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KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir arrives at the scene of the Imam Al-Sadeq Mosque shortly following a terrorist attack which left 26 worshippers dead and 227 others wounded. — KUNA photosKUWAIT: The following is part one of a list of major local events that happened in 2015, courtesy of Kuwait News Agency (KUNA):
His Highness the Amir:
January 9: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah patronized the opening of the Fifth Heritage Festival.
February 10: His Highness the Amir patronized the 18th honoring ceremony for Kuwait's Grand Quran contest.
February 24: His Highness the Amir, along with His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, opened the Botanical Garden at Bayan Palace.
March 3: His Highness the Amir patronized the opening ceremony for the biofuel project of Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) at Mina Abdullah refinery.
March 3: His Highness the Amir opened Al-Saheed Park in Sharq area.
March 9: His Highness the Amir, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, patronized the graduation ceremony of officers at the Ali Al-Sabah Military College.
March 13: His Highness the Amir headed Kuwait's delegation to Egypt's conference for economic development which was held in Sharm El-Sheikh.
March 25: Amiri decree issued accepting the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce and Industry Abdulmohsen Al-Mudej.
March 31: His Highness the Amir pledged $500 million to help support the Syrian refugees.
March 31: His Highness the Amir opened the third donors' conference to address the humanitarian situation of the Syria refugees with the participation of delegations 78 countries in addition to representatives of over 40 international organizations.
June 24: His Highness the Amir visited the Kuwait military officers' club during Ramadan, delivering a speech focusing on measures to preserve security and peace in the country.
June 26: His Highness the Amir arrived at the location of the Imam Al-Sadeq attack which took place in Al-Suwaber area during Friday prayers.
June 27: His Highness the Amir expressed his condolences towards the victims of the Imam Al-Sadeq attack.
June 28: His Highness the Amir received Iraqi figures Muqtada Al-Sadr and MP Ibrahim Mohammad Bahr Al-Ollum who are visiting the country.
June 30: His Highness the Amir thanked citizens for their solidarity on the aftermath of the Imam Al-Sadeq attack.
July 1: His Highness the Amir received at Seif Palace family members of the victims of the Imam Al-Sadeq attack.
July 9: His Highness delivered his annual Ramadan speech, thanking the people of Kuwait for their gesture of solidarity on the aftermath of the Imam Al-Sadeq attack.
July 11: His Highness the Amir met the Saudi Monarch King Salman bin Abdulaziz, expressing his condolences over the death of Prince Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, Minister of State, member of the Saudi cabinet, and special advisor for the Saudi King on foreign policy.
July 14: His Highness the Amir congratulated the (5+1) group on reaching an initial agreement on the Iranian nuclear file.
July 22: His Highness the Amir received members of the Kuwaiti popular delegation visiting the Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani and Al-Azhar Grand Imam Ahmad Al-Thayyeb. The two religious figures expressed condolences over the Imam Al-Sadeq attack back in June 26th.
August 6: His Highness the Amir attended the opening of the new Suez canal.
September 11: His Highness the Amir expressed condolences over the victims of a crane accident in the Grand Mosque in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
October 28: His Highness the Amir inaugurated the fourth session of the 14th legislative term for the National Assembly.
November 10: His Highness the Amir held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, resulting in the signing of six accords within the political, military, and economic sectors.
November 11: His Highness the Amir received Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde.
His Highness the Crown Prince:
February 20: Kuwait marked the 9th anniversary of His Highness the Crown Prince post-assumption.
March 17: His Highness the Crown Prince patronized Kuwait University graduation ceremony of the 44th academic batch.
June 23: His Highness the Crown Prince received head of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) Ammar Al-Hakim.
June 30: His Highness the Crown Prince received former President of Al-Azhar University Professor Ahmad Omar Hashim.
November 11: His Highness the Crown Prince received Director General of International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde.
November 15: His Highness the Crown Prince patronized College of Engineering and Petroleum 40th anniversary ceremony.
His Highness the Prime Minister:
January 14: The cabinet has approved 'Humanitarian Leader' as a theme for the national Days celebrations.
August 29: His Highness the Prime Minister preside over the Supreme Committee for celebrating Kuwait as the capital of Islamic culture for 2016.
October 11: His Highness the Prime Minister opened 2nd Kuwait Oil and Gas Show and Conference.
October 12: His Highness the Premier opened new Al-Razi Hospital.
October 13: Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah launched "New Kuwait" application aimed at educating the public about government projects.
October 19: The cabinet decided that Kuwait would not host the 23rd Gulf Cup of Nations scheduled for December 2015.
November 2: Cabinet has decided to terminate the agreement between Kuwait and the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA).
November 9: The cabinet entrusted the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) with considering a suggestion on privatizing sports clubs.
National Assembly:
January 14: The National Assembly restored the Child rights draft law to the women affairs parliamentary Committee.
January 27: The National Assembly voted into a law the unlicensed firearms and ammunition collection bill in its second reading.
February 5: The parliamentary budgets and final accounts committee discussed the final accounts of Environment Public Authority and Anti-corruption Authority.
February 11: The National Assembly approved five-year development plan.
June 3: The National Assembly approved a draft law on fighting cybercrimes.
June 16: The National Assembly approved a draft law organizing the use of Closed-Circuit TV monitoring (CCTV).
June 16: The National Assembly approved linking the budget of eight bodies for fiscal year 2015/2016.
June 24: The National Assembly approved a law on the establishment of a national bureau for human rights.
June 24: The National Assembly approved on two drafts law proposal for domestic helpers.
July 1: The National Assembly approved draft law concerning DNA print and sent it for the cabinet to approve the project's budget.
November 4: MPs called for immediate investigations into the reasons behind the regionally and international ban on Kuwaiti sports activities.
November 9: Parliamentary committee recommended one vote law for sports club elections.
November 17: National Assembly agreed on legislations connected with amending the disability law and the halt of Kuwait's regional and international sports activities.
Media and culture:
January 5: Ministry of Information opened the 21st Al-Qurain Cultural Festival by honoring a group of cultural figures.
January 12: Kuwait celebrated the 100 anniversary of opening the first Post Office.
February 1: Minister of Information, Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah inaugurated the activities of "Al-Mubarakiyah Festival" which supported the Kuwaiti youth activities, held under the auspices of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, on the occasion of national celebrations.
February 1: Fine Arts Museum opened the pavilion of Archeological Al-Sabah in Houston city in Texas State in United States.
February 3: The 9th formative arts creativity festival held by Kuwait Formative Arts Society started its activities by distributing the prize of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah for formative creativity.
March 21: Minister of Information, Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah issued a decision organizing the display of audiovisual works of art production facilities.
April 23: Kuwait announced joining The Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in coordination with United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
April 28: The Martyr's Office issued postal cards in membrane of Kuwait's martyrs.
June 14: Visitors Kuwait's pavilion in Expo Milan 2015 exceeded 300,000 after six weeks from the opening of the event.
November 28: Kuwait approved on Bern Convention at the International Organization for intellectual Property (IOIP).
Electricity and Water:
February 10: Kuwait ranked third internationally in the consumption of fresh water per person.
February 14: Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) started the second stage its study on the consumption of electricity and water by families.
April 30: The GCC Interconnection Authority (GCCIA) kicked off in April.
May 4: Ministry of Electricity and Water signed an agreement with Japan to expand the networks in the country
May 26: Minister of Public Works, Minister Electricity engineer Ahmad Al-Jassar opened project 26 of adding 535 megawatts for the electric network in Al-Zour southern power plant and water distillation.
August 19: Ministry of Electricity signed a contract of project of maintenance of major power plant and supplies three major power plants at with cost of KD 10.89 million.
Transportation:
January 7: Kuwait Ports Authority boosted cooperation with Chinese Jinzhou Port as part of enhancing coordination with major international ports.
March 23: Ministry of Communications signed with Kuwait Institution for Scientific Research (KISR) the advisory agreement of studying the evaluation the environmental revenue of the project of designing the fairway between Ras Al-Ard and Failka Island.
April 7: Minister of State for Municipal Affairs, Minister of Communications Essa Al-Kandari signed contracts of designing, fixing, operating and maintenance the second stage of fiber optic network.
June 1: Minister of Public Works, Minister of Electricity and Water engineer Ahmad Al-Jassar signed two contacts at the cost of KD 42.5 million to establish roads bridges, and building of Expropriation of Public Welfare Department.
June 23: Kuwait Airways received the first patch of Airbus A330 aircrafts.
June 29: Ministry of Public Works implemented 58 percent of the development of Jamal Abdul Nasser road project, considered one enormous projects of developing the infrastructure at the international level.
July 2: Kuwait Airways received the ninth aircraft from Airbus according to the leasing contract.
July 6: Kuwait Ports Authority halted marine in Shwaikh and Shuaiba Ports due to bad weather conditions.
August 20: Kuwait Airways operated 17 flights for the Hajj season at the total of 3,000 seats.
August 31: Ministry of public works implemented 80 percent of Al-Jahra road, and is almost done with the constructions of major bridges.
November 5: Ministry of Public Works signed the contract of establishment and maintenance of roads and bridges between Abduallah Port and Al-Wafra, valued by KD 1 million.
November 29: Kuwait Airways received the last aircraft of Airbus leasing contract, called "Al-Jahra".
Environment:
February 8: Kuwait Environment Protection Society monitored 93 new types of birds in the country.
February 14: Kuwait Dive Team (KDT) and with the Environmental Voluntary Foundation (EVF) took part in the London International Dive Show.
August 29: Kuwait Dive Team signed a cooperation protocol with OCEANA- Protecting the World's Oceans.
September 17: Kuwait signed cooperation agreement with The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in field of observing marine environment.
October 11: Kuwait Dive Team won international energy prize of Protection and rehabilitation of the marine environment.
October 21: EPA chose Kuwait as a member of the Office of Science and Technology (OST), representing the Asian group and the Pacific Ocean in The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.
October 24: Kuwait Dive Team announced the recovery oyster deaths site in Al-Khairan.
Economy:
January 12: Kuwait Credit Bank signed a joint cooperation protocol for electronic link with Kuwait International Bank aiming to reinforce partnership between the Public and Privet sectors.
January 19: Kuwait Credit Bank launched the electronic loan service.
February 17: The National Fund for Small and Medium Enterprises launched its first program to fund small and medium enterprises in cooperation with banks.
February 18: Ministry of Finance ran the first phase of e-mail management system after activating the electronic signature and ratification service within the framework of switching to electronic ministry project and the trend towards the application of the concepts of smart government.
March 16: Kuwait Credit Bank performed the first request for housing loan payments electronically.
March 16: Kuwait cooperated with international monetary fund to discuss a mechanism for application of the corporate tax.
April 28: Kuwaitis investment in Turkey reached $5 billion.
June 4: Ministry of commerce and Industry formed field teams to monitor and follow up prices.
June 24: Kuwait occupied the first place in the Middle East and seventh globally in foreign investment.
August 24: Kuwait Authority for Partnership Projects signed a consultancy contract for the rail project in Kuwait.
October 19: (Huawei) launched its Kuwaiti company (Huawei Technologies - Kuwait) in an act to promote direct invest.
November 11: Kuwait hosts the World Conference of Islamic finance under the auspices of His Highness the Amir.
November 29: Kuwait Capital Market Authority issued bonds and instruments for the first time in Kuwait.
