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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 […]
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 […]
