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KRG Board of Environment and Mine Agency brief diplomats on their needs The Department of Foreign Relations today hosted a special session for the KRG Board of Environmental Protection and Improvement and the Iraqi Kurdistan Mine Action Agency (IKMAA) to brief diplomats on their activities, challenges, and needs. Minister Falah Mustafa, Head of the KRG […]
DNO ASA, the Norwegian oil and gas operator, today reported receipt of USD 30 million from the Kurdistan Regional Government as partial payment to DNO and partner Genel Energy for June crude oil deliveries to the export market from the Tawke field. The total invoiced amount for June is USD 38.41 million, of which USD […]
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has published its monthly production and export revenue overview for July 2016. During the month it exported 457k bpd from the Turkish port of Ceyhan, down from the previous month's figure, at an average price of $32.53 per barrel, bringing in revenue of $461 million. Please click here to view or […]
By Mohammed A. Salih for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. In a scene surprising to many, a smiling Nouri al-Maliki disembarked from an Iraqi airliner July 18 in the city of Sulaimaniyah and was received by senior officials from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan […]
Turkish Airlines has commenced direct between Erbil and Gaziantep Airport. Starting today (Friday), roundtrip flights will be operated 2 times per week in both directions. (Source: Turkish Airlines)
By Ibrahim Malazada for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq is one of the worst-off countries in the world in terms of minefield and projectile pollution, with 25 million land mines and other unexploded ordnances scattered across the country. The concentration is especially dense […]
UNICEF Ambassador Ewan McGregor visits refugee and displaced children on Iraq frontline UNICEF Ambassador Ewan McGregor travelled to northern Iraq last week to see how the conflicts sweeping across Iraq and Syria are devastating children’s lives. Tens of thousands of children have been killed, injured, separated from their parents, forced to work, tortured and recruited […]
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The Iraqi army and Kurdish Peshmerga forces are intensifying their battle against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) in the south of the city of Mosul. […]
More than 2,500 tonnes of garbage were collected yesterday from the Governorates of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq- Erbil, Sulaimaniyah, Duhok and Halabja- as a result of the Let us Clean Kurdistan in One-Day campaign funded by the European Union. With the objective of raising awareness on conservation of the environment, the campaign was supported […]
By John Lee. The US State Department has clarified that the funds raised at the recent pledging conference will not go to the Kurdish or Iraqi governments, but will be distributed through the United Nations. Responding to questions at the daily press briefing on Friday, State Department spokesman John Kirby (pictured) said: "I think there’s […]
DNO ASA, the Norwegian oil and gas operator, this morning unveiled a proposal to acquire for USD 300 million all of the enlarged share capital in Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd following the latter's contemplated financial restructuring announced earlier this month. The terms of the DNO proposal, which would comprise cash and shares, reflect a 20 […]
From 27 to 28 of July 2016, the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) Human Rights Office (HRO) in the Kurdistan Region conducted a specialized training course on the United Nations Human Rights Protection System for the DFR staff members. Twenty staff members participated in the course. The training course focused on increasing the […]
