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By John Lee. The President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, has said there is a need to intensify trade and economic relations with Turkey and Iraq. According to a report from BelTA, he said Iraq is showing an increasing interest in Belarus, receiving more and more cooperation proposals from Iraqi businessmen and politicians. Addressing Andrei Savinykh, […]
By John Lee. Transparency International has said that Iraq has fallen one place in its global Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). From at total of 177 countries, Iraq came in at number 171, putting it in 7th-last position. This result puts it ahead of countries such as Libya, South Sudan, and Somalia (which came last), and […]
The Romanian Ambassador to Iraq, Mr Jacob Prada, met with Minister Falah Mustafa today to discuss ways to further develop ties with the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The meeting took place a day after the Romanian Consular Office hosted their first National Day celebration in Erbil. Also present in the meeting was the Assistant Head […]
This article was originally published by Niqash. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. For Power and Money: Kirkuk Extremist Groups’ Play Dirty Tricks on One Another Kirkuk security forces have recorded 21 incidents of extremist violence and around 30 deaths in the […]
By Mushreq Abbas for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki will visit Tehran following the historic agreement that Tehran reached with the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany (P5+1) over its nuclear program. […]
By John Lee. The British Consul General in Erbil, Hugh Evans, has told Rudaw that businesses should use Kurdistan as a gateway for the rest of Iraq. He added: "We realize there are political problems in the energy industry (with Baghdad threatening oil companies working in the south that they cannot work in Kurdistan too), […]
Ten members of the Iraq Britain Business Council's trade and education mission to Iraq met the President of the Kurdistan region, Massoud Barzani, at his residence North of Erbil on Wednesday (November 20th) The members, part of the biggest ever trade delegation to Baghdad and Erbil, were warmly welcomed by the President. The IBBC’s Executive […]
By John Lee. Lebanese investments in Iraqi Kurdistan account for 10 percent of the total investments in the region, and will exceed $3 billion, reports Aswat Al Iraq. The Chairman of the Lebanese-Kurdish Friendship Association, Ali Adeeb, said that the Lebanese investors were the first to come to the Kurdish region, investing in construction, banking, […]
Iraq’s Prime Minister, Nouri Al Malki, was the special guest on the first day of the Iraq Britain Business Council’s six-day UK trade mission to Iraq. Mr Al Maliki officially opened the event, which was held at Baghdad’s Al Rasheed Hotel on Monday (November 18th). The event, jointly organised with United Kingdom Trade and Investment […]
The State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary, Mr. Zsolt Nemeth, has received the Head of the KRG Department of Foreign Relations, Minister Falah Mustafa to discuss a number of issues including ways to further enhance mutual relations. The meeting was also attended by the Hungarian Ambassador to Iraq, Mr Tibor Szatmari. […]
By Ali Mamouri for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Turkey's Approach Toward Iraq's Shiites will Reduce Sectarianism For the first time in modern Turkish history, a high-ranking Turkish official, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (pictured), visited the Shiite holy cities of Najaf […]
This article was originally published by Niqash. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. It is traditional for Shiite Muslims to wear mourning black around Ashura, a memorial day commemorating the death of one of their sect’s most important icons. But while some […]
