Arabic News Weekly Edition for Bahrain, 5/6/2002
Weekly Edition, Bahrain - Week of May 6, 2002
- Bahrain: municipal elections are a test for political reforms
Bahraini citizens head today ( Thursday) for the first time since 23 years to select members of the municipal council in elections viewed as a test for democratic reforms in Bahrain. Bahrain, Politics, 5/9/2002 - Banks and individuals demand Fleifal of $ 64 million
An official source at Bahrain's Monetary establishment "the Central Bank" said that the volume of debts -- on the fleeing military colonel Adel Fleifal -- from several banks working in Bahrain reached 12 million Bahraini dinars ( USD 31 million), according to the Bahraini Gulf news daily in its Wednesday's issue. Bahrain, Local, 5/9/2002 - Difficult battle faces Bahraini women candidates for municipal elections
The citizens of Bahrain head tomorrow to the voting ballots to choose members of five municipal councils in elections, both the ruling authority and the opposition, alike want to provide a success, in preparations for the legislative elections which will be organized in October to reactivate the parliament which was dissolved 27 years ago. Bahrain, Politics, 5/8/2002 - Bahrain chases after an escaped naval officer
The Kingdom of Bahrain has asked the Interpol ( International Police) to help in chasing an officer at the Bahraini ministery of the interior who fled from the country just after the beginning of an investigation into his financial records. Bahrain, Local, 5/6/2002