month into the new…

For much of the first half of the twentieth century Bahrain had no daily newspaper. The weekly “Bahrain newspaper” started appearing during the 1940s. The…

12 – 18 November 2015 Parliament set itself on a collision course with ministers this week after passing a law stipulating that government debt could…

Summary A year after the November 2014 elections ushered in a Parliament dominated by independent MPs, political blocs are beginning to emerge. During October 2015,…

4-11 November 2015 MPs have come in for some criticism and ridicule in the media and social media over the past week. Several media commentaries…

The Financial Audit Bureau recently released its annual report which addresses the performance of the Bahraini Government, including cases of corruption and negligence within Government…

 Each year, the Financial Audit Bureau report highlights the performance of all government departments and singles out all instances of mismanagement, wastage of funds and…

30 October – 4 November 2015 During the weekly Parliament session MPs voted in support of an urgent proposal to increase meat subsidy compensation payments,…

In the years after the First World War, as global demand for oil increased rapidly, there was tough competition to discover new sources of oil.…