By John Lee. The Australian reports that the company at the centre of the Leighton Holdings bribery allegations has denied any involvement in corruption in Iraq, or having links to the Oil Minister and Prime Minister. Unaoil, which is based in Monaco, was alleged to have been paid kickbacks by Leighton to secure an oil […]
Archive | 13th October 2013
Tags: Australia, Corruption, ICOEEP, Iran, Iraq Crude Oil Export Expansion Project, Leighton, Monaco, Unaoil
Canada to Open Embassy Office in Erbil
The new Canadian Ambassador to Iraq and Jordan, Mr Bruno Saccomani, said his country has a six-month plan to strengthen ties with the Kurdistan Region and aims to open an embassy office in Erbil next year. In his meeting with President Masoud Barzani, Ambassador Saccomani announced plans to considerably increase bilateral ties between both sides. […]
Ministry of Culture Curtails Performing Arts
By Ali Abdulameer for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The activities that have begun to move forward in the Iraqi cultural scene continue to be afflicted by the woes inherent in a complete reliance on the government, as was the case […]
Assassins Target Journalists in Mosul
By Sami Waheed Karim. 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. Anti-Media Extremism: Team of Assassins Targets Journalists in Mosul Extremists are targeting journalists in the troubled state of Ninawa. After killing the governor’s spokesperson and […]
Tags: press freedom