The Information & eGovernment Authority (iGA) on behalf of the Bahrain Government renewed its partnership with Microsoft to implement a number of initiatives within the ‘Cloud First’ Policy, an initiative designed to accelerate digital transformation across the kingdom and deliver economic prosperity through Vision 2030.

“The Kingdom of Bahrain has prioritised the development of its ICT sector at the national level since the"...

AMMAN — There are no alternatives to the two-state solution for the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission Federica Mogherini said on Tuesday.

The minister and Mogherini stressed that no economic proposal can replace a prospective solution founded on the basis of the two-state solution, according to a Foreign"...

The President of the Civil Service Bureau, Mr. Ahmed Bin Zayed Al-Zayed confirmed that the Administrative Control Directorate in the Civil Service Bureau played a critical role in ensuring the commitment of government entities in applying the civil service law and its executive regulations, and the civil service regulations, while ensuring justice, equality and equal opportunities among all employees since its establishment under Decree No. (31) of 2009. The Administrative Control Directorate also plays an important role in"...

The Ministerial Committee for Legal and Legislative Affairs held its regular meeting chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Jawad bin Salem Al Arrayed in presence of committee members.

The committee considered the topics and memoranda on its agenda including draft laws and edicts and prepared to submit its recommendations to the Cabinet for further consideration and taking the necessary"...

The General Council for Islamic Banks and Financial Institutions, the global umbrella of Islamic financial institutions, launched this morning a Technical Workshop on “Stress Testing for Islamic Financial Institutions (IFIs)”. CIBAFI Technical Workshop is being held in Istanbul, Turkey and is kindly hosted by the Istanbul School of Central Banking of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey.

Mrs. Zainab Al Owainaty, Director of Administration"...

Electoral commissions have the delicate task of maintaining reliable and correct electoral registers as part of the execution of the election. To help ensure secure and accurate voter verification before issuing ballot slips, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) in the Philippines has appointed Gemalto, a Thales company, and Nextix as technology partners to develop, deploy and support the Biometric Voter Verification System for the 2019 Philippines National and Local Election. The aim is to automate the verification of voters"...

Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) today announces that it is leading an over $500 million equity financing in SoFi, a mobile-first personal finance company, alongside existing investors and SoFi CEO, Anthony Noto.

SoFi plans to use the funds to continue to invest in its rapid rate of innovation and growth, fulfilling its mission to help SoFi members achieve financial independence to realize their ambitions. The investment round values SoFi at $4.3"...

Manama, May 30 (BNA): The Government of Bahrain today announced that the State Budget 2019-20 has been passed into law, demonstrating that the Kingdom is committed to realising the aims of the Fiscal Balance Program and paving the way for strong growth and further fiscal consolidation.

Updated forecasts included within the budget demonstrate the government’s deficit"...

The National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR) has launched the NIHR Fellowship Program for university students, academicians, human rights proponents.

NIHR Secretary-General Yasser Ghanim Shaheen said the programme will provide the necessary material for independent researchers on legal and human rights and will establish academic cooperation to conduct research that will tremendously contribute in boosting the culture of human rights in Bahrain.