In the Arabic world family name is important – family names are ‘brands’ with real stories, history, notoriety and respect. This is particularly the case in Iraq, a nation very much at the beginning of an onslaught of international brands – some seeking associations with the big family names of Iraq and others planning strategies […]
Archive | 2011
Tags: branding family names iraq, branding in iraq, family names in iraq, re-branding rationale, reasons to re-brand in iraq, The Brand Foundation
Mott MacDonald is Engineer for New Erbil Power Plant
Mott MacDonald is owner’s engineer for the conversion of Arbeel Power Plant in Erbil, Iraq from simple cycle to combined cycle. The project, on behalf of Mass Global Investment Company (MGI), will be the first combined cycle gas fired plant in Iraq. The existing plant consists of eight 9E gas turbines, manufactured by GE, operating […]
Tags: Mass Global, Mott MacDonald
Turkey and Iraq Sign Agreement for New Air Routes
Turkish and Iraqi civil aviation authorities have signed a cooperation agreement increasing the number of flights and launching new flight destinations between the two countries, according to Business Turkey Today. Within the framework of the agreement, Turkish airline companies will operate flights from Istanbul, Ankara and Antalya to the Iraqi cities of Baghdad and Irbil. […]
Tags: air routes, Turkey
Iraq Signs $365m Iranian Gas Pipeline Agreement
Iraq signed a $365 million agreement to install a pipeline network to import natural gas from Iran for power stations in the country, according to reports from Bloomberg and Iran Independent News Service. The pipelines will eventually supply 25 million cubic meters of Iranian natural gas a day to the Sadr, al-Quds and South Baghdad […]
Tags: Al-Mansouriah, Iran, KOGAS Iraq News, Kuwait Energy, Mansouriya, Mansuria, Mansuriyah, pipelines, TPAO, Turkiye Petrolleri
Iraq's Assets Subject to Seizure?
The passing of control of the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) to the Iraqi government may make the assets vulnerable to seizure. A lawyer for Kuwait Airways told Bloomberg in an interview that “the class of assets against which we can seek enforcement has expanded.” Christopher Gooding (pictured), a partner at London-based Fasken Martineau, said: […]
Security Council Welcomes Iraq’s Control of Development Fund
The United Nations Security Council welcomed the Iraqi Government’s assumption of full autonomy, with effect from 1st July, over the proceeds of a development fund set up after the 2003 United States-led invasion to meet the country’s humanitarian needs, economic reconstruction and infrastructure repairs. In a press statement, the Council welcomed the Government’s establishment of […]
Calls for Inquiry into Attacks on Iraqi Protesters
Iraqi authorities should order a prompt and impartial inquiry into the role of state security forces in attacks by pro-government gangs against peaceful demonstrators in Baghdad on June 10, 2011, Human Rights Watch said today. The groups of mainly young men, armed with wooden planks, knives, iron pipes, and other weapons, beat and stabbed peaceful […]
Tags: Human Rights Watch, Protests
بلدك العراق
متابعة لنجاحنا في صفحة "بلدك – المملكة المتحدة " نحن سعداء بإعلان خدمات صفحة " بلدك – العراق ". هذه أول صفحة لنا باللغة العربية وسوف تتضمن أخبار من الجهات الحكومية العراقية ، المنظمات غير الحكومية والجمعيات التجارية. نحن نتطلع إلى تقديم معلومات مهمة من القطاع العام العراقي والمنظمات ذات الصلة به . لتفاصيل حول […]
Iran About to Drill for Oil on Iraqi Border
A security source in Basra Province revealed on Wednesday that Iran is preparing to drill an oil well 600 meters from the border of Iraq's Basra province, and stressed that relevant government authorities were informed of this activity, according to Alsumarianews. The source told the agency that border forces detected the installation of an Iranian […]
Iraq’s Oil Industry Under Attack
Iraq’s insurgents are targeting the country’s oil industry, according to a report by Joel Wing for AKnews. In June there were five attacks on oil-related infrastructure and personnel: June 5: Zubair oil field in Basra was attacked. Reports differ as to whether it was hit by bombs or rockets, but its oil storage facility was […]
Cyprus Airways to Fly to Erbil
Cyprus Airways has added two new Middle Eastern destinations to its schedule, with flights to Erbil in Northern Iraq starting on 4th July, and flights to the Iranian capital Tehran starting on 7th July. At Erbil the first four flights will be chartered and will operate with a frequency of one per week, but the […]
TNT Mateen Express Enters Baghdad International Zone
TNT Mateen Express Iraq, the global business to business express delivery company, can now delivery parcels inside the International Zone, formerly known as the Green Zone. Located in Baghdad city, the International Zone embraces major multinational companies and is also known as the diplomatic and government district. TNT Mateen Express can now deliver and pick […]