Around €75 million of development support will be made available to Iraq during the period 2014 – 2020, has today announced European Commissioner for Development, Andris Piebalgs (pictured), during a meeting with the Iraqi delegation led by Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari. The three proposed main areas of cooperation are: Rule of Law and Human Rights, […]
From CNN. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. CNN's Michael Holmes has visited Iraq 14 times since 2003. He reflects on what's changed -- and what hasn't:
The Head of the Swedish Embassy’s Section Office in Erbil, Jessica Svärdström, who is also the Deputy Head of Mission at the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad, met with the Head of the KRG Department of Foreign (DFR), Minister Falah Mustafa and the Assistant Head of the DFR, Siham Jabali, to discuss relations and matters of […]
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has issued a renewed plea for Iraqi authorities to step up their efforts to protect the safety of journalists following the murder of reporter Firas Mohammed Attiyah today, Monday 20 January. According to IFJ affiliate, the Iraqi Journalists' Syndicate (IJS), Attiyah, who worked for Fallujah TV, was killed in […]
The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights released the Half Yearly Report on Human Rights, covering the period from January to June 2013. Reports on the human rights situation in Iraq are published by the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) in cooperation […]
By Amal Sakr for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The Heartland Alliance, a US organization that deals with human rights issues, has tracked 100 cases of human trafficking in Iraq during the past two years. Razan Dyler, a representative of the […]
Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 16th January 2014). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. The RSISX index ended the week at ID1,889 (+1.9%)/ $2,005 (+1.8%) (weekly change). The number of week traded shares was 4.3bn and the weekly trading […]
UN High Commissioner António Guterres is in Iraq as part of a delegation of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and ahead of tomorrow's pledging conference in Kuwait. This morning, they have been at the Kawergosk refugee camp near Erbil in northern Iraq, talking to refugee families and seeing the facilities. Kawergosk hosts 13,000 Syrian refugees who […]
On Sunday, January 12, Ambassador Stephen Beecroft joined Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki in opening the First National Conference on Developing a Roadmap for Implementing Law 21, at the Royal Tulip Hotel in Baghdad. Prime Minister Maliki, Minister of State for Provincial Affairs TorhanAl-Mufti, and Ambassador Beecroft, gave opening remarks at the conference which was attended […]
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. The Our Steadfast Anbar initiative, launched Jan. 11 by Ammar al-Hakim (pictured), leader of the Islamic Supreme Council, to resolve the Anbar crisis is an important step because it moves Iraq's security […]
By Bassem Francis for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Nineveh Governor Athil al-Nujaifi (pictured) warned about the repercussions of the clashes between the army and the security services on the one hand and the Iraqi Sunnis in the province of Nineveh […]
The Oil and Energy Committee of the Iraqi parliament has decided to approve a government request to increase the discount on oil exports to Jordan from $18 per barrel to $20 per barrel. Iraq also supplies Jordan with natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas and heavy fuel, but according to a report from Azzaman, the quantities […]
