4,000 historic stamps on show at new Bahrain museumA new postal museum has officially opened its doors inside the old Manama Post Office building near Bab Al Bahrain. Featuring stamps that are more than 100 years old, the Postal Department: History and Documentation Museum also showcases envel More… |
Historic Arad site on offer to investorsA popular historical site on the Muharraq seafront will be opened up to investors. The Muharraq Municipal Council yesterday decided to offer the Arad walkway, near Arad Fort, to investors to open restaurants and cafés, said a report in More… |
Call to bulldoze ‘not developed’ historic sites in BahrainEfforts are underway to bulldoze historic sites in an area in Bahrain known for its links to ancient civilisations, based on complaints that they have not been developed for tourism. Municipal councillors in the Northern Governora More… |
Kingdom inks $200m hotel stake sale dealKingdom Holding Company (KHC), the investment firm chaired by Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud, said it has completed the sale of its key stake in the historic Fairmont San Francisco Hotel for about $200 millio More… |
Bahrain celebrates historic UK tiesBahrain's historic UK ties were underlined yesterday as His Majesty King Hamad attended celebrations to mark Queen Elizabeth's diamond jubilee. He was accompanied by wife, Her Royal Highness Princess Sabeeka bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa More… |
Historic Facebook debut falls flatThe historic initial public offering of Facebook did not go as planned on Friday, as the social networking company's sky-high valuation combined with trading glitches left the stock languishing near its offering price at the market close. More… |
UK isolated as EU secures historic treaty dealEurope has secured a historic agreement to draft a new treaty for deeper economic integration in the euro zone, but Britain, the region's third largest economy, refused to join the other 26 countries in a fiscal union and was isolated. More… |
Etihad delivers historic Berlin manuscriptsUAE national carrier Etihad Airways has successfully carried more than 100 historic manuscripts from Berlin’s State Library (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin) to the National Library of Australia (NLA) in Canberra. The treasures, which span 1,00 More… |
McAslan to restore Doha historic buildingsQatar’s Msheireb Properties has appointed John McAslan + Partners (JMP) to oversee the restoration and preservation of four historical buildings in the Msheireb Downtown development in Doha. The restoration and preservation of these proper More… |
Dow chief celebrates historic Kuwait partnershipThe Dow Chemical Company recently commemorated its historic partnership with Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC) of Kuwait at the inauguration of the Greater Equate facility. The facility is an expansion of Dow and PIC’s successful 15-y More… |