By John Lee. The Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI), Mustafa Ghaleb Mokhif, received the US Ambassador to Iraq, Alina Romanowski and her accompanying delegation on Monday. He reviewed the efforts of the CBI to support development through monetary policy tools and the direct impact of its initiatives on the real sector progress, […]
The Kurdistan Regional Government's Ninth Cabinet has implemented several projects and authorized numerous others since assuming office on July 27, 2019. In the past three years, the Cabinet has authorized the implementation of 206 investment projects with a total budget of $11,629,355,000 in different areas of the Kurdistan Region. Crucially, of those 206 projects, 202 […]
By John Lee. DNO, the Norwegian oil and gas operator with significant operations in Iraqi Kurdistan, has released its 2021 Social Corporate Responsibility Report. Click here to download the full report. (Source: DNO)
By Mustafa Saadoun for Al Monitor. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Understanding Iraq's Coordination Framework The Coordination Framework is an umbrella bloc of Iraqi Shia parties united mostly by their opposition to the Sadrist movement. Click here to read the […]
By John Lee. Ummet Al Salam Co. Ltd. for General Trading & Contracting has won a new contract with the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), for the rehabilitation of water treatment plants in four different locations in Anbar The contract is valued at $680,000. (Source: UNGM)
By John Lee. Iraq's General Company for Air Navigation Services has reportedly announced the completion and activation of its new AMHS ground-to-ground communications system. AMHS (Air Traffic Services Message Handling Services) is a standard for aeronautical ground-ground communications, such as for the transmission of NOTAM, flight plans or meteorological data. According to the report from […]
By John Lee. The Iraqi Cabinet held its weekly meeting on Tuesday under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi. Among the items agreed was a decision to approve a recommendation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to open an embassy in the Irish capital Dublin, instead of a general consulate. A decision to open […]
By Al Monitor staff. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq agrees to provide Lebanon with fuel for another year Lebanon's fuel crisis is showing no signs of letting up, but an exchange with Iraq is keeping one source flowing. Click […]
New agreement between Ministry of Water Resources and FAO introduces innovative tools to monitor water productivity in Iraq The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Iraq and the Ministry of Water Resources launched yesterday the project Monitoring Water Productivity using Remote Sensing, as part of a global programme, WaPOR phase II, […]
From Rudaw. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraqi economic capital engulfed in trash, suffers from dilapidated electricity Home to Iraq's richest oil wells, Basra should have wealth and development to rival the Emirates. Instead, the southern province is one of Iraq's […]
By John Lee. Iraq has been named the fifth-most vulnerable country to climate breakdown, affected by soaring temperatures, insufficient and diminishing rainfall, intensified droughts and water scarcity, frequent sand and dust storms, and flooding. Compounding this, water policies in neighbouing countries have shrunk vital water sources, while rapid population growth, urbanization, and inefficient water use […]
From Amwaj Media. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. What the Russia-Ukraine war means for Iraqi Kurdistan Russia's invasion of Ukraine has had wide-ranging economic, political, and social consequences around the world, including in Iraqi Kurdistan. Food and fuel prices have increased […]
