Iraq's electricity and transport ministries have announced the launch of a joint railroad project that will carry fuel to the Dora Power Station in southern Baghdad, Aswat al-Iraq has reported. Transport minister, Amir Abduljabbar has said that a similar project will be carried out in Basra province, south of Baghdad. ( AME Info FZ LLC […]
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Baghdad Water Shortage ‘Solved in 20 Months’
The water shortage problem in Baghdad will be solved in 20 months, the Baghdad Mayor Sabir al-Issawi said on Monday. “Stage – 1 of the Rusafa giant water project that will be soon finished will produce around 910 thousand cubic meters of water per day,” al-Issawi told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. He said that the […]
ISX Index Drops on Security Deterioration
The Iraqi Stock Exchange (ISX) index dropped slightly on Monday by 0.04% after the recent explosions that rattled the Iraqi capital, to close at 91.2 points as share prices of 12 firms out of a total 27 that traded in Monday’s session went down. Baghdad had been hit by a series of car bombing attacks […]
Vocabulary
Iraqi عربي English marHaba مَرحَبا hello ustaath أستاذ sir, professor ahlan wa sahlan أهلاً وسَهلاً hello, welcome Shlohnak? شلونَك How are you? zehn زین good al Hamdulillah الحَمدُلله praise be to God aani آني I ismi إسمي my name Tsharrafna تشَرفنا Nice to meet you (you honor us). Wili ishsharraf وإلي الشَرَف And nice to […]
Erbil Hosts Agriculture Conference
The USAID Inma Program helps farmers improve quality, increase quantity, and reduce costs of production. This was the message coming out of a conference held in the Kurdistan regional capital Erbil .about the current situation of the agriculture sector in The aim was to increase local agricultural production so that it can supply the regional […]
Tags: Agriculture, Conference
Opec Output Falls Iraqi Oil Production Slumps
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) in March saw output fall for the first time in a year as a large drop in Iraqi production outweighed a small increase by quota-bound members, a survey by Dow Jones Newswires showed yesterday. The survey, which is based on input from oil traders, analysts and industry sources, […]
Tags: Oil & Gas
Test Flights Begin at Erbil Airport.
Stafford Clarry, Erbil airport director said that the first aircraft arrived yesterday from Turkey, and it landed on the new airport runway , which is scheduled to go through a development phase lasting several months. The new airport features a runway 4800 m long and 90 m width which is the longest runway in Middle […]
Tags: Airport, Transportation
Access to Water in Middle East & North Africa World's Lowest
People in the Arab world need fuller and freer information about shrinking water supplies but their governments are withholding it for fear of fuelling unrest, a United Nations expert said on Thursday. Arable land makes up just 4.2 percent of the Middle East and North Africa and is expected to shrink due to climate change […]
250 Publishers at Arbil book fair.
The 5th International Book Fair was opened on Friday in Arbil city with the participation of 250 publishing houses. “The fair is an evidence of Kurds’ awareness,” President of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region Massoud Barzani said in the fair’s opening speech as reported by Aswat al-Iraq news agency. He said that books still have an […]
Tags: Industry & Trade, publishers
Media Course Ends in Arbil
A media course has ended in Iraq’s Kurdistan region with the participation of 16 people from all over the country. “Sixteen people graduated from the one-month course after they had received intensive training in written, oral, audio and electronic journalism,” the head of the Independent Media Center told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. Amateur journalists in […]
Tags: journalism, Telecoms/Comms
Aviation in Iraq: New Beginnings
The Iraqi aviation sector is experiencing a surge of demand and is making strides in the development of its infrastructure, fleet and services. “This is an exciting period in the re-establishment of the Iraqi aviation industry,” observes William Wakeham, Managing Director of Anglo Arab Insurance Brokers. Iraq’s Ministry of transportation has recently announced (on March […]
What's Ahead for the Iraqi Dinar?
It's generally accepted internationally that the elections in Iraq were, in the main, free and fair, but former prime minister Ayad Allawi's narrow margin of victory means the results will be challenged. Prime Minister Nouri al- Maliki's Shiite Muslim State of Law alliance filed a complaint on Tuesday with the Supreme Court, asking for a […]