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His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah has sent a congratulatory cable to Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov on his country’s National Day.CAIRO — Kuwait Office for Charity Projects in Cairo continues to strengthen the bilatera…

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EU pays 1.5 bln euro to Ukraine in financial assistance

The European Commission Thursday announced that it paid 1.5 billion euro (USD 1.6 billion) under the Macro-financial Assistance package for Ukraine, worth up to 18 billion (USD 19 billion) in total.With this instrument, the EU seeks to help Ukraine cov…

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New Global Financing Pact Summit kicks off in Paris

The Summit for a New Global Financing Pact kicked off on Thursday in Paris, with Kuwait’s participation to discuss crisis financing for low-income countries.The Kuwaiti delegation, headed by Minister of Finance Manaf Al-Hajeri, as representative of His…

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CBK: Kuwait money supply up 0.3 pct. to KD 39 bln

Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) announced Thursday that the broad money supply (M2) went up by 0.3 percent last May to settle at KD 39.6 billion (around USD 130.6 billion).Local banks’ private sector deposits increased by 0.6 percent to settle at KD 36.2 …

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