This license is for scooters and mopeds with no more than 50 cc (3.1 cu in), and a maximum speed of 45 km/h (28 mph). E.U. member countries that had not fully implemented the E.U. directive that refers to the moped and other drivers license categories had to do so by 2013 at the latest.
These fires constituted approximately 50% of the total number of oil well fires in the history of the petroleum industry, and damaged or destroyed approximately 85% of the wells in every major Kuwaiti oil field. Concerted efforts to bring the fires and other damage under control began in April 1991.
Kuwait Liberation Day is always celebrated on 26 February. This holiday marks the day when Kuwait was liberated from Iraqi occupation in 1991. Kuwait was first established as a small fishing village during the seventeenth century. In 1899 Kuwait became a British Protectorate.