Erbil, capital of the Kurdistan Region, will this month host Iraq’s largest international trade fair for the seventh consecutive year. More than 850 exhibitors from over 20 countries are participating in the exhibition. Decision-makers from not only the Kurdistan Region but also other parts of Iraq are expected to visit the exhibition to meet the […]
Bloomberg reports that Iraq will ask companies to build an oil refinery when it invites bids to develop the Nasiriyah field south of Baghdad. Abdul- Mahdi al-Ameedi, the head of the ministry’s licensing department, said, “we will not develop the Nasiriyah oil field on its own but in tandem with the establishment of a refinery”. […]
The following article was published by Reidar Visser, an historian of Iraq educated at the University of Oxford and currently based at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. It is reproduced here with the author’s permission. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. […]
Emirates will launch its Dubai-Baghdad route on November 13, making the Iraqi capital its 115th international destination. Trade Arabia reports that Emirates held a gala dinner in Baghdad to mark the occasion. “Baghdad has been on our wish list for some time and we are now ready for our launch on the 13th November,” said […]
Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 13th October 2011). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. The RSISX index ended the week at ID1,659 / $1,841, -0.9% (weekly change). The number of weekly traded shares was 3.0bn and the weekly trading volume was […]
Previously NGOs were seen as critical to Iraq’s reconstruction efforts. But numbers have dwindled. And not everyone is sad to see them go – many were fakes, siphoning funds, engaged in corruption and deceiving locals, according to this report from Niqash. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the […]
