By John Lee. Iraqi Kurdistan's 'Visit Kurdistan' platform was formally launched on Tuesday. The private-sector-led initiative is focused on advancing the Kurdistan Region's tourism sector and attracting international visitors. During the event, KRG Prime Minister Masrour Barzani delivered a speech in which he emphasized that the KRG, as part of its development agenda across all […]
By John Lee. The Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs has summoned the Iraqi Ambassador to Tehran, Naseer Abdul Mohsen Abdullah Al-Karawi, for consultations, following missile attacks by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on targets in Erbil overnight. The attacks causing several deaths and injuries. In a statement, the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional […]
By John Lee. The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)'s Prime Minister, Masrour Barzani, has launched a new initiative that will provide commercial loans through private banks to small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) looking to expand. Full statement from KRG: On Monday, September 25, 2023, Prime Minister Masrour Barzani of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) unveiled Project […]
By John Lee. KRG Prime Minister Masrour Barzani has launched Invest Kurdistan, a new platform dedicated to investment in the Kurdistan Region. Oddly, the statement did not provide a link to this new platform, but we found it here: https://invest.gov.krd/ From a business perspective, the key points highlighted in the statement are as follows: Investment Opportunities: […]
By John Lee. Prime Minister Masrour Barzani of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq opened the new Grand Majidi Mall in Erbil this week. The development, by Hewa Holding, promises to provide 1,700 jobs and opportunities for locals. (Source: @masrourbarzani)
By Andrew Parasiliti for Al Monitor. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. 'You don't solve issues by running away,' says Iraq's KRG PM Masrour Barzani, in an exclusive interview with Al-Monitor, discusses the dispute with the rival PUK party; relations with […]
By Jonathan Fenton-Harvey for Al Monitor. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. In Iraq, Macron seeks bigger sphere of influence for France In less than a month, French President Emmanuel Macron hosted both Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed al-Sudani and Kurdistan Region […]
From the Kurdistan Regional Government: Like citizens across the Kurdistan, I have been deeply troubled by the repeated terror attacks on our people and public infrastructure in recent months. The cowards behind the attacks have resorted to terror tactics because they have lost the court of public opinion in the rest of the country. Rather […]
By John Lee. The Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has assured the region's partners in the oil and gas sector that the KRG "remains committed" to the contracts that have been signed with energy companies. Masrour Barzani told the Global Energy Forum 2022 that the contracts are "in line with our oil […]
KRG Prime Minister Masrour Barzani on Sunday attended and supervised the Industrial Forum for Developing Market and Job Opportunities in Erbil. In his remarks to the Forum, Prime Minister Barzani noted that development in the Kurdistan Region was to the benefit of all of Iraq, and asked Iraqi politicians not to create obstacles to the […]
The Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Masrour Barzani, on Saturday met Baroness Emma Nicholson, President of the Iraq Britain Business Council (IBBC). Prime Minister Barzani highlighted the reforms of the ninth cabinet, its bid to diversify the economy and crucially to make the Kurdistan Region a focal point for business. Baroness Nicholson […]
Prime Minister Masrour Barzani on Wednesday launched Erbil's first-ever agriculture fair, for farming and animal products. The fair is supervised by the Iraqi ministry of agriculture and the Kurdistan Region ministry of agriculture and water resources. PM Barzani said the fair is an important step towards developing Iraq's agriculture. "This fair will be a starting […]
