Year: 2005

BIC hosts first FIA Drag Racing Commission in the Middle East

The Bahrain International Circuit hosted today (May 21) the first annual FIA Drag Racing Commission meeting in the Middle East. The 11 member meeting discussed the rules and regulations of the FIA European Drag Championship and other issues on the table including modification of drag racing rules. “It was a fruitful meeting. The meeting was …

Defining the Future

Bahrain was the venue for a major conference on Islamic banking this week, with some startling figures on the sector’s growth on the agenda, along with news of the establishment of a giant new lender. The two-day event, the first International Islamic Financial Markets Conference (IIFMC), was held under the patronage of the governor of …