Ambassadorial Lunch with Michael Aron, HMA to Iraq
The Middle East Association will host a Lunch for Mr Michael Aron, HM Ambassador to Iraq, on Monday 31st October at Bury House. Michael is a career diplomat, having joined the FCO in 1984. His early work included Iran, the UK Mission to the UN, and the European Commission. He has held a number of […]
Iraq Stock Market Report
Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 29th September 2011). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. The RSISX index ended the week at ID1,660 / $1,841, -0.4% (weekly change). The number of weekly traded shares was 4.1bn and the weekly trading volume was […]
TEDxBaghdad - Making the Impossible Possible
TEDxBaghdad will Make the Impossible Possible when it brings some of the country's - and world's - brightest minds to Baghdad's Al-Rasheed Hotel to imagine the Iraq of the future. Through a series of talks and performances by a diverse array of talent, TEDxBaghdad will inspire a new Iraqi narrative in the wake of war […]
A Special Issue: Oil in Iraq
By Ahmed Mousa Jiyad. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The international Journal of Contemporary Iraqi Studies-IJCIS has just released it is special issue on “Oil in Iraq”. Many prominent Iraqi and non-Iraqi scholars have contributed articles to this timely and important […]
حفل تخرج ورشة اعداد المحكم التجاري الدولي في فرنسا
اقامت غرفة تجارة النجف – مركز التحكيم التجاري الدولي حفل تخرج ورشة اعداد المحكم التجاري الدولي في جامعة دويه – فرنسا بتاريخ 22 ايلول 2011 وترأس الوفد المشارك في الحفل المهندس زهير محمد رضا شربه وتضمن برنامج الحفل محاضرة عن المحكمة التجارية القاها البروفيسور دونية نيونو من جامعة ليل الفرنسية ثم القى رئيس الغرفة المهندس […]
Baghdad Mayor Discusses Baghdad Metro with French Company
The Mayor of Baghdad, Sabir al-Issawi, met representatives of the French company Sistra [Systra] to discuss the studies and designs for the Baghdad Metro Project, a Mayoralty statement reported on Wednesday, according to Aswat al-Iraq. “The Mayoralty’s Designs Department had prepared over the past few months the detailed dossiers about the transportation problems in Baghdad, […]
Poland may Open Representative Office in Kurdistan
Poland’s Ambassador to Iraq Mr Stanislaw Smolen met KRG’s Head of Foreign Relations on Wednesday to discuss establishing a Polish representative office in the Kurdistan Region. Minister Falah Mustafa Bakir, the Kurdistan Regional Government’s Head of Foreign Relations, and Ambassador Smolen discussed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that is due to be signed between the […]
Baroness Emma Nicholson visits Baghdad
Between 18 and 23 September, Baroness Nicholson visited Baghdad in her capacity as Chairman of the Iraq Britain Business Council (IBBC). She stayed at the British Embassy with the Ambassador, Michael Aron, and met a range of influential Iraqi leaders, including Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and two of his three Deputies. She also met Iraqi […]
Import of 22 Vegetables no Longer Banned
AKnews reports that 22 different types of vegetables are not longer banned from being imported into the Kurdistan Region. The ban had been imposed in May in order to boost local production. The KRG's Minister for Agriculture, Jamil Suleiman, said, "since the local production of these vegetables has decreased, the banned items are allowed to […]
Australia’s Ambassador Discusses Economic Ties with Kurdistan’s Leaders
Australia’s Ambassador to Iraq Ms Lyndall Sachs visited Erbil this week to exchange views with President Masoud Barzani and Prime Minister Barham Salih on political and economic developments and to discuss increasing economic relations. President Barzani met Ambassador Sachs, who reaffirmed Australia’s full support for a democratic and pluralistic Iraq and commended him on the […]
Failing Oversight: Iraq’s Unchecked Government
The following report was published on 26th September 2011 by the International Crisis Group. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. To download the full report, please click here. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS After years of uncertainty, conflict and instability, the Iraqi state […]
New TOEFL Center at the Commission on Integrity
Over the next 18 months, the U.S. Embassy in Iraq will provide approximately $580,000 toward establishing the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) center at the Commission on Integrity (COI). These funds will provide English-language training for 100 COI employees. The investigators and prosecutors in the program will receive a minimum of 288 […]