Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday bestowed upon His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah the "Order of the State of Turkey", the most prestigious decoration awarded to foreign nationals.

Kuwait’s National Cinema Company said Tuesday it would not be bringing the film back to audiences “in tandem with our values and responsibility toward our younger audiences.”

The sources mentioned that the budget for excellent performance bonus is KD 9 million.

The livestock companies that signed a document to suspend import of sheep from some countries have defended their action, saying they are taken aback with severe reactions from the Government, citizens and the media, reports Al-Rai daily.

Consumers will be protected from all practices that are detrimental to their well-being, head of the Consumer Protection Agency (CPA) Bandar Al-Lafi said on Sunday. Al-Lafi made the remarks in joint meeting between the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, local livestock company Al-Mawashi, the Public Authority for Agricultural Affairs & Fish Resources (PAAAFR) and CPA, as requested by His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah.

March 20: Lawyer Mohammad Al-Ansari, representing a group of Kuwait citizens, has filed an administrative case in which he urged concerned authorities to temporarily suspend the validity of all driving licenses of expatriates until Ministry of Interior takes measures to fix the traffic issue in Kuwait.

Al-Mubarakiah market reopened yesterday evening after it was shut down by protesting shop owners and merchants over a rent increase. The merchants reopened their shops after His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah intervened – promising to resolve the issue. The Minister of Commerce and Industry Khaled Al-Rodhan visited the market yesterday to address the shop owners. “The decision (to increase the rent) won’t be applied until we solve the issue.

Owners of stalls and businesses in Souk Mubarakiya at Kuwait City held a six-hour strike from the early hours of Thursday, March 16 to protest against the rent increase of up to 500 percent in some cases. The strike was held after the investment company in charge of running Souk Mubarakiya issued a notice of rent increase.

Informed educational sources disclosed that the ministry is exposed to imminent crisis at the beginning of academic year 2017/2018 having to do with inadequate number of teachers in their various specialties for the schools in remote areas such as Sabah Al-Ahmed and Jaber Al-Ahmed cities.

Lawmakers lashed out at the government yesterday as they debated its annual development program, charging that the plan included repetitive issues that were never implemented. The lawmakers also accused the government of failing to halt widespread corruption which has been on the rise, strongly opposed privatization plans and criticized the government’s failure in creating sufficient jobs for citizens.