By John Lee. The Iraqi Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs has reportedly earmarked 150 billion Iraqi dinars ($130 million) in this year's budget for loans to small and medium-sized businesses. Minister of Labour, Nassar al-Rubaie (pictured), told Al-Shorfa: "The interest-free loans, which were allocated for unemployed people, will be given to finance their small […]
By John Schnittker, Chief Economist at Schnittker Associates, and former Ministry Advisor at the US Embassy in Baghdad. Heavy rainfall over the southern provinces of Iraq during early May has potentially reduced Iraq’s expected wheat harvest by 25-30% according to a statement by Trade Minister, Dr. Khairallah Hassan Babiker. Initial reports indicate that losses are […]
By John Lee. Reuters reports on Friday that exports of Iraqi crude oil through the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline have still not resumed following a bomb attack on Monday. A spokesman for the Iraqi oil ministry had said repairs to the pipeline would be completed by Thursday afternoon. On Friday, six tankers were said to be waiting […]
By Reidar Visser. 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 […]
By Daoud al-Ali. This article was originally published by Niqash. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The results of Iraq’s provincial elections are in – and they are far from conclusive. While the ruling State of Law bloc still leads, it’s clearly […]
With the aim to highlight the different aspects of the relationship between media and women's rights in Iraq, the United Nations in Iraq organized a roundtable discussion attended by international and national stakeholders, the first platform of its kind towards empowering women in and through the Iraqi media. This was part of this year's World […]
By John Lee. The Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a statement on the reported movement of PKK fighters from Turkey into Iraq: News agencies and media reports circulated reports on the start of the withdrawal of PKK armed men from Turkey into Iraqi territories. At the time the Iraqi government welcomes any political […]
From AFP. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Suicide bombers killed four people in attacks on Kurdish security forces and a Kurdish political office in north Iraq on Wednesday, while seven more people including a gunman died in other unrest, officials said: […]
