Arabic News Weekly Edition for Kuwait, 7/7/1997
Weekly Edition, Kuwait - Week of July 7, 1997
- Kuwait fund okays loan for key Bosnian projects
Kuwait signed an initial agreement with the Bosnian government to finance a number of infrastructureal and development projects in the war-devastated southern Bosnian city of Mostar. Kuwait, Economics, 7/11/1997 - Kuwait to the Kuwaitis: get a job
It is important to provide as many as 10,000 job opportunities by the year 2002, a Kuwaiti parliamentarian was reported by a local Arabic daily as saying. Kuwait, Economics, 7/11/1997 - Police arrest heroin dealer in Kuwait
Drug-sniffer dogs enabled police to detect a quantity of heroin wrapped in nylon folds and kept in envelopes by a man, to mislead policemen into believing that they were just letters received by mail. Kuwait, Local, 7/11/1997 - Kuwait investors to set up 130 million US dollar firm
A group of Kuwaiti banks and other investors are setting up a firm with capital of 130 million US dollars to target investments in gulf utilities and the downstream oil sector, a founder said today. Kuwait, Business, 7/11/1997 - Total signs Kuwait oil contract
France's Total signed a deal to provide technical assistance to state-owned Kuwait Oil (KOC) on oil-fields shared with Saudi Arabia, a KOC official said. Kuwait, Business, 7/10/1997 - Kuwait, Jordan move closer as flights resume
Jordan and Kuwait resumed direct air flights on July 9 for the first time since Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait, in the latest move towards normalizing their relations. Kuwait-Jordan, Politics, 7/10/1997 - Kuwait, Yemen healing broken ties
A Kuwaiti delegation including two former ministers arrived in Yemen on July 7, in a sign of improving ties with Arab states accused of siding with Iraq after the 1990 invasion. Yemen-Kuwait, Politics, 7/8/1997 - Kuwaiti finance minister ready to face parliament questioning
Kuwaiti finance minister Nasser Al Rawdhan was quoted on July 7 as saying he was ready for questioning by three parliament deputies who have accused him of wasting public money. Kuwait, Local, 7/8/1997