Arabic News Weekly Edition for Bahrain, 2/3/2003
Weekly Edition, Bahrain - Week of February 3, 2003
- Bahrain's parliament rejects the government's request to borrow from world markets
Members of the Bahrain's parliament have rejected to approve borrowing 500 million dollars by issuing state payment order in the world market. Bahrain, Politics, 2/7/2003 - King Mohammed VI Meets King of Bahrain Morocco-Bahrain, Politics, 2/7/2003
- Gulf Daily News: Bahrain marks a first in open government; transparent bidding
Gulf Daily News reported today that "tenders submitted by 22 contractors for four government projects were opened in public for the first time yesterday. Contractors and suppliers who bid for the jobs, as well as the Press, watched as sealed boxes were opened at the Bahrain International Exhibition Centre." Bahrain, Politics, 2/6/2003 - Bahrain's king visits in Morocco Morocco-Bahrain, Politics, 2/6/2003
- Gulf Daily News: Parties to be part of Bahrain's political life
Bahrain's king, Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, urged leaders of Bahrain's political societies during an audience at Al Safriya Palace "to submit their demands to the Shura Council and Parliament for discussion and eventual approval," the Gulf Daily News reported last week. Bahrain, Politics, 2/4/2003