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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. […]
The Oil Projects Company (SCOP) of the Ministry of Oil , Baghdad , Iraq , re-announces the issuance of the above - mentioned Tender. Brief Description: This tender cover Supply of Recovery Truck (30) ton qt (4/four) for crude Oil depot of fao. The Origin of the Materials : Japan , Netherlands, Austria, Germany , […]
The Ministry of Industry and Minerals has the pleasure to announce the foreign tender no : 6/T/MEC/2012 : Sypplying , Shortages used to assemble (50) pivot center irrigation system . The specialized companies may pay visit to our company's headquarter in Babylon Province -Iskandariyah City to get the tender documents against a non-refundable amount (fifty […]
General information Type of advertisement / prequalification of the companies wishes to carry out the residential project in Wasit ( Al-azizia ) Governorate . No. of Tender : 7/2012 . Language : Arabic language . Last closing date : ( 12:00 ) afternoon on Wednesday in 20 /6/2012 Chosen class A/ governmental specialization companies that are interested […]
Nearly a week has passed since the finalisation of Iraq's fourth round of oil licences, this time relating to oil and gas exploration blocks. In the meantime, the debate has rumbled on regarding the results of the auction, with some regarding it as a success and others as a failure. Among the professionals, the consensus […]
The National Investment Commission (NIC) has opened a center for the Bismayah New City project at the Baghdad International Fair. It will receive citizens registered and wishing to register for housing units in the project for the three sizes of housing unit: 100 m², 120 m², and 140 m². NIC Chairman, Dr. Sami Raouf al-Araji […]
Iraq's Minister for Planning and Development Cooperation, Ali Yusuf Al Shukri, has announced unemployment in Iraq of about 16%, with a poverty rate of about 11%, according to Alsumaria TV. “Poverty and unemployment rates are decreasing in Iraq after Iraqi GDP improved and investment in constructions and services projects increased,” Shukri told the news agency, stressing […]
Iraq's Minister for Planning and Development Cooperation, Ali Yusuf Al Shukri (pictured), has announced that the Planning Ministry is preparing a database of companies that are falling behind in service and construction projects. These companies, and their directors, will be barred from participation in future projects to be awarded by the Iraqi government. (Source: Alsumaria TV)
KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani led a KRG delegation to the 2012 World Economic Forum in Istanbul on June 4 and 5. He also attended private meetings with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and other senior Turkish officials, including Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglou. In their meeting, Prime Minister Erdoğan welcomed the KRG delegation and discussed […]
AKnews reports that Imad Ahmed, deputy for Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)'s prime minister, laid the foundation stone of the $36m Hiwa Hospital for Children on Tuesday evening. The 150-bed charity hospital will be constructed on 35,000 square meters and from KRG's budget, the KRG website reported. The hospital will cater for patients from the prenatal […]
Iraq and Iran have agreed to increase their cooperation in the oil, gas and refinery sectors. Iran's Fars News Agency reports that the Managing-Director of the National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC), Ali Reza Zeiqami, said on Monday that Iran and Iraq had reached an agreement to expand cooperation in developing joint fields, […]
