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The current world focus is on Libya, with AKE now ranking Tripoli as being much more hostile a working environment than Baghdad. However, conditions are still fluid and unstable in Iraq, and levels of violence have crept up in the country for the third consecutive week. Dozens of people were killed and hundreds injured in […]
Najaf Investment Commission announced on Tuesday that it has granted two investment licenses worth a total of $56 million. According to AKnews, one is to build a residential complex in Manathira district, and the other is to build a tourist hotel in Najaf city. Wafi al-Bahhash, the head of the commission, told AKnews that the […]
Up until Monday, the past week was turning into one of the quietest so far this year, but then a series of mass casualty attacks swept the country, leaving dozens of people dead and injured. Provincial government buildings and security force installations and patrols were the most common targets of the attacks, although civilians were […]
Najaf Provincial Council has made a preliminary agreement with a Chinese company for it to build a power station, the head of the energy committee in Najaf told AKnews. He said the $79 million [95 billion Iraqi dinars] oil-fired station will have a capacity of 100 megawatts. According to AKnews, the agreement came after the […]
The director of construction and planning in Najaf Province announced on Wednesday that a site was allocated in Najaf to build a new international airport which shall be put forward for investment. Abdul Kareem al-Khawaja told Aswat al-Iraq that the new airport will have two runways specified to international standards.. Commenting on the existing Najaf […]
Turkish Airlines operated its first direct flight from Istanbul to Najaf on Tuesday. AKnews reports that the plane carried Turkish businessmen to the holy city. The airline will operate three flights from Istanbul to Najaf every week with plans to increase the number of flights gradually to reach 7 flights per week. Head of Najaf […]
According to a report from Bloomberg, the $130 million [150 billion Iraqi dinar] contract to build a 500-megawatt power station in central Iraq has been won by the Baghdad Company for Gas Turbines Ltd. The privately owned company was founded in 1993, and re-registered in 2003. The company is scheduled to build the natural-gas fired […]
According to a report from Azzaman, the Province of Najaf is to build 10,000 flats to house school teachers as part of a new policy to upgrade education in schools across the province. Governor Adnan al-Zarqai said his local administration has decided to place more emphasis on developing all aspects of education in the province. […]
Najaf Investment Commission has announced that it granted six new licenses for investment in various sectors, with a total value of $98.5 million [115 billion Iraqi dinars]. The head of the board, Wafi Albhash, told AKnews that the investment licences included: a five-star hotel valued at $36.2 million, consisting of 12-storeys, 210-rooms and 10 hotel […]
In a move to enrich Kufa University's educational and research activities, Kufa University president Dr. Abdul Razzak Al-Issa signed a broadband service agreement with Omnnea. The broadband service will be used to allow both Kufa University faculty and students to conduct research, hold video conferencing and to utilize e-learning curriculum. Dr. Al-Issa stated, "One of […]
Iraq's Minister for Transport has said a tender to build an airport in the Middle Euphrates region is expected to be floated in October. According to Reuters, he could not give an estimated cost for the project, which will be located between the holy Shi'ite southern cities of Najaf and Kerbala, but other sources estimate […]
The Najaf Investment Commission approved 17 investment licences to build a total of 19,000 houses in Najaf at a cost of $1.9 billion, according to the chairman of the commission, Wafi al-Bahash. Aswat al-Iraq reports that the Commission has recently approved more than 125 licenses in all fields, including 17 to Iraqi and foreign companies […]
