IRAQI DINAR POLITICS & ECONOMY

Bank restructuring and good with four axes. The banking sector will support

Bank restructuring and good with four axes. The banking sector will support

4/20/13

Baghdad (newsletter).Member of the Finance Committee, said MP//abdolhossein Al-yasiri, the Rafidain Bank restructuring plan and rational by International Monetary Fund includes four main paragraphs will help to support and develop the country’s banking sector. Read more…

Iraq’s First Election Since Exit of U.S. Troops Is Largely Peaceful

Iraq’s First Election Since Exit of U.S. Troops Is Largely Peaceful

4/20/13

BAGHDAD — Iraq held its first election since the withdrawal of American troops, under security so tight on Saturday that the only way for many voters to reach polling stations was to walk. But the election, for local councils, was carried out largely free of violence, Read more…

Your vote: Did Maliki win the votes of the army and the police?!

Your vote: Did Maliki win the votes of the army and the police?!

Created on Saturday, April 20 / April 2013 08:49 | |

BAGHDAD / Mustafa Habib

Hundreds of thousands of elements of the Iraqi army and police cast their ballots in the provincial elections during your vote, but the majority of the political blocs consider fear to their results, because forecasts indicate that for Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, the lion’s share in it.

Various political blocs affiliations already know that elements of the army and police loyal to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, or are afraid of it, which is what makes them give their votes to Read more…

UNHCR and UNAMI announce the success of the elections

UNHCR and UNAMI announce the success of the elections

04/20/2013 6:02 pm

The continuation of counting and sorting .. The ratios good vote and above expectations
BAGHDAD – morning
announced the Electoral Commission for elections and the UN Mission in Iraq (UNAMI), the success of the suffrage in the provincial elections.
and began counting in polling stations in the polling stations after closing funds. said delegates and reporters “morning” The operations of counting Read more…

Large quantities of gold entering the country illegally because of poor government oversight

Bijari: Large quantities of gold entering the country illegally because of poor government oversight

19-04-2013 07:47 AM

Baghdad (news) .. Asked a member of the Committee on the economy and investment MP / coalition in Iraq / Nora Bijari, regulatory authorities in the Iraqi border to strengthen its efforts to prevent the entry of Gold ‘adulterated’ of the country. said Bijari (of the Agency news): The local market is suffering from the spread of gold adulterated, because there are large Read more…

World Trade Organization (WTO) will boost Iraq’s relationship with the major industrialized countries

Economist: World Trade Organization (WTO) will boost Iraq’s relationship with the major industrialized countries

19-04-2013 12:15 PM

Baghdad (news) .. He stressed the economic expert Ismail Radi, the need for Iraq sought to join the World Trade Organization because of its features help to support the economic sectors of the country, and the convergence of Iraq with the major developed countries. Radi said (of the Agency news): The Iraqi Ministry of Trade required to complete the procedures for the accession of Iraq the World Trade Organization to Read more…

The Kuwaiti Prime Minister will visit Iraq soon “to discuss differences and past

The Kuwaiti Prime Minister will visit Iraq soon “to discuss differences and past

4/18/13

the Foreign Relations Committee of the Iraqi Parliament’s intention of Kuwaiti Prime Minister Jaber Mubarak Al-Sabah to visit Baghdad next month, adding that ” debt cancellation and eject Iraq from Chapter VII highlights the files with him». Read more…

Iraq: Lower oil prices could affect budget operating revenue

Iraq: Lower oil prices could affect budget operating revenue

4/18/13

Baghdad (newsletter). Commission decision ruled out oil and energy Deputy/Kurdistan blocs Coalition/Kassim Mohamed Kassim, affecting oil prices in OPEC revenue budget, saying its impact on the abundance of financial income and reliable projects. Read more…

Maliki is mentally ill and to provide and display a doctor “psychological counseling”

Maliki is mentally ill and to provide and display a doctor “psychological counseling”

18/04/2013

Palm – student Matsamu Anbar, on Tuesday, the international community to refer the Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to justice, “and presented to the psychiatrist,” and stressed that al-Maliki is suffering from a “crisis of coups” critics Special Envoy of the United Nations in Iraq, Martin Kobler not to “visit the province,” in While Kobler representative expressed his Read more…

Banker: local banks are unable to finance investment projects due to lack of capital

Banker: local banks are unable to finance investment projects due to lack of capital

19-04-2013 12:31 AM

Baghdad (news) .. Said an expert on banking Mohsen Ali, the inability of local banks, two branches of government and private sector to perform the requirements of the investment process in the country due to lack of capital. said Ali (of the Agency news): The government banks Kalravedan and Rasheed not they can cover all the needs of the state grants loans and Read more…

Between skeptical and confident of it: experts: the massive Central Bank reserves will not work without exploitation of wise and independent

Between skeptical and confident of it: experts: the massive Central Bank reserves will not work without exploitation of wise and independent

4/17/13

Baghdad (newsletter). There is no doubt that the national economy is surrounded by many potential challenges as declining oil sales or security tensions, but experts in finance and economy dissipated such fears two documents that the Central Bank has a large reserve of hard currency and gold being able to confront the mightiest economic shocks anticipated and curb inflation. Read more…

Political consensus postpone deciding to ‘free’ the Iraqi president

Political consensus postpone deciding to ‘free’ the Iraqi president

Published 17/04/2013 12:01 AM

Babinaoz – Agencies: unable physicians Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and Iraqi constitution during the past four months – a period of illness, President Talabani stroke – to provide a convincing explanation not in terms of his health and the possibility of his return to practice his duties nor in terms of mechanisms replacement when my case «absence» and « freedom is based on the permanent Iraqi constitution, which Read more…

Non-enactment of the oil and gas reason for differences between the governments of Baghdad and Erbil

Congress: non-enactment of the oil and gas the most important reasons for the escalation of differences between the governments of Baghdad and Erbil

17/04/2013 (23:01 pm)

BAGHDAD / tributary cactus

Counting members of the House of Representatives not to the enactment of the oil and gas strategic main reason to create problems and tensions between the central government and the Kurdistan Regional Government, pointing to the lack of approval contributed to the lack of transparency leads to suspicion and mistrust Read more…

Kurdistan: If negotiations fail with Maliki, we will leave the entire political process

Kurdistan: If negotiations fail with Maliki, we will leave the entire political process

16/04/2013 (23:01 pm)

 Baghdad / Wael grace

Revealed committees bargaining coalitions of Kurdistan and the national agreement on the formation of two committees and financial security to pursue the outstanding issues between the parties with respect to the legal status of the Tigris and the amendments to the budget law.
As expressed National Alliance willingness to increase the number of committees to more than two to accommodate all the outstanding issues between Baghdad and Erbil, said Kurdistan Alliance that the negotiations conducted by Read more…

New York Times: local elections crucial test for Iraq’s democracy

New York Times: local elections crucial test for Iraq’s democracy jittery

17/04/2013 (22:01 pm)

 translation term

Saw the New York Times reported that the bombings yesterday clearly linked to elections, Americans were skeptical commissioned as the United Nations prepared a test of Iraq’s democracy troubled.
newspaper said that the attackers hit targets in the areas of Iraq on Monday morning, putting background bloody scene of the election campaign at the time of preparing the Iraqis to vote in Read more…

Official: Iraq needs to IMF loans, despite the huge budget

Official: Iraq needs to IMF loans, despite the huge budget

17/04/2013 12:00 AM

Baghdad – Mostafa Hashemi
said the economist in the Ministry of Finance Hilal Taan: that Iraq needs IMF loans for the implementation of development projects in various provinces for the development of industrial and agricultural sectors and other sectors, as well as water desalination projects in the southern provinces.
said Taan told (morning) The IMF loans and the World Bank are not loans sense prevails because it is soft loans and deadlines long terms grant the borrower a period of grace for 10 years and the period of repayment duration of 30 years.
, and pointed out that those who do not understand the science of economics does not understand the nature of these loans, Iraq is a member of the Both the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund and has special drawing rights and could withdraw $ 5 billion, pointing out that Read more…

Kuwaiti Foreign: last page has been turned and the morning visit Baghdad soon

Kuwaiti Foreign: last page has been turned and the morning visit Baghdad soon

TUESDAY, 16 APRIL / APRIL 2013 14:46

Twilight News / source said Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry, Tuesday, Page dispute with Iraq wrapped up in the light of the intention of the government in Baghdad to end the outstanding issues between the two countries.
The source said in a statement the “Arab News”, followed “Twilight News”, “The Prime Minister Jaber Al-Sabah will visit Iraq in the coming period.”

He explained that “the visit did not come to discuss certain issues per se, but Read more…

The Washington Post: a “special ballot” without violence victory. . But he will not give Maliki third term

The Washington Post: a “special ballot” without violence victory. . But he will not give Maliki third term

16/04/2013 (23:01 pm)

Translation term

Even the dead are not immune to the upcoming local election campaign in Iraq. Banners with bright colors cover the main streets hung around the vast cemetery in the holy city of Najaf, which attracts hundreds of visitors who pass by every day.
And will vote the twentieth of April to the first provincial election since the U.S. withdrawal in December 2011. Although the federal election positions, such as the prime minister and parliament is not scheduled until next year, the provincial Read more…

The representative of the United Nations: Sistani is worried about Iraq more than ever

The representative of the United Nations: Sistani is worried about Iraq more than ever

16/04/2013 (23:01 pm)

Najaf / range Press

Prime United Nations Mission in Iraq, Martin Kobler, Monday, that the supreme religious authority, Ali al-Sistani told him that he was “worried more than ever on Iraq,” and quoted Sistani criticizing all political parties “for not cooperating,” while The United Nations is not has a “special position” of early elections.
Said Martin Kobler, during a press conference, yesterday afternoon, in front of a house supreme religious authority, Ali al-Sistani after meeting attended (range Press), said that “Mr. Sistani told me he worried than ever of what is Read more…

United Nations demanding enactment of a law of oil and gas

United Nations demanding enactment of a law of oil and gas

4/15/13

United Nations demanded the ratification of the Law of resources natural resources and oil and gas law in Iraq, while confirmed the need to solve the problem of Kirkuk, according to the Constitution.

explained Assistant Chairman of the Read more…