The Foreign Minister of Poland was joined by Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani and the Foreign Ministers of Sweden and Bulgaria to officially inaugurate the new Polish consulate office in Erbil today. The plans to establish a presence in the Kurdistan Region were announced last year by Poland’s Ambassador to Iraq, Mr Stanislaw Smolen, and were […]
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The foreign ministers of Sweden, Poland and Bulgaria yesterday arrived together in the Kurdistan Region where they met President Masoud Barzani and Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani to discuss ways to strengthen cooperation and to talk about the latest political developments in Iraq and the ongoing crisis in Syria. President Barzani welcomed the three foreign ministers, […]
The following article was published by Reidar Visser, an historian of Iraq educated at the University of Oxford and currently based at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. It is reproduced here with the author’s permission. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. […]
Iraq gave a veiled warning to France's Total on Wednesday not to make deals with the KRG without the approval of central government in Baghdad, reports Reuters. Kurdistan said on Tuesday it expects more oil majors to follow Exxon in striking deals in the region; Total has already said that it was interested. Iraqi Deputy […]
Reuters reports that the White House confirmed on Tuesday that President Barack Obama received a request from Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to intervene to stop ExxonMobil's deal with the Kurdistan region. "We've received the letter but are going to decline comment until we respond to Prime Minister Maliki," said White House spokesman Tommy Vietor. […]
The Kurdish Regional Government’s President Masoud Barzani has been telling a delegation of Iraq Britain Business Council members the door to trade with the Kurdish region was wide open. He said: "I hope that as companies you will support us at this critical time in the development of Kurdistan. "There are British businesses here already […]
In Salahaddin on Monday KRG President Masoud Barzani welcomed the outgoing German Ambassador Christian Berger, who came to bid farewell to the Kurdistan Region as he concludes his term in Iraq. President Barzani thanked the Ambassador for the important contributions of the German people and government toward the ongoing development of Kurdistan, and Germany’s significant […]
The Middle East Association is pleased to be hosting a VIP Lunch with Bayan Rahman, High Representative to the UK of the Kurdistan Regional Government at Bury House on Wednesday 27th June. Please find the flyer and registration form (corrected) attached. Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman began her career as a journalist in the UK and […]
The Kurdistan Regional Government's Head of Foreign Relations officially opened a new Representation Office in Vienna on Saturday, making it the 13th KRG representation office abroad. At the same time, Austria's Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister announced that Austria also plans to open a representation office in Erbil as well. Minister Falah Mustafa opened the […]
AKnews reports that Kurdistan's Minister of Finance and Economy says he cannot afford to increase the housing grant. Bayiz Talabani [Bayiz Saeed Mohammad Talabani] (pictured) attended a budget meeting on Thursday to answer reports of parliamentary committees. Talabani said: "Now 18,000 staff and civil servants get paid from the Kurdistan Regional Government." It was suggested […]
A plan to construct a new oil pipeline, with a capacity of 1 million barrels per day, between Iraqi Kurdistan and Turkey has drawn positive responses from many in the oil industry, according to a report from Investors Chronicle. Paul Atherton, finance chief of Heritage Resources, said: "This is an excellent opportunity for Heritage to […]
