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Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki received a Kuwaiti media delegation at his office on Wednesday. During the meeting, the Prime Minister emphasized that resolving the problems between Iraqi Airways with Kuwait is a positive gesture which could lead to greater cooperation and improved relations between the countries. The Prime Minister said Iraq continues to work to […]
By John Lee. Iraq is to give a $5 million aid to support the development process in Yemen, Iraq's ambassador to Yemen said on Tuesday that Iraq is to give a $5 million to support the development process in Yemen. Speaking to the Yemeni news agency Saba, Asad al-Samarai said many agreements were signed between […]
The U.S. Embassy, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), celebrated the completion of the USAID nine-year, $740 million Community Action Program, during a transition ceremony in Baghdad on November 27, 2012. From Dohuk to Al Anbar to Basrah, the Community Action Program helped local communities complete 10,000 projects, from schools and water […]
By John Lee. The European Parliament's foreign affairs committee on Monday backed a historic deal that establishes the first ever contractual relationship between the EU and Iraq. MEPs recommended that the full House endorse the partnership and cooperation agreement (PCA) but listed concerns over human rights and political failings in Iraq and called for a […]
UAE Law Firm Bin Shabib & Associates LLP has strengthened its presence in the MENA region by launching a new office in Erbil, Iraq. The launch marks BSA's second foray into the MENA market in as many months, having already expanded into Muscat, Oman, this year. After more than a decade in the UAE, the […]
By John Lee. His Excellency Prime Minister Nouri Kamil Al-Maliki opened the International Book Fair at Baghdad International Fair on Thursday. The Prime Minister said in a press conference: "The Iraqi culture and Iraqi intellectuals are the priorities of our attention today, this is a considerable development compared to the time of the former regime, […]
By John Lee. Iraq's Foreign Minister, Hoshyar Zebari, met the Serbian Ambassador to Iraq, Radisav Petrovic, on Wednesday. During the meeting, Minister Zebari called on the Serbian investment companies to contribute in Iraq's reconstruction. The Undersecretary for Policy Planning and Bilateral Relations, Head of the Europe Department, and the Minister's Office Manager also attended the […]
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Gryshchenko Kostyantyn on his first visit to the Kurdistan Region met with President Masoud Barzani, Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani, and government ministers in Erbil. Mr Kostyantyn came to the Kurdistan Region as part of his visit to Iraq and arrived in Erbil from Baghdad. President Barzani and Foreign Minister Kostyantyn discussed ways […]
By John Lee. The Serbian ambassador to Baghdad, Radisav Petrovich, has expressed his country's desire to invest in Iraq in general, and in Wassit province in particular. At a press conference in the city of Kut, the Ambassador Petrovich said a cooperation agreement will be signed shortly between the two countries. He added that an […]
By John Lee. Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari met his Ukrainian counterpart Konstantin Krishenko and his accompanying delegation in recent days. The two sides held talks on strengthening bilateral relations and ways of developing them, which coincided with the twentieth anniversary of the establishment of relations between Iraq and Ukraine. They signed a joint statement on […]
By John Lee. Iraq's Undersecretary for Policy Planning, Labeed Abbawi, met Japanese Ambassador Yokota to discuss aid for the reconstruction of Iraq. Ambassador Yokota expressed pleasure over the Japanese participation in the Baghdad International Fair. Undersecretary Abbawi stressed Iraq's determination to help Japanese companies to overcome the difficulties they face, and said Iraq wants to […]
By John Lee. The Iraqi Stock Exchange (ISX) has cancelled today's (November 22) session due to a technical fault in the Electronic Trading System. They are working to fix this problem. In addition, there will be no trading session at the ISX on Sunday (November 25) due to an official holiday. [Best forex brokers in […]
