Bahrain press headlines For 19 October 2018

Bahrain dailies issued today focused in their principal headlines on the main local, Arab and international events which happened over the past 24 hours.

The following is a round-up of the main topics:

§  HM King, HRH Premier and HRH Crown Prince congratulated by Education Minister on outstanding results in international reports about the education sector in Bahrain.

§  HM King congratulated by Shaikh Fawaz bin Mohammed on UNHRC membership.

§  HRH Prime Minister extends condolences to Moroccan King and Prime Minister on train derailment victims.

§  Chaired by HRH Crown Prince, the Executive Committee discussed last developments of the Fiscal balance Programme.

§  HRH Crown Prince emails all public sector employees; looking forward to FIKRA results.

§  Shaikh Khalid bin Abdulla hails Bahrain-Russian ties.

§  BDF Commander-in-chief stresses resolve to continue implementing royal directives.

§  Under the patronage of the BDF chief, joint air drill to start next week.

§  Labour Minister discusses with (Batelco Home) developing inmates’ services.

§  Education Minister opens the AGU simulation and clinical centre.

§  Labour Minister hails Bahraini-Russian relations.

§  Youth and Sports Minister inspects preparations for World Skydiving Cup.

§  Undersecretary for Islamic Affairs: Saudi will remain stronger than ever.

§  BIPD lines up two lectures for voters, the first will be in the Northern Governorate.

§  Injaz Bahrain honoured with the Bahrain International Award for Social Responsibility.

§  Bahrain second-placed in the Shaikh Mansour bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Photography competition.

§  Number of elections candidates rises to 324.

§  Trump threatens to close borders with Mexico to stop the flow of immigrants.

§  Pompeo: Saudi Arabia is the land of the “Al-Haramain”; US ties with Saudi are strong.

§  First EU-Arab league to be held in February in Egypt.