Banks Cancel Holiday
The state-run banks in Thi-Qar province have canceled their Saturday holiday and extended their working hours until 05:00 p.m. in an attempt to serve more clients. This decision came after Governor Taleb al-Hassan had met with retired people who were queuing for a long wait to receive their salaries, according to a statement released by […]
Gulfsands Shares Surge After Approach
Gulfsands Petroleum (AIM: GPX) noted its recent share price movement on London’s AIM market and confirmed that has received a preliminary approach, which may or may not lead to an offer for Gulfsands. The company’s shares have surged over 19% to trade at 310p on the London Stock Exchange today (19 March). Gulfsands Petroleum is […]
OPEC Symposium Baghdad - Sept
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries will hold a symposium in September for its 50th anniversary, Iraq's oil minister said Wednesday. Hussein al-Shahristani told Dow Jones Newswires of the planned event after exiting an OPEC meeting in which the cartel decided to keep output quotas steady. OPEC was founded in Baghdad on Sept. 14, 1960. […]
New Water Dam in Diyala
The Iraqi Water Resources Ministry said it has opened a new water dam in Diala province. “The dam will accumulate rain water,” the Ministry said in a release posted on its website. The Ministry said that the dam, constructed by local staff, can store up to 3.62 million cubic meters of water. “The project’s total […]
New Bridge in Najaf
Najaf Governor Adnan al-Zorfi laid on Thursday the foundation stone of a new bridge in the province, a local official said. “The total cost of the bridge is ID23.9 billion,” Eng. Husham Mohammed Mahmoud, the director of Najaf Municipality, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. He said that the project will be finished in 27 months. […]
$22m Loans from Agriculture Ministry
The ministry of agriculture announced on Wednesday that it agreed to give loans with more than 26 billion Iraqis dinars ($22m) for irrigation projects and to finance small farmers. “Agriculture Minister, Akram al-Hakim, agreed to give 1953 loans totalling more than 26 billion dinars,” said a ministry’s statement received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “The […]
More than $250m Allocated to Basra Infrastructure
Basra province is to allocate ID200 billion ($170m) to upgrading the province’s sewerage systems, and a further ID100 ($85m) billion to its electricity supply. “Basra will get revenues from oil exports and border crossings,” Basra Governor Shaltagh Abod said in a press conference on Wednesday, attended by Aswat al-Iraq news agency. He said that the […]
Results of vote - Basra Press
Al-Maliky would take the majoity of the 21 seats allocated for Basra, the case that would influence the processing of the reconstructiona and development chances for Basra during the next four years.
Upper Quartile to run Brochure Show in Iraq
This year, an innovative component will be a Catalog Show. Firms with little or no previous exposure in Iraq will have a low-cost, low-risk opportunity to gauge and build interest in your products and we are interested in having lots of participation—particularly from American companies.
Foreign Investments Include Agriculture
Foreign investments do not include only industrial and oil projects in Iraq. Iraq’s Agriculture Ministry is offering land to foreign investors in order to improve the agricultural sector in the country. ( Al SumariaTV )
Kuwait Airways Welcomes Meeting
Kuwait Airways welcomed meetings with Iraqi Airways' officials Tuesday, categorically denying any prior knowledge of an ongoing visit by an Iraqi delegation to Kuwait. The Kuwaiti national carrier made the welcome in a press release to KUNA to comment on a recent local news report suggesting that its officials had declined to meet their Iraqi […]
Artesian Wells for Waset
The General Committee of Groundwater Resources in the Water Resources Ministry announced on Tuesday that it has started a project to dig 65 artesian wells in Waset this year. The project costs between 15 and 18 million dinar per well, the committee said. Groundwater committee started the process needed to dig artesian wells in eastern […]