An official source in the Iraqi government on Monday, announced the Sixth of July of each year as National Day to Combat Desertification. A statement from the National Center, received by Eye Media, says the Cabinet decided to make the sixth of July, the National Day to Combat Desertification. It provides for the establishment of […]
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Tags: Agriculture, Combat
Ban on Importing Vegetables from April 1
A ban on importing vegetables will be imposed throughout Iraq starting from April 1, 2010. “The ban is part of Iraqi Agriculture Ministry’s policy to support local production,” the Ministry said in a release on Monday received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency. It said that the ban would help Iraqi farmers get a financial returnt […]
Tags: Agriculture
Call for Nuclear Body to Include Iran, Iraq
Arab and international experts at a meeting in Manama on Sunday proposed the establishment of a regional atomic energy body to include Iran and Iraq alongside the Arab monarchies of the Gulf. The meeting on nuclear technologies, in a final statement, said the new body could be fashioned along the lines of the International Atomic […]
Tags: Nuclear, Science & Technology
Basra Jail needs water
Basra Governor, Sheltagh Abboud al-Mayah, discussed on Monday with a delegation from the U.S. Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT). “The meeting tackled ways of providing the Basra central jail with water until completion of the al-Bahadriya project,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “The governor suggested fixing five U.S. generators in the former presidential palaces […]
Italians to Study Water / Land
Iraqi Water Resources Ministry has started negotiations with Italian firms to carry out a strategic study of Iraq’s water and land. “The study will be into Iraq’s future water policy,” the Ministry said is a release on Monday received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency. It said that the study will consider different factors including environmental […]
Tags: Italians, Public Works
First Rice Ship for Umm Qasr
The Iraqi port of Umm Qasr received on Monday for the first time a ship carrying rice for the Trade Ministry, the public relations and media director at the State Company for Iraqi Ports said. “The Panamanian ship arrived at the port carrying 40,000 tons of rice within the ration card contracts,” Anmar al-Safi told […]
Tags: Industry & Trade, Rice
Smuggled Cars Seized in Basra
Two containers carrying smuggled cars were seized at Umm Qasr Port in Basra province. “Security forces at the port seized the two containers and the eight cars inside them,” a local security source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency on Monday. He said that security forces are tracking down individuals involved in smuggling the containers. ( […]
Iranian Trade Fair in Najaf
The State Company for Iraqi Fairs has signed a contract with an Iranian company to hold a trade fair for Iranian products in Najaf next month, the director of the Iraqi company said. “The State Company for Iraqi Fairs signed the contract with the Iranian Maared Mashhad,” according to a trade ministry’s statement, quoting Hashem […]
Tags: Industry & Trade, Trade Fair
Babylon Investment Committee for Housing
Babylon has demanded the formation of a special committee in the province to develop solutions to problems and obstacles faced by the Commission for the allocation of land for investment housing projects. Head of the Commission ,Alaa Harba , said in a statement that the Authority had discussed at its last meeting held in the […]
Turks back major residential project.
The Investment Authority in Thi-Qar is about to reach an agreement with private and government banks in the province to provide guarantees to Turkish company Austm. It would provide loans to local investors to construct two residential areas in Shatrah. Head of IPCC, Dr. Ismail Aboudi said that the authority has set up a workshop […]
Committee in Missan to Follow Up Projects
A central committee has been formed in Missan to oversee progress in projects throughout the province. “The committee will help to resolve problems that are facing these projects,” Khalid Abdilwahid Kibian, Missan’s deputy governor, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency on Monday. He said that no projects were executed in Missan during 2009 due to a […]
Conference Calls for Supporting Reconstruction Projects in Diala
Participants in a reconstruction conference in Baaquba on Monday have agreed to ease the difficulties facing the reconstruction operations in Diala, and to return 360 billion Iraqi dinars which were allocated to the province. “Representatives of 15 ministries as well as officials of the executive and legislative authorities attended the reconstruction conference which was held […]