An oil tanker belonging to Iran’s state-owned shipping line has been switching flags and using multiple companies"...

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MCI) cautioned consumers against products and promotions by bogus companies, which sometimes use telemarketing campaigns that give false impressions of a certified and reliable business dealing in safe and quality products. Rashid Al-Hajri, Director of the MCI Department against Commercial Fraud, said such companies chose to call consumers and promote products that are often hazardous to health and safety, in addition to being of poor quality. Once purchased, the consumer has no means to guarantee a return or exchange for the goods he finds unsatisfactory, as these salespeople do not set up offices or receive complaints.

The majority of products sold using this method,...

In a bid to keep traditions and cultures alive, Bahrain is hosting a festival of folklore and arts for the entire month of May.

Museums and exhibition centers in the capital of Manama are the venues for a series of events and performances, casting the spotlight on traditional storytelling in the country.

"The main thing of this festival is to teach children how to protect the intangible stories and folk tales and fairy tales that we have in our nation in Bahrain, and that's why we try to record it in some stories, some plays and songs. We also try to write a book about the old heritage folks in Bahrain," Mohammed al-Sulaiti, Director of Archaeology and Heritage at the Ministry of Culture and Education.
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Huge investments in solar energy by emerging nations such as Saudi Arabia could spell the end of a crisis of overcapacity in the panel-making industry, according to one of the biggest producers of solar panels.

The kingdom announced plans to produce one third of its electricity from the sun within 20 years.

"The question is, how quickly will new and sustainable markets in the solar space develop in order for there to be growth in the sector, and for the capacity in the sector to be profitably deployed?" said Christopher Burghardt, a managing director at First Solar.

China's entry into the solar panel market has led to a large oversupply"...

Qatar eyed Bulgaria investment opportunities Thursday as the two countries signed a framework agreement at the start of a visit here by Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani.

“I believe that there are viable opportunities to invest in Bulgaria,” Sheikh Hamad said after signing an investment agreement with his Bulgarian counterpart Boyko Borisov, adding that the government in Sofia “interacts with us seriously and responsibly.”

The deal could see the state-owned Qatari Investment Fund put as much as 100 million euros ($127 million) in Bulgarian projects.

Separate memorandums of understanding were also signed for cooperation in the farming, cattle-breeding,...

The Sultanate of Oman has again been recognized internationally for its achievement and contribution to public service, with the Ministry of Health being named an esteemed recipient of the prestigious 2012 United Nations Public Service Award (UNPSA). The winners will be honored at the 2012 UNPSA Awards Ceremony in New York City, United States of America, in June 2012. The Ministry of Health was a 2nd place winner, for its 'Reduce Childhood Mortality Rate: Infants and Children under 5 years of Age' project, in the category of 'Promoting gender-responsive delivery of public services'.

The UN Public Service Award recognizes the creative achievements and contributions of public service institutions which lead...