Posts Tagged ‘Central Bank of Kuwait’

KUWAIT: Kuwait Radio has finally regained 27 boxes of its archival tapes from Iraq, the country’s Ministry of Information said. Kuwait’s radio archives were stolen by Saddam Hussein’s regime during the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990. (more…)

Expected Council Action
The funding for the activities of the High-level Coordinator who advises the Council on the Iraq-Kuwait missing persons and property issue, is due to expire in mid-June. The Council is expected to receive a report on the issue, pursuant to paragraph 14 ofresolution 1284, and a briefing in consultations by the coordinator, Gennady Tarasov. The Council is likely to issue a press statement on the coordinator’s activities and supporting the extension of the coordinator’s funding.

The Council is also expecting the second report of the Secretary-General, pursuant to paragraph 6 of resolution 1956, on the post-Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) mechanism. At press time it was not clear if the Council would consider the report in June.

The mandate of the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) expires on 28 July.

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Sunday, May 20 / May 2012 18:49

Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said that Iraq’s desire to fulfill its obligations and the hard work and bilateral cooperation with the State of Kuwait all the way to end the mandate of the International Coordinator in preparation for the withdrawal of Iraq from the provisions of Chapter VII. (more…)

Thursday, 26 April 2012

Baghdad (AIN) –The Iraqi Foreign Affairs Ministry handed the State of Kuwait some of its belongings that were confiscated by the former regime during its invasion in 1990. (more…)

Thursday, April 26 / April 2012 16:31
Iraq restores 15 Microfilms; did not bar the Kuwait News newspaper archives

Baghdad {: News} Euphrates said the Iraqi Foreign Ministry delivered the day {15} Micro did not bar the Kuwait News newspaper archives at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kuwait, which was taken over by the former regime in 1990. (more…)

Thursday, April 26 / April 2012 16:09

Handed over the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iraq to Kuwait some property seized by the former regime after its invasion in 1990. (more…)

24/04/2012 – 09:52
Announced that the Iraqi embassy in Kuwait, Tuesday, for delivery of some private property archive newspaper Kuwait News and articles belonging to the Central Bank of Kuwait to the Kuwaiti side, and showed that it comes in implementation of the obligations of Iraq by resolution 833 international and item on the delivery of Kuwaiti property stolen during the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.

He said Iraq’s ambassador to Kuwait, Mohammad Hussein Bahr al-Ulum said in an interview for “Alsumaria News”, “the Iraqi embassy delivered a week ago, some private property archive newspaper Kuwait News from tapes Micro did not,” noting that “these materials have been found in some Iraqi ministries” . (more…)

September 12, 2011

The Kuwaiti dinar (KD) exchange rate increased against the US dollar to 0.275 Kuwaiti dinar, and decreased against the euro to KD 0.375, the state’s official monetary body, the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK), said on Sunday.The KD stabilized against the Sterling pound at KD 0.437, and kept to KD 0.003 per Japanese yen, whereas it went down at KD 0.311 per Swiss franc, the daily CBK bulletin said.

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Gulf banks have shown in the aggregate during the financial crisis on the ability to absorb shocks and to incur less damage compared to Western banks, as a result of the subject since 2005, efforts to check its position in the event of a financial disaster. With the publication of standards «Basel 3» two years after the start of the financial crisis, said Saudi central bank that the Saudi banks were directed towards achieving strong growth in activity during 2011, and has sufficient liquidity to enable them to cope with any potential obstacles, which helps banks also activate the wheel of lending in 2011 .

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