Events on this day in Kuwait
A collection of political, economic, and cultural events that took place in Kuwait on October 31 throughout the years.
Translated by Qiyas from كونا — Original source
Kuwait City, Oct 31 (KUNA) -- On this day in history:
1962 - Kuwait’s Emir, Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, issued Law Decree No. 27 of 1962 concerning the regulation of the trading of shares of companies established abroad.
1962 - Kuwait’s Emir, Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, issued Law Decree No. 31 of 1962 concerning the regulation of the Kuwait Municipality.
1982 - Kuwait established diplomatic relations with the Republic of Djibouti.
1982 - Kuwait’s Emir, Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, issued Law Decree No. 58 of 1982 approving the Unified Economic Agreement between the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, signed in Riyadh on November 11, 1981.
2000 - Kuwait and the Republic of the Congo signed an agreement to establish diplomatic relations.
2001 - The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development signed a bond issuance contract with the Savings and Loan Bank, with a total value of 500 million Kuwaiti dinars, as the Fund’s contribution to resolving Kuwait’s housing problem.
2006 - The Ministry of Information set licensing mechanisms for opening visual or audio satellite channels, stipulating that the capital of a company applying for a license to open a visual channel must not be less than 300,000 dinars, and 100,000 dinars for an audio channel.
2008 - The Kuwait bowling team won the ninth GCC Men’s Bowling Championship, held in Kuwait.
2016 - Kuwait’s Emir, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, inaugurated the Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Cultural Centre, covering an area of 214,000 square meters.
2016 - Kuwait donated one million US dollars to the Iraqi Barzani Charitable Foundation to sponsor 4,000 orphans in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
2024 - The Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) signed a two-year agreement with the Korea National Oil Corporation (KNOOC) for the storage of four million barrels of Kuwaiti crude oil at the Korean corporation’s storage facility in Ulsan, South Korea.
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