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  • Bahrain
    Top Shiite cleric leaves Bahrain for treatment in Britain

    A top Shiite cleric and opposition figure in Bahrain has left the island kingdom for medical treatment in Britain.

  • Bahrain
    Bahrain CDS fall from record highs after Saudi, UAE, Kuwait pledge support

    The cost of insuring exposure to Bahrain debt fell on Wednesday from record highs after Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Kuwait said they would support the country financially.

  • Bahrain
    Saudi, Kuwait and UAE to announce measures to support Bahrain’s economy

    Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates will soon announce an integrated programme to support Bahrain’s economic reforms and its fiscal stability, a joint statement from the three Gulf states said on Tuesday.

  • Bahrain-Saudi Causeway
    Record number of passengers on Bahrain-Saudi Causeway

    King Fahd Causeway that links Saudi Arabia with Bahrain has set a new record as about 118,000 people crossed it on Monday, the fourth day of Eid Al-Fitr. This is the highest number of passengers to cross the causeway since its opening three decades ago.

  • Bahrain
    Bahrain court acquits opposition leaders in spying case

    In November, the public prosecutor accused Sheikh Ali Salman, opposition al-Wefaq group secretary general, and Sheikh Hassan Sultan, a former member of the Bahraini parliament for al-Wefaq, of conspiring with Qatari officials to carry out “hostile acts” in the kingdom.

  • Israel in the Region
    Commentary: Bahrain and Israel: Quo Vadis?

    What is less known, however, is that over the past decade Bahrain has consistently called for a comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace.

  • Saudi-Bahrain
    Transport minister confirms Bahrain-Saudi bridge project to cost $4 bln

    In an interview with Al Arabiya on the sidelines of the Gulf Gateway investors conference, Bahrain’s Minister of Transportation and Telecommunications Engineer Kamal bin Ahmed Mohammed revealed that the cost of a new bridge project between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia would cost $4 bln.

  • Bahrain
    Bahrain Shale Oil

    The mid-case estimate for the new resource is 81.5 billion barrels of oil and 13.7 trillion cubic feet of gas in place. Based on US experience, 5-6 percent of this, or exceptionally up to 10 percent, might be recoverable. On this basis, Bahrain would jump ahead of Oman in proved oil reserves.

  • Bahrain Oil Find
    Economics 101: how should Bahrain spend its oil windfall?

    While there remain questions over the precise extraction cost, and the volume of recoverable oil and gas, at this stage, Bahrainis should feel reasonably confident that they will experience a significant windfall in the coming years. How should the government look to spend it?

  • Bahrain
    Bahrain Makes Its Biggest Oil Discovery In History

    Bahrain announced the biggest crude oil discovery in its history that will “dwarf” its current reserves, media reported, citing the tiny kingdom’s official news agency. Details on the size of the reserves will be released later this week.