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Kuwait to start applying VAT in six months

.KUWAIT: Al-Aiban and Ossaimi partner and tax advisory service agent at Ernst and Young (EY) Alok Chugh said Kuwait will start preparing to impose value added tax (VAT) within six months at most, and EY is currently in talks with the finance ministry to provide consultancy services for the project.Speaking on the sidelines of a seminar organized by the Investment Studies Institute (ISI) in collaboration with EY about VAT, Chugh explained that EY...

KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the Cabinet’s weekly meeting yesterday. —KUNA

Cabinet urges state departments to adjust their fiscal position

Ministers condemn Houthis' targeting of Makkah KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the Cabinet’s weekly meeting yesterday. —KUNAKUWAIT: The Cabinet reviewed the State Audit Bureaus' report of the second half of the fiscal year 2015/2016, and urged all state institutions to adjust their fiscal position and heed auditors' comments and recommendations.The Cabinet also discussed the fifth annual...

Sweets shops vie to lure voters

.KUWAIT: Hospitality shops are competing during the election campaigns to record a significant presence in the electoral headquarters of the candidates for the parliamentary elections slated for November 26 by offering delicious food, besides hot and cold drinks as well as various Eastern and Western sweets to voters.Tea and coffee have always been present in all election headquarters, however, chocolates and desserts are starting to compete...

KUWAIT: Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) members meet with the Portuguese economic delegation. — KUNA

KCCI invites Portuguese companies to join development projects

KUWAIT: Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) members meet with the Portuguese economic delegation. — KUNAKUWAIT: The Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) has invited Portuguese companies to contribute to Kuwait development projects, executed through the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) system. Speaking during his reception of Portuguese economic delegation on Monday, headed by Secretary General of the Arab-Portuguese...

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Disabled citizens' allowances not suspended: official

KUWAIT: Director of the Public Authority for the Disabled Dr Shafiqa Al-Awadhi strongly denied intentions to suspend allowances given to disabled citizens and stressed that the opposite was true and that the authority is working on expanding the benefits the disabled get through contacts with various state bodies and training them to become effective in building Kuwait. Speaking on the sidelines of explaining the reassessment process in progress...

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (center), His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (left) and Sheikha Moza bint Nasser of Qatar attend the event.

Center embodies Amir's support of cultural boom: Info Minister

Amir thanks officials for finishing project in record time His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (center), His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (left) and Sheikha Moza bint Nasser of Qatar attend the event.KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir's patronage of the opening of the Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Cultural Center is a testament to his unbridled support of national culture and arts, Minister of...

Man dead in Sabhan road accident

.KUWAIT: A man died in an accident reported yesterday morning on the inner Sabhan road. Firemen from the Sabhan Fire Station responded to an emergency call reporting that a vehicle caught fire following an accident and the driver was trapped inside. The victim was pronounced dead and his body was taken to the coroner after firefighters tackled the blaze, Kuwait Fire Service Directorate said in a statement. An investigation was opened to...

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Jewelry thieves arrested

KUWAIT: Four persons robbed a jewelry store around two months ago, stealing valuables worth KD 8,500. The four burgled the same store again, but when they were leaving, police spotted them, chased them and arrested them. The four, all Jordanians, had $4,500 and KD2,260 in cash. They were sent to criminal detectives.Expat muggedMeanwhile, Ahmadi detectives are looking for five unidentified persons who robbed an expat from Ivory Coast. The victim...

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Happenings at Shaheed Park

A single visit to Al-Shaheed (Martyr) Park will give a clear idea about Kuwaiti youth. This lovely place has become a venue where young Kuwaitis of both genders meet for lectures, sports, music, awareness workshops, seminars and school and university visits. It is absolutely a cultural spot in the middle of Kuwait City that is more like a dream for every human being on earth. It is a place where one can breathe clean air, watch the most beautiful...

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UAE jails seven for links to Hezbollah

ABU DHABI: A top Emirati court yesterday sentenced seven people to up to life in prison after convicting them of forming a cell linked to Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah movement, state media said. One Emirati national and two Lebanese men were given life sentences, while an Iraqi and another Lebanese man were jailed for 15 years each, according to state news agency WAM. An Egyptian woman and another Emirati man were each jailed for 10 years, it...

BEIRUT: Lebanese President Michel Aoun poses with the presidential medal at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of the capital, yesterday. - AFP

2-year vacuum ends as Michel Aoun elected Lebanon president

Amir sends congratulations BEIRUT: Lebanese President Michel Aoun poses with the presidential medal at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of the capital, yesterday. - AFPBEIRUT: Lebanese lawmakers ended a two-year political vacuum yesterday by electing as president ex-army chief Michel Aoun, who promised to protect the country from spillover from the war in Syria. The deeply divided parliament took four rounds of voting to elect 81-year-old...

HODEIDAH, Yemen: Yemenis recover the body of a man at a detention centre hit by Saudi-led coalition air strikes in Al-Zaidia district of the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah. — AFP

War pushes Yemen to partition

Gulf Arabs support southern forces, oppose split HODEIDAH, Yemen: Yemenis recover the body of a man at a detention centre hit by Saudi-led coalition air strikes in Al-Zaidia district of the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah. — AFPDUBAI: Yemen has endured thousands of air strikes and the deaths of more than 10,000 people in a 19-month war that has also unleashed hunger on the desperately poor country - but its biggest challenge may be yet to come....

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KUWAIT: Kuwaitis walk inside the Avenues Mall, the country’s largest shopping centre. The Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI) issued the latest detailed statistics on population and employment at the end of June 2024. The data shows that total population in Kuwait reached 4.919 million people. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Kuwait population hits 4.919 million