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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 […]
A member of Najaf provincial council announced on Friday that Turkish Airlines will run four flights a week between Istanbul and Najaf airport, increasing to seven flight s a week from next month when services to five other Iraqi airports will begin. Abdul Hussein Abtan told AKnews that the civil aviation authorities in Iraq and […]
The manager of Najaf refinery has announced that the refinery’s contribution to the province’s economy exceeded 6bn Iraqi Dinars (IQD) in 2010. Laith al-Gharrawi [Laith al-Azzawi] told AKnews that the refinery refined 5.5m barrels of oil in 2010, bringing in a revenue for the province of 6.47 billion IQD ($5.5m), according to the law ratified […]
Overview Last week saw a rise in the number of attacks taking place in Iraq. Militant activity was concentrated in the centre of the country and in the northern city of Mosul. There were at least three suicide bombings in Anbar and Ninawa provinces while a Kurdish civilian was reportedly kidnapped in Kirkuk. As warned […]
Najaf's provincial council confirmed that it has been given final approval to get a loan of ID 47 Billion [$40m] for the province to buy new electricity generators to be run by Najaf's citizens. A source in the province told the National Media Center that generators will be distributed to jobless citizens with guaranties to […]
The Najaf Investment Commission has granted three investment licences worth a total of $233m [273 billion Iraqi dinars] to two Iraqi companies and a Turkish company. The head of the board, Wafi Albhash, told AKnews that the Turkish company was granted an investment license for a housing project worth $ 218 million. A licence to […]
Reuters reports that French engineering group Alstom has signed a 20 million euro ($27.83 million; 33 billion iraqi dinars) contract with Iraq on Monday to rehabilitate a unit at one of its power plants. Alstom, maker of industrial power plants and high-speed trains, said in a statement it would rehabilitate a unit at the gas-fired […]
The Iraqi Minister of Municipalities, Riad Ghareeb, and the governor of Najaf, Adnan Al-Zurfi, have announced the start of the urban renewal project of the old city. Riad Ghareeb told Aknews during his meeting with al-Zurfi and some members of the executing company, "the renewal project for the old city center of Najaf has been […]
AKnews quotes a media source in Najaf, 160km southwest of Baghdad, as saying that the municipality will set regulations for notification when public property is put up for sale, rent, or auction. A recent report from the Services Commission highlighted a lack of public notification when state property comes up for sale or rental which […]
The general manager of Najaf International Airport said on Monday that automatic booking machines are being installed at the airport to allow bookings through the internet. Sadiq al-Laban told AKnews, "The automatic booking system is modern and sophisticated. It would facilitate and confirm bookings through the Iraqi Airways website, and through the official website of […]
The Australian Ambassador to Baghdad, Robert Tyson, paid a visit to Najaf to foster economic, cultural and scientific relations, Najaf's governor said this week. Adnan al-Zarfi said he received the Australian ambassador on Wednesday (July 21), with whom he dicussed ways of boosting economic, scientific and cultural relations between the local government in Najaf and […]
The Najaf refinery increased production of oil derivatives by 32% in the first half of 2010, compared to the same period last year, according to the refinery’s director. “The refinery produced in the first half of 2010 33.4 million liters of Kerosene compared to 26 million liters in the same period last year, an increase […]
