Tide Turns as Kurds Push for Oil Law
While the Iraqi government has made overtures to its Kurdish counterpart in the north to end an oil standoff, much remains in doubt without legislation to keep the industry in check - rules which this time the Kurds are pressing for rather than Baghdad, writes Fawzia Sheikh For a long time, the northern Kurdistan region […]
Baghdad To Build Elevated Monorail, Subway
According to a report from RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq (RFI), Iraqi officials say foreign firms will be invited to take part in a tender to build an elevated monorail and subway lines in Baghdad to help reduce traffic in the congested capital. Baghdad Mayor Salih Abdel Razzak said the monorail in particular will help unsnarl […]
U.S. To Train Iraqi Pilots, Air Traffic Controllers
RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq (RFI) reports that the United States is to train Iraqi pilots and air traffic controllers under a new agreement between the two countries' governments. The agreement provides for the opening in Baghdad of a training school supervised by the U.S. Federal Aviation Agency. That school will be financed by a $7m […]
New Air Route To Kuwait
SkyLink Arabia (SKA) has just resumed commercial flights between Baghdad, Basra, and Kuwait. SKA will provide commercial flights 2 days per week, on Tuesdays and Fridays. Additionally, SKA has resumed cargo flights to Basra International Airport.
Basra Airport Invites Businesses
Basra International Airport has announced that it will make space available to companies wanting to set up within the airport complex. Domestic and international companies can lease land within the BIA airport grounds (outside of the USF-I COB limits) for a fee for a term of one or two years. Interested firms will need to […]
6 New Projects in Sulaimaniyah
The committee managing local projects in Sulaimaniyah province HAS referred 6 service projects for implementation with a cost exceeding 6 billion dinars. A source in the projects’ section in Basra province said that 3 of the referred projects are for Al Sulaimaniyah city while the three others are for the other parts of the region. […]
Trade Ministry to Import 209,000 Tons of Rice
The Iraqi Trade Ministry announced on Wednesday that it signed four contracts to import 209 thousand tons of rice from the U.S, Pakistan, Vietnam, and Thailand. “Contracted FOB per ton prices varies from $423 to $534,” the Ministry said in a release on Wednesday received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency. Iraq consumes more than 90 […]
24 hour Traffic Lights
The Director-General of Kindi State Company, Engineer Yousef Hussein Yousef, said that his company has developed a system of traffic light signals which work on power and solar energy, which enable it to work for 24 hours without interruption. This system is distinguished by low price, compared to imported ones, with little consumption of electrical […]
Basra a Focus for Sweden and Norway
Delegations from the embassies of Sweden and Norway met with the governor of Basra last week to discuss investment opportunities in the province, according to Aswat Al Iraq. The joint delegation, led by the Swedish ambassador to Iraq, expressed the readiness of companies from both countries to contribute to large projects in the province. (Source: […]
Jobs at Karbala Airport
Al-Furat al-Awsat Airport in Karbala will provide thousands of job opportunities in the province, the Iraqi Transport Minister Amir Abdiljabbar said on Tuesday. “Iraqis will be proud of the airport,” Abdiljabbar said in a speech for the occasion of planting the airport’s foundation stone. He said that the detailed design of the airport was made […]
Conference on Technical Education in Duhuk
The first scientific conference on vocational education in the northern Kurdistan region will be held in Duhuk in October, a local official said on Tuesday. “We have agreed to organize the first scientific conference on vocational education in Iraq’s Kurdistan region at the Technical Institute in Duhuk on October 20, 21,” the assistant chairman of […]
Wassit to Own 4,000 Donums
The Wassit council agreed on Tuesday to transfer the ownership of 4,000 donums of lands to the investment commission to start the residential compounds project, the chairman of the council said.