Minister Falah Mustafa received the new Polish Consul, Mr Roman Jerzy Chalaczkiewicz, to the Kurdistan Region yesterday. The new consul has previously served as ambassador to Iraq (1997-2002) and in other countries in the Middle East, including United Arab Emirates. The assignment of the new consul follows the inauguration of their consulate in June last […]
By Tom Walker, Director, Assaye Risk COUNTRY OVERVIEW Overall levels of incidents remained steady in Iraq this week with marginal increases seen in Baghdad and Nineveh provinces. The number of suicide attacks, especially in the north and centre of the country, remain at an elevated level with 3 to 4 attacks reported in Nineveh, Salah […]
As many of our readers will already be aware, Iraq Business News has a sister publication, Libya Business News, and we are pleased to report that it’s going from strength to strength. Clearly the two countries are in different stages of development, politically as well as economically, but they face similar challenges, and those challenges bring […]
By Mark DeWeaver. On March 3, the ISX posted the following notification on its website: “No institution or competent body has requested a license to act as custodian pursuant to Decree No. 17 of 2012. “Therefore, the Depository Centre remains the sole body conducting the transfer of securities from the account of the investor [registered] […]
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 close to completing design of a pipeline to carry Iraqi oil to Jordan and Egypt through the Gulf of Aqaba. Once completed, the project is to be handed over […]
Afren has announces an update on the on-going testing programme on the Hunt Oil Middle East (HOME) operated Simrit-2 well, yielding incremental flow rates of 5,368 bopd, with a cumulative rate of 18,952 bopd from six of the 12 zones tested. Following the conclusion of drilling operations at the Simrit-2 well, located on the northern […]
By Matthew Gayle. The government of Iraq has requested that Sri Lanka appoint a trade attache to the Lankan embassy in Baghdad before the two governments joint committee meeting that is to be held three months from now. According to the Sri Lankan Daily Mirror, the Iraqi Ammbassador in Sri Lanka, Kahtan Taha Khalaf (pictured), […]
By John Lee. An American contractor has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for taking at least $3.7 million in bribes and kickbacks while working for the US army in Iraq. John Alfy Salama Markus, 40, pleaded guilty in September before a federal judge in New Jersey to taking the money in connection with […]
By Mustafa al-Kadhimi for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. During Iraq’s recent crises, the young religious leader Muqtada al-Sadr has presented himself as a mature and visionary politician. In the past, Sadr, his movement and its military wing, the Mahdi […]
From AFP. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. A decade after the US-led invasion of Iraq, years of violence and disdain for the country's current political class fuel nostalgia for Saddam Hussein -- the man the foreign troops fought to oust: (Source: […]
عنوان المؤتمر الكلية / المعهد / المركز القسم / الفرع / الوحدة موعد انعقاد المؤتمر نوع المؤتمر محلي اقليمي عالمي 1 المؤتمر العلمي السادس عشر لكلية الطب الطب عمادة كلية الطب 2013/12/5-3 √ 2 بالتعليم الطبي الحديث نواكب التطور العالمي ونقدم افضل رعاية صحية طب الكندي الكلية 2013/3/14-13 √ 3 مؤتمر بحوث الطلبة طب […]
By Madeleine White, educationalist, writer and Head of Strategic Partnerships, Whizz Education. Last month saw the US Ambassador Fund offering grants from $200k to £2 million in order to find “creative and effective approaches to promote reconciliation and stability in Iraq and to improve the institutional capacity”. Other events include next month’s signing of a five year […]
