With the opening of a key IT ministers’ summit in Manama this week, these are exciting times for the information and telecoms sectors in Bahrain. A string of new deals has recently been announced, along with the launching of a new telecoms company, heightening competition in the small Gulf state. The third Asian IT ministers’ …
May you live in interesting times, they said. They should come to Bahrain to see, feel, taste and live these times, no other time can possibly be more interesting! What confusion? what diatribe? what conflict? what emotion? what conspiracies? what double-crossing? what finger-pointing? what fights! We have had and are having all of these on …
Ferrari will give their new F2005 car its debut at next week’s Bahrain Grand Prix – two races ahead of schedule. The Formula One champions announced the decision after Michael Schumacher drove the car for the first time at the Mugello circuit on Wednesday. Ferrari are struggling after Renault won the first two races of …
The Bahrain International Circuit has been nominated as the venue for the first World Final of Formula BMW. In December drivers from the four regional Formula BMW series (Germany, Britain, Asia, USA) will compete against each other for the first time. The best of the talented junior drivers can look forward to a total purse …
Students and staff were sent home this morning after the Bahrain Bayan School received a definite bomb threat. Al-Jazeera has reported that the Bahrain security forces have found and defused one bomb at the school. No further information is available at the moment.