Risk Watch
A leading Kuwaiti daily reported government sources as saying that there is an increased Al Qaeda threat in the Gulf, in view of the ongoing Yemen war....
The Kuwaiti parliament has passed a law effectively cancelling interest repayment on and rescheduling of debt by Kuwaiti citizens. The government has expressed strong opposition against the law....
Bahrain has announced that US $3.5 billion have been invested in its industrial city, which is under construction. The city is an integral part of the country’s plans to diversify its economy....
The possibility of the Bahraini government limiting food and petrol subsidies has resulted in the eruption of protests in Bahrain....
Saudi Arabia’s Shura Council vote to make it more difficult to pass the death penalty indicates that the government is moving ahead with reforming plans, despite reservations by traditionalists....
Leading Islamic clerics in Yemen have called for a Jihad against foreign intervention in the country. This call will make it more difficult for the government to fight Al Qaeda....
Yemen’s economy is heading towards very difficult times as the 2010 draft budget is approved....
Al Qaeda in Yemen is succeeding in rallying the local population around it as an army strike kills women and children....
Racial tensions rise in Kuwait as an independent TV channel is put off after broadcasting racial remarks....
Dubai’s Union Properties new Chairman announces that the company does not need government assistance. However, over 1,000 construction workers have held a rare demonstration due to unpaid salaries....
Abu Dhabi has decided to give Dubai a life-line by lending Dubai US $ 10 billion. This is a temporary solution, without which both Dubai and the UAE in general would have suffered greatly....
The reaction of Dubai government sources after the announcement of the Dubai World debt standstill has only contributed to further shaking the confidence in the way the emirate’s economy is run....
The calling-off of the merger talks between Emaar and Dubai Holding is seen as a necessary move to limit the damage of the debt standstill....
Saudi Arabia is now well into a full engagement fighting the Houthi rebels. The longer the conflict continue, the greater the risk of it turning into a local Saudi problem....
Should the situation between the parliament and government deteriorate further, a suspension of the constitution and parliamentary life - although a serious issue, may be more palatable by the public....
The threat of the secession of the former South Yemen has increased as reports come in of increasing anarchy as central government police forces are unable to stop killings and kidnappings....
Member of Parliament Mario Tagarinski quit the Order, Law and Justice (OLJ) party caucus, leaving it with nine members – one less than required for forming a parliamentary group....
At the Economist Conferences' Eighth Business Roundtable with the Government of Bulgaria, PM Borisov declared his government would make every effort to adopt the euro before its term expires in 2014....
The Czech Parliament approved a budget for the year 2010 that includes a series of new spending measures pushed through by left-wing parties....
The European Union on December 8 deferred a decision on opening membership talks with Macedonia after Greece shot the proposal down....
Ungheria, ali tarpate per la Malev (February 4)
A Revised Portrait of Hungary's Right-Wing Extremists (February 3)
Verden er blevet mere udemokratisk (January 24)
Hungary PM backs down (January 20)
Circunscripciones a medida (January 19)
Uma lei eleitoral desenhada à medida do Fidesz (January 16)
