After a Futile and Counter-Productive Boycott, Iraqiyya Returns to Parliament
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. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. […]
Dunia Weekly Iraq Market Tracker
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Saudi Telecom Pulls Out of Iraq Mobile Phone Auction
Saudi Telecom (STC), the kingdom’s largest telephone company, has reportedly abandoned plans to bid for Iraq’s fourth mobile-phone licence after delays in awarding the contract. Ghassan Hasbani, the company’s chief executive officer for international operations, told MEED that they will only be interested in the licence if they receive “concrete” information from the government. (Sources: […]
flydubai Launches Najaf Route
The fourth of the new routes into Iraq by low cost airline flydubai was completed today with the inaugural flight to Najaf. It began its three-times weekly service to Najaf today when the inaugural flight, FZ221, departed Dubai Terminal 2 at 0700hrs, and landed in Najaf International Airport at 0840hrs local time. The return flight, […]
Iran, Iraq to Launch Joint Shipping Line
The Managing-Director of Iran's Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO), Seyed Ataollah Sadr, announced on Sunday that Iran and Iraq have reached an agreement on launching a joint shipping line. Speaking to the Iranian Fars News Agency, Sadr said the move will provide the groundwork for private companies from both countries' to set up a joint […]
Integrity Commission Refers over 4,000 Cases to Courts
Iraq's Commission of Integrity (CoI) reports that it referred 4,365 cases of suspected corruption to the courts in 2011. The number of individuals accused in those cases was 5,682. The statistics, made by the Legal Office/CoI, showed the number of the distribution of these referrals is as follows: These numbers represent cases that were processed […]
Replace the Power Network of Kamaliya District
Baghdad Provincial Council/Baghdad Governorate is pleased to re-announce the project of (Replace the power network of Kamaliya district/locality 759 ) which is included within the projects of Baghdad governorate and funded from the allocations of regions development for 2011. For all specialized offices and companies willing to participate in this tender,review the contracts department in Baghdad governorate […]
PetroChina Announces tender For 4 Drilling Units
PetroChina announces a new tender for provision of 4 driling services unit . Bidding Details: -ITB Package Request Fee: USD 100.00 -Place to obtain the ITB Package: PetroChina Base Camp . Kahla'a Missan Province Iraq. Qualifications and documents required for ITB Package request: -Filled ITB Package Request Form -Copy of Certificate of Incorporation -Copy of […]
Tender For Public Announcement System at UNAMI HQ
The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) has a requirement for Provision of Upgrade, Reapair and maintenance of Public Announcement (PA) System for the newly constructed buildings at UNAMI Regional Headquarters, Erbil, Iraq. The system should effectively cover the entire compund and making public announcements clearly audible in all areas and buildings within the […]
UNDP Seeks E-Government Contractor
UNDP-Iraq is seeking for a Contractor to provide technical assistance to the Government of Iraq to develop and implement a pilot e-service systems based on Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)-based business process design approach to assure fast scaling and quick wins for e-government. To this respect, a workshop shall be conducted with the targetted parners to […]
France's Total Rumoured in Talks with KRG
The Sunday Times, citing unidentified industry sources, reports that French oil and gas producer Total is close to securing exploration rights over several exploration blocks in Iraqi Kurdistan. A deal could be announced within weeks, according to the newspaper. Chevron and ConocoPhillips are also believed to be competing for rights in the semi-autonomous region, following […]
Kirkuk Refinery FEED Phase Finished by April
According to a report from Bloomberg, Iraq will complete the initial planning for a 150,000 barrel-a-day refinery in Kirkuk in April. Shaw Energy & Chemicals Ltd. has completed 60 percent of the refinery’s front-end engineering and design (FEED) phase, the director general of North Refinery Company, Abdulghafoor Abduljabbar said at an oil forum in Tokyo […]