Gulf Keystone has provided an update on its four blocks in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, including the world class discoveries at Shaikan and Sheikh Adi, as well as Akri-Bijeel and Ber Bahr: Background With the Shaikan commercial discovery alone, Gulf Keystone has one of the world's largest onshore conventional oil & gas developments with […]
Freedom of expression, enshrined in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, is essential for empowering individuals and building free and democratic societies. A fundamental right on its own, freedom of expression also provides the conditions for protecting and promoting all other human rights. But its exercise does not happen automatically; it requires […]
From AFP. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Hundreds of Iraqis participated in rallies across Baghdad to mark May Day including supporters of the Communist Party. Violence in Iraq rose sharply in April, with 460 people killed according to AFP figures: (Source: […]
In a personal message to the Kurdistan Region President, Mr. Masud Barzani, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Iraq (SRSG), Mr. Martin Kobler (pictured), welcomed Kurdistan Region ministers resuming, as of today, their participation in the Cabinet’s sessions, as well as the return of the Kurdistan Region members of parliament to the […]
According to casualty figures released today by UNAMI, the month of April was the deadliest since June 2008. A total of 712 people were killed and another 1,633 were wounded in acts of terrorism and acts of violence. The number of civilians killed was 595 (including 161 civilian police) and the number of civilians injured […]
By Omar al-Shaher for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq is to launch a satellite at the end of this year as part of a scientific project dedicated to monitoring desertification and water shortages, whose repercussions have cast a shadow […]
Kartet, a subsidiary of the Turkish conglomerate Karadeniz Holding, has reportedly re-applied for a licence to export 200MW from Turkey to Iraq. According to the report from Argus, such exports ceased in 2011, but Kartet has applied to export power through the 154kV Turkey-Iraq power interconnector. The regulator EPDK will give other firms until 20th […]
The Iraqi Ministry of Health and its supporters should improve access to mental health care services for a population still reeling from decades of conflict, political instability, and social upheaval, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said in a report released today. The report, Healing Iraqis: The Challenges of Providing […]
The Kurdistan Regional Government’s Head of Foreign Relations last week in Stockholm re-inaugurated the KRG Representation and had follow-up discussions with the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Members of Parliament. At the inauguration ceremony Minister Falah Mustafa Bakir was joined by several officials from Sweden’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Deputy Head of the […]
By Laith Hammoudi. This article was originally published by the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, iwpr.net, and it is reproduced by Iraq Business News with permission. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. With no resolution in sight, the conflict in Syria […]
By John Lee. The head of Kuwait's Compensation Claims Commission, Khaled Al-Mudhaf, has told KUNA news agency that Iraq paid Kuwait $1.3 billion in January and $1.13 billion on 25th April, as part of the compensation due for the invasion in 1990. Arabian Business reports that during a speech at the Geneva-based UN Compensation Commission, […]
