The following article was published by Reidar Visser, an historian of Iraq educated at the University of Oxford and currently based at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. It is reproduced here with the author’s permission. The opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. […]
Iraqi minister for reconstruction and housing said throughout 2011 some seven housing projects will be constructed in seven Iraqi provinces. AKnews reports that the flats will be allocated to 12,600 families in installments. Mohammed Daraji told AKnews on Thursday that the Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has ordered the creation of the units in Kirkuk, […]
Thirty-seven percent of the investment plan projects for the year 2011 in the province of al-Muthanna were approved in a “record” time, according to the province's governor, Ibrahim Salman al-Mayyali, on Thursday. “Muthanna finalized referral of 73% of the projects in the 2011 investment plan, worth 66.680 billion Iraqi dinars [$55.6m], thus outstripping all other […]
The legal department of the Basra Investment Commission (BIC) is carrying out the final study of the bottled water project. The head of the department, Mohammed Rhyad Hilal (pictured), said that the project submitted by the international company Everest Seven, includes the construction of a plant producing bottled water sterilized by ozone. The production capacity […]
The province of Wassit [Wasit] has blacklisted 19 general contracting companies for their slackness in implementign project, the province's governor announced on Thursday. “Nineteen were blacklisted and five of them had their licenses withdrawn for their delay in carrying out service projects,” Mahdi al-Zubaydi told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. He noted that the local administration […]
Asiacell has stated that its revenues increased 17% year-on-year to US$377.29 million in Q1, according to a report from Wireless Federation. EBITDA rose 14% to US$213.63 million, with EBITDA margin falling 1% to 57%. Revenue and EBITDA growth was driven by increased customer base and increased usage. At the end of Q1, Asiacell had 8.306 […]
The United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC), which settles the damage claims of those who suffered losses due to Iraq’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait, made $880 million available to nine successful claimants on Thursday. The latest round of payments brings the total amount of compensation disbursed by the Commission to $32.2 billion for more than 1.5 […]
AKnews reports that the Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture has announced the allocation of $285 million [350 billion Iraqi dinars] for the rehabilitation of the country’s palm groves. Ministry spokesman Karim al-Tamimi told the agency that $177.3m of the allocation will fund an investment plan put together by the General Authority of Palms, $76.3m will be […]
Three flights a week from Vienna to Baghdad Austrian Airlines now flies to two destinations in Iraq Serves a total of 12 destinations in Middle East Austrian Airlines is to reincorporate the Vienna-Baghdad-Vienna route into its scheduled flight programme from 8 June 2011 onwards. The carrier will operate a total of three flights a week […]
Move One's Country Manager for Iraq, Cameron Marchand, gives an overview of what it takes to run a business in Iraq. An integral part of what has driven Move One to become a leader in its field is the ability to operate in the most challenging and inhospitable environments of the world. Until recently, Iraq […]
The inaugural edition of the annual Airports Expansion, Cargo and Logistics Conference and Exhibition, organised by Arabian Reach, the UAE-based company specialising in exhibitions and events management across the region, began Wednesday, April 27, 2011 in Erbil, Iraq, with the participation of over 2000 visitors from 33 countries across the world. UAE visitors alone comprise […]
Following the announcement by the Iraqi Ministry of Oil that 12 exploration blocs, including the first sea exploration bloc, will be tendered in next year’s auction and alongside the current influx of hundreds of companies to Iraq, the development of its oil and gas industries look set to continue. The latest edition of CWC’s Iraq […]
