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President Barzani meets Austrian President

Kurdistan Region President Masoud Barzani met with Austria's President Heinz Fischer on Friday  in Vienna to discuss bilateral relations and mutual cooperation. In a very cordial meeting, President Barzani and President Fischer exchanged views on the current political situation in Iraq and in the Kurdistan Region, and the recent political developments in the Middle East. […]

Former Austrian Chancellor: EU Should Source Energy in Kurdistan

In a recent interview on EU's energy security with World Security Network Foundation (WSN), former Austrian Chancellor Dr. Wolfgang Schüssel (pictured) said that Europe should also diversify sources of energy supply by looking, for instance, to the Kurdish Region of Iraq. Europe is heavily dependent on Russia for its energy supply, especially natural gas, which […]