2025 in Kuwait
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| |||||
| Decades: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| See also: | Other events of 2025 List of years in Kuwait Timeline of Kuwaiti history | ||||
Events in the year 2025 in Kuwait.
Holidays
- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 30 January – The Prophet's Ascension
- 25 February – National Day
- 26 February – Liberation Day
- 30 March – 1 April – Eid al-Fitr
- 5 June – Arafat Day
- 6–9 June – Eid al-Adha
- 26 June – Islamic New Year
- 4 September – The Prophet's Birthday
Events
January
- 20 January – Kuwait Oil Company announces the discovery of significant commercial quantities of hydrocarbon resources in the Al-Julai'a offshore field within Kuwaiti territorial waters, marking the second discovery of its kind in Kuwait's offshore area.[3][4]
February
- 4 February – Appointment of Sheikh Abdullah Ali Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah as Minister of Defense.[5][6]
March
- 8 March – All flights to and from Kuwait are briefly suspended for undisclosed reasons.[7]
- 12 March – Six Americans held in Kuwait on drugs-related charges are released and returned to the United States following a visit by US special envoy Adam Boehler.[8]
- 16 March – Kuwait abolishes Article 153, ending reduced penalties for "honor killings," and raised the legal marriage age to 18 for both genders.[9]
- 24 March – A major sweepstakes scandal reveals rigged draws, pre-selected winners, and a lack of transparency. The Ministry of Interior announces the arrest of the main perpetrators, including the raffle director at the Ministry of Commerce, the fictitious winner, and her husband.[10]
April
- 16 April – Kuwait hosts the third Central Asia–Gulf Cooperation Council ministerial meeting.[11]
- 22 April – Kuwait enforces a new traffic law.[12]
- 30 April – Ten Americans held in Kuwait on various charges are released and returned to the United States.[13]
June
August
- 14 August – At least 23 people are reported to have died while 147 others are recorded as having suffered from alcohol poisoning linked to the consumption of bootleg alcohol. At least 63 suspects are arrested in connection with the incident.[15]
September
- 14 September – Bidding opens for the three new cities of Al Mutla'a, East Saad Al Abdullah, and West Saad Al Abdullah, in order to ease a housing shortage under a 2023 law allowing public-private partnerships.[16]
