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  • Bahrain Needs to Set Oil Price Barrel at 94$ to Achieve Fiscal Balance
    2020-05-28

    In its latest report on the effects of the Coronavirus epidemic on the economies of the Gulf States, the World Credit Rating Agency Fitch said that Bahrain will need the oil price barrel to be $94 to reach the point of fiscal balance.

  • Bahrain Allows Foreign Partner to Engage in BMP-Related Activities
    2020-05-21

    The Bahraini Cabinet agreed in its session on Monday to allow "TTSJV", with 68% foreign-owned capital, to engage in the "service activities related to water transport - management and operation of public and private ports" to serve the Bapco Modernization Program (BMP).

  • Bahrain Bourse Lists Government Treasury Bills worth 70 Million BD
    2020-05-14

    Bahrain Bourse announced that 70 million dinars government treasury bills ($186.5 million) will be listed for three months.

  • Junk-Rated Bahrain to Brave Markets with Dollar Bond Issues
    2020-05-08

    Bahrain has hired banks for a potential dual-tranche dollar bond issue, banking sources said, as the junk-rated Gulf oil producer seeks to raise cash amid the new coronavirus outbreak and historically low oil prices.

  • Bahrain Sells $2 bln in Dual-Tranche Bonds with over $11 bln Demand : Document
    2020-05-08

    Bahrain sold $2 billion in a dual-tranche bond issuance comprising 4-1/2-year sukuk, or Islamic bonds, and 10-year conventional bonds, a document showed on Thursday.

  • Rasheed Al-Maraj Re-Appointed as CBB Governor
    2020-05-06

    King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa renewed the appointment of Rasheed Mohamed Al-Maraj as the Governor of Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) for five years, Bahrain News Agency reported.

  • Bailed-out Bahrain may Need more Gulf Support as soon as this Year
    2020-05-05

    Bahrain may need more financial aid from fellow Gulf Arab states as soon as this year but its wealthier neighbours could themselves be hamstrung by low oil prices and the economic impact of the new coronavirus, bankers and analysts said.

  • Bahrain Asks Gulf States to Move Closer Date for Planned Aid Package
    2020-04-21

    Sources in the Ministry of Finance and National Economy said that Bahrain has asked the Gulf States to move closer date for planned aid package as part of the financial balance program.

  • Bahrain Raised $1 billion Loan to Repay Bond Last Month: Sources
    2020-04-20

    Bahrain secured a loan of about $1 billion to repay a bond that was due at the end of March, three sources familiar with the matter said, after the Gulf state suspended plans to issue international debt due to bad market conditions.

  • Gulf States Approve Kuwait's Proposal to Create Unified Food Security Network
    2020-04-16

    The Gulf Cooperation Council's (GCC) six Arab monarchies have approved Kuwait's proposal for a common network for food supply safety.

  • Bahrain Deficit to Reach 8% of GDP, Gulf States Budgets Deficit Touches 267 Billion
    2020-04-14

    A recent report by "Arqaam Capital" predicted that the economies of the Gulf States will suffer a significant deficit for 2020 fiscal year, amid major pressures resulting from the sharp fall in oil prices and consequences of the Coronavirus outbreak.

  • Standard and Poor's Lowers Batelco's Outlook
    2020-04-03

    Standard and Poor's Global Ratings revised its outlook on Batelco to stable from positive and affirmed its 'B+/B' long- and short-term issuer credit ratings.

  • Bahrain Pays back $1.25bln in Bonds
    2020-04-02

    Bahrain has paid back $1.25 billion in bonds that matured on March 31, the Ministry of Finance and National Economy said on Wednesday.

  • Bahrain in Talks for $1 billion Loan after Bond Plans Suspended
    2020-03-20

    Bahrain is in talks with banks for a loan of about $1 billion after the Gulf state's plans to issue international bonds were suspended due to bad market conditions, sources told Reuters.

  • Bahrain Authorises Finance Minister to Withdraw Funds to Deal with Coronavirus -State TV
    2020-03-18

    Bahrain's cabinet authorised the finance minister on Monday to directly withdraw funds with a 5% ceiling from the public account to deal with emergency measures related to the coronavirus outbreak, state television reported.

  • Bahrain Central Bank Cuts Key Rates by 75 bps
    2020-03-17

    Bahrain's central bank cut its key interest rates by 75 basis points (bps) on Monday, following the U.S. Federal Reserve, which slashed its rates to near zero a day earlier to bolster the economy as the coronavirus epidemic spreads.

  • Bahrain Central Bank Cuts Overnight Lending Rate to 2.45%
    2020-03-14

    Bahrain's central bank cut its overnight lending rate to 2.45% from 4% "in light of the recent global developments," it said in a statement on Thursday.

  • Bahrain Central Bank Prohibits Freezing Accounts after Job Loss
    2020-03-11

    Bahrain's Central Bank banned retail lenders from freezing accounts of customers who lost their jobs or after retirement.

  • Bahrain Central Bank Urges Banks to Ease Debt Terms, Fees due to Coronavirus
    2020-03-06

    Bahrain's central bank on Thursday urged banks and financing companies to consider re-scheduling or granting deferrals on credit installments in light of the coronavirus outbreak, according to a circular seen by Reuters.

  • Bahrain Central Bank Cuts Key Rate by 50 bps
    2020-03-06

    Bahrain's central bank said on Tuesday that it had decided to cut its key policy interest rate on the one-week deposit facility to 1.75% from 2.25%.


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  • Recent Releases in Bahrain: Something Has Changed
  • Return of Repression to Bahrain's Streets with the Crown Prince and Prime Minister's Blessing
  • King's Historic Chance
  • What's the Aim behind Canceling Friday Holiday?
  • S&P Revises Bahrain's Outlook to "Stable" on Fiscal Deficit Worries
  • Haj Sumoud Transferred from Dry Dock Prison to Al-Salmaniya Emergency Department after His Health Deteriorated
  • Bahraini Mumtalakat Buys Saudi McLaren's Stake
  • After Allocating $5 Billion Investment Fund, Is Bahrain Waiting New Saudi Support?
  • Abu Sa'afa Field Revenues Reach One Billion, 33 Million BD, Its Revenues Expected to Increase by 40% this Year
  • Abu Sa'afa Field Revenues Reach One Billion, 33 Million BD, Its Revenues Expected to Increase by 40% this Year
  • Bahrain's Alba Says Europe Wary of ordering Aluminium for Next Year
  • Int’l HR Activists to Bahrain Mirror: Nabeel Rajab’s Sentence Warning to those who Speak against Gov’t, Trajectory of Bahrain under Ruling Family is for Instability not Stability
  • Activists to Bahrain Mirror on UPR: US Stance Surprising, UK's Stance like any Arab Country
  • “Takrooz” Reveals Himself: I’m a State Not a Person, I Don’t Leave a Word Unspoken
  • Rayhana Al-Mosawi Opens Up to Bahrain Mirror about Her Prison Woes: I Was Questioned by Emirati Officers & Stripped by Policewomen
  • Dr. Masoud Jahromi in Interview with Bahrain Mirror: I Waved Goodbye to the One who Deported Me
  • Bahrain Mirror Interviews Mahdi Abu Dheeb: Well-known Journalist, Activist & TV Director Filmed My Forced Confession
  • Bahrain Mirror’s All-Inclusive Interview with Ibrahim Sharif: While Tortured, I Thought of the Popular Front & Abdulrahman al-Nuaimi
  • Appeals Court Upholds 2-Year Jail Verdict against Mohammad Al-Zayani
  • Only 3-Year Prison Term Handed Down to Three Bahrainis who Joined ISIS
  • Bahraini Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison, Charged with Throwing Molotov Cocktail at Police Car
  • Bahrain Court Fines 5 Members of Prisoners' Families 1,000 BD Each for Violating Ban on Gatherings
  • Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Ansari Receives 6-Month Jail Term over Religious Lecture
  • Cassation Court Upholds One-Year Jail Term against Sheikh Abdulmohsen Al-Jamri over Religious Lecture
  • Death Sentence against 3 Asians over Deliberate Murder
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