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(Source: Aswat Al Iraq) Eight foreign firms are competing to get the project to build the subway in Iraqi capital’s, the Baghdad mayoralty said on Wednesday. “The total estimated cost of the project will exceed $3 billion,” the mayoralty said in the statement as received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency. It noted that the Baghdad […]
For those who have followed Iraqi security on a daily basis since 2003, if not before, the current security situation in Iraq is nothing short of a miracle. In the dark days of 2006, the daily listing of violent incidents was 150 or 200-long, and we all knew that much of the sectarian cleansing was […]
Baghdad Directorate said that it has received 16000 tonnes of chlorine to antisepticise water at a cost of 20 billion dinars. A source in the directorate said that the chlorine was imported from international manufacturers and will be used to disinfect water produced by Baghdad Directorate to guarantee clean water in compliance with international standards […]
The Baghdad Investment Commission on Tuesday approved a residential project in the capital at a cost of $6 million, according to the head of the commission. “The commission’s board agreed to give an investment license to establish a residential project in Haifa street in Baghdad,” Shaker al-Zameli said in a statement received by Aswat al-Iraq […]
The Iraqi transport ministry has assured continuation of organized travel trips between Iraq and Jordan and vice versa by modern buses. A press statement issued by the ministry said that the state company of traveling and delegations, a company that belong to the ministry, is continuing to organize trips between Amman and Baghdad and vice […]
The Municipal Secretary of The Secretariat of Baghdad, Naeim Alkaabi, has met with a Turkish Company the discuss the possibilities to develop the infrastructure of the Capital city of Baghdad.
Baghdad Governor Salah Abdulrazeq and Mayor Saber al-Issawi discussed on Thursday allocation of lands to build 222,000 investment housing units in the capital
Iraqi Finance Minister Baqer Jabr al-Zubaydi announced on Thursday that his ministry has earmarked 200 billion Iraqi dinars for the 10×10 project in the eastern Baghdad district of Sadr City, according to a press release. “During a meeting with the municipal council of Sadr City, Zubaydi called for investing the sum this year in the […]
Eight international companies are competing to win the Baghdad Metro Project and update its studies and designs. It is estimated that the implementation of this project will total roughly 3 billion Dollars
The Baghdad Gate Housing Project will provide job opportunities, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said on Monday. “This is a new stage, Iraq has become a workshop,” al-Maliki said at a ceremony held on the occasion of laying the project’s corner stone. “All projects that have been agreed upon will be finalized within the coming […]
* Plans to boost capacity to 15 mln passengers per year * Wants to build 3 new terminals at Baghdad Iraq plans to double capacity at Baghdad International Airport to 15 million passengers per year, the head of the country's civil aviation authority said on Tuesday. After years of sanctions and war, Iraq plans billions […]
A Canadian firm is investing $299 million in 5,000 housing units in Baghdad. “The units will comprise a complete town including all the related services,” the Baghdad Investment Commission said in a release on Monday received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency. It said that at least 20 thousand people will live there. ( Aswat Al […]
