Just days after Iraq approved a loan from Japan for infrastructural development, Iraq said on Wednesday it would donate $9.48 million in disaster relief to Japan as Tokyo struggles with the devastation of a March 11 tsunami. "The government has agreed to donate $10 million in aid following the events in Japan, and is also […]
By Layth Mahdi, Agricultural Advisor. The opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq is predominantly an agricultural country. It has a great diversity of climate, soil types, and natural resources. In the 1950’s, Iraq was self-sufficient in agriculture and the number one exporter […]
The state-owned Iraqi Airways is offering one of its old Boeing jetliners for sale as scrap as it continues to sell off the remnants of a decades-old fleet that was moved to neighbouring countries after Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait. The 737-200, parked for years at Queen Alia International Airport in Amman, Jordan, had been […]
Iraq’s Chamber of Trade has signed a Memo of Understanding (MOU) with Ukraine’s Chamber of Trade & Industry in Kiev, reports Aswat al-Iraq. “Iraq’s Ambassador in the Ukraine, Shorish Khalid Saeed, has attended the signing of an MOU between the Iraqi Chamber of Commerce and Ukraine’s Chamber of Trade & Industry in Kiev,” the statement, […]
Basra's Investment Commission (BIC) announced on Sunday that the Kuwaiti Bukhamseen Group [Bukhamsin] visited its premises to show engineering designs for a number of projects, and to learn about possible future investment projects in the province. Director of the Commission, Haidar Ali Fadhil, told Aswat al-Iraq that the delegation proposed a palm tree plantation, concrete […]
Iraq’s Integrity Commission announced on Sunday that 479 people convicted of fraud were required to return 1.7 billion Iraqi dinars [$1.4 million] to the State Treasury. “The number of persons, convicted by special courts at the investigation offices in Baghdad and other Iraqi provinces, have reached 479 persons, most of them in Baghdad and Thi-Qar […]
The Middle East Association, along with the Kurdistan Regional Government and London Corporate Training, cordially invite you to a Business Breakfast at Bury House on Wednesday 6th July, from 08.00 until 10.00. Following the success of a visit earlier this spring, the MEA will be hosting a twenty-strong delegation of businessmen from the Kurdistan Chamber […]
The Province of Anbar, where once most of the country’s violence took place, is looking forward to better days, reports Azzaman. “The value of investment projects in the Province of Anbar this year is estimated at $2 billion,” governor Qassem Abed said. Abed made the remarks during a visit to the international trade fair held […]
Iraq’s Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, has said on Sunday that his government can’t solve the country’s electricity supply problems without the help of private investment companies, reports Aswat al-Iraq. “The government is unable to increase the electric power alone, without the help of investing companies, and we have information that several businessmen wish to invest […]
Major sewerage projects in Baghdad and Fallujah are being launched shortly at an overall cost of close to $140 million [168 billion Iraqi dinars], the Ministry of Municipalities and Public Works on announced Monday. The ministry’s media advisor, Jassim Mohammed, told AKnews that $72.5 million has been allocated to a sanitation scheme in Baghdad’s northern […]
Kurdish and Greek businessmen agreed on Sunday to establish a new Kurdish-Greek Center for Reconstruction and Investment. Aswat al-iraq reports that the organisation will have its headquarters in Erbil, while AKnews says it will be based in Greece. Organizer Sarbast Zakhobi informed Aswat al-Iraq that "it was important to establish such center, which aims at […]
The rehabilitation of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad requires an investment of $15 billion [18 trillion Iraqi dinars] over the next 10 years, Baghdad’s Mayor said on Sunday. Sabir al-Issawi [Saber al-Issawi] (pictured) gave the figure in response to a question addressed to him by Iraq’s Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, in a meeting attended by […]
