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The German government has refused to be drawn into the row over RWE's new gas agreement with the Kustdistan Regional Government. The Iraqi oil ministry has said the agreement is illegal because the country's oil and gas are federal resources to be administered centrally. Asked about the dispute, a spokesman for the German economy ministry […]
A German-language school in the Kurdistan Region’s capital of Erbil will be inaugurated on Sept. 16, and will start admitting students for the 2010-11 academic year, according to a report from AKnews. “It is going to be the first private school in Kurdistan that is supported by the German government and it will become a […]
The State Company for Iraqi Ports signed an agreement on Thursday with German company Marlog to operate Dock 8 at Khour al-Zubeir [Khor al-Zubair]. The agreement includes the right to operate the dock for seven years. Incorporated in 1974 as a limited company in Düsseldorf, Germany, Marlog-LBG Logistics became a member of the IQ-Martrade Group […]
A total of Eighteen German and Dutch oil companies will participate in an oil conference in Arbil on Tuesday - “The Netherlands government organizes this conference along with Shell, 14 Dutch oil companies and three German companies,”
“Although security situation in Iraq is stable, the image associated with the country in German investors’ minds is about bombings and security violations,” the consular told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
German consul in Arbil said on Monday that talks underway to implement important projects in Kurdistan, including the establishment of a truck assembly plant.
Germany’s Deputy Minister for Trade and Investment Dr. Karl Ernest Brauner this week opened Germany's Liaison Office for Industry and Commerce in Erbil in an effort to further facilitate trade with the Kurdistan Region in Iraq. During his visit to Erbil, Dr. Brauner also met with President Masoud Barzani who welcomed the decision to launch […]
