IRAQI DINAR POLITICS & ECONOMY

“No budget for 2025.” The Parliamentary Finance Committee announces its forecasts and identifies the reasons.

“No budget for 2025.” The Parliamentary Finance Committee announces its forecasts and identifies the reasons.

2025-04-24 09:06

Shafaq News/ The Parliamentary Finance Committee identified, on Thursday, the reasons for the delay in sending the federal general budget to the House of Representatives for approval so far. It also expected that there would be no budget for 2025 in light of Read more…

Parliamentary Defense Committee: The government must abide by the US troop withdrawal agreement.

Parliamentary Defense Committee: The government must abide by the US troop withdrawal agreement.

4-24-2025

Information/Exclusive…
Member of the Parliamentary Security and Defense Committee, Ali Al-Bandawi, confirmed on Thursday that the Security Committee is continuously monitoring the foreign presence in Iraq, stressing the need for the government to adhere to the agreement signed with the international coalition regarding the withdrawal Read more…

Foreign Minister visits Washington to discuss bilateral cooperation and regional issues

Foreign Minister visits Washington to discuss bilateral cooperation and regional issues

4-24-2025

Information / Baghdad..
Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein headed to the United States of America today, Thursday.
The Foreign Minister said in a post on the (X) platform: “We left on Thursday, April 24, 2025, for the United States of America, where we will hold a series of bilateral Read more…

MP: A fake Ukrainian company is developing the Akkas field due to external pressure and suspicious deals.

MP: A fake Ukrainian company is developing the Akkas field due to external pressure and suspicious deals.

4-24-2025

Al-Maalomah / Baghdad..
The head of the parliamentary Amal bloc, Yasser Al-Husseini, described the Ukrainian company developing the Akkas gas field in Anbar Governorate on Thursday as a fake company that cannot handle such a huge field.
Al-Husseini said in a statement to / Al-Maalomah / agency, “There are external pressures on the government to continue the Ukrainian company’s work Read more…

Parliamentary Wealth Committee reveals the latest developments in the oil and gas law.

Parliamentary Wealth Committee reveals the latest developments in the oil and gas law.

4-24-2025

Al-Maalouma/Baghdad..
The Oil, Gas and Natural Resources Committee revealed, on Thursday, the fate of the Oil and Gas Law, while suggesting that the law would likely be Read more…

Iraq to be the third largest Arab exporter of goods in 2024

Iraq to be the third largest Arab exporter of goods in 2024

2025-04-24 03:39

Shafaq News/ The World Trade Organization announced on Thursday that Iraq ranked third as the largest exporter of goods in 2024.

The organization said in a report Read more…

Al-Sudani: Our goal is to meet the needs of the Iraqi market and stop importing from abroad.

Al-Sudani: Our goal is to meet the needs of the Iraqi market and stop importing from abroad.

2025-04-24 03:37

Shafaq News/ Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani stated on Thursday that his government’s goals include strengthening public-private sector partnerships, meeting the Iraqi market’s need for local production, and halting imports.

This came in a speech he delivered during the inauguration of the executive works, Read more…

Avoiding billions of dollars in losses, Iraq wins dozens of international lawsuits.

Avoiding billions of dollars in losses, Iraq wins dozens of international lawsuits.

2025-04-24 04:02

Shafaq News/ The Iraqi Ministry of Justice announced on Thursday that it had won 36 international lawsuits in favor of Iraq without incurring any losses, avoiding paying large sums estimated at billions of dollars if it lost those lawsuits.

The Ministry’s media office said in a statement received Read more…

The Iraqi Ministry of Finance issues a new bond issue worth more than 2.2 trillion dinars.

The Iraqi Ministry of Finance issues a new bond issue worth more than 2.2 trillion dinars.

2025-04-24 05:19

Shafaq News/ The Iraqi Ministry of Finance announced on Thursday the launch of the third issue of national bonds for public subscription, with a total value of 2.262 trillion and 942 million Iraqi dinars.

The Ministry of Finance said in a statement received by Shafaq News Agency that the issuance of these bonds is being done through Read more…

126,000 solar panels arrive in southern Iraq to support the electricity grid.

126,000 solar panels arrive in southern Iraq to support the electricity grid.

2025-04-24 06:59

Shafaq News/ Iraqi Electricity Minister Ziyad Ali Fadhil announced on Thursday the arrival of more than 126,000 high-efficiency solar panels to the site of the “Shams Basra” solar energy project in the Artawi field, which is being implemented by the French company Total with a capacity of Read more…

The Iraqi dinar strengthens as the Baghdad and Kurdistan stock exchanges close.

The Iraqi dinar strengthens as the Baghdad and Kurdistan stock exchanges close.

2025-04-24 06:35

Shafaq News/ The markets of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, and Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region, witnessed a decline in the exchange rate of the US dollar against the Iraqi dinar with the closing of the stock exchange on Thursday evening.

Shafaq News Agency correspondent reported that the dollar exchange rate fell Read more…

Rashid Bank disburses interest on national bonds to beneficiaries

Rashid Bank disburses interest on national bonds to beneficiaries

2025-04-24

Rashid Bank announced today, Thursday, the payment of semi-annual interest on national government bonds to their beneficiaries. This is part of its full commitment to the specified timetable and to enhance investor and citizen confidence in the Iraqi financial and banking system. The bank’s media outlet stated in a statement that Read more…

The Parliamentary Finance Committee rules out adjusting the price of a barrel of oil in the budget tables, and reveals the reason.

The Parliamentary Finance Committee rules out adjusting the price of a barrel of oil in the budget tables, and reveals the reason.

04/23/2025 .

The Parliamentary Finance Committee ruled out any amendment to the price of a barrel of oil approved in the general budget.
Committee member Jamal Koujar said in a press statement, “The price of a barrel of oil approved in the budget will not change, because any change requires Read more…

What are the real reasons behind the delay in sending budget tables?

What are the real reasons behind the delay in sending budget tables?

4-23-2025

Information / Report..
With the end of the first quarter of the current year, the budget schedules have not yet reached the House of Representatives for approval, and the government is still concealing the real reasons behind this delay. Is it deliberate or are there obstacles that the government does not want to reveal? These questions are still being asked Read more…

The International Monetary Fund expects a decline in the inflation rate in Iraq.

The International Monetary Fund expects a decline in the inflation rate in Iraq.

2025-04-23 03:39

Shafaq News/ The International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicted in a report issued in April of this year the inflation rate for Arab countries, indicating that Iraq’s inflation rate will decline slightly in 2025.

According to data reviewed Read more…

Iraq signs agreement to join digital trading platform with Abu Dhabi

Iraq signs agreement to join digital trading platform with Abu Dhabi

2025-04-23

In a strategic move to develop financial infrastructure and enhance regional cooperation, the Iraq Stock Exchange and the Iraqi Securities Commission signed a memorandum of understanding with the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) on Wednesday to join the exchange’s digital trading platform. The announcement came in a statement issued by the Iraq Stock Exchange, which stated that Read more…

Ministry of Defense: The Ur 2 exercise is taking place for the first time in the Middle East.

Ministry of Defense: The Ur 2 exercise is taking place for the first time in the Middle East.

2025-04-23

The Director of the Media Directorate at the Ministry of Defense, Major General Pilot Tahseen Al-Khafaji, confirmed Tuesday, that the international strategic exercise (OR 2), which was carried out with the participation of five countries, is the first of its kind in the Middle East, noting that the Air Force is experiencing a Read more…

New Line: The Americans are about to extend their stay in Iraq for another three years.

New Line: The Americans are about to extend their stay in Iraq for another three years.

4-22-2025

Al-Maalomah/Translation..
A report by the American website New Line Institute claimed on Tuesday that ISIS fighters are strengthening their presence in the Syrian desert in preparation for a resurgence across the Syrian border and into Iraq.
The report, translated by Al-Maalomah Agency, stated that “this concern has prompted the Iraqi government to sound the alarm and seek a long-term security partnership with the United States. Baghdad has already expressed initial interest in extending the American Read more…

Mr. Al-Hakim calls for encouraging citizens to deposit their money in Iraqi banks.

Mr. Al-Hakim calls for encouraging citizens to deposit their money in Iraqi banks.

2025/04/22

The head of the National State Forces Alliance, Mr. Ammar al-Hakim, called for encouraging citizens to deposit their money in Iraqi banks.
A statement from his office, a copy of which was received by {Euphrates News}, stated that Mr. Al-Hakim received “this morning a number of Iraqi businessmen, headed by the head of the Iraqi Banks Association, Read more…

Profits for Jordan, Losses for Iraq: The Story of Al-Ahli Bank’s Acquisition of the Currency Sales Window

Profits for Jordan, Losses for Iraq: The Story of Al-Ahli Bank’s Acquisition of the Currency Sales Window

2025-04-22 | 05:18

Raised the bank’s acquisition Al-Ahly On the foreign currency selling window in Iraq Widespread controversy in political and economic circles, amid accusations of a flaw in the policy Central Bank of Iraq and opening a new door to support the economy Jordanian At the expense of the Iraqi economy.

Viewpoints on this step varied, with some seeing it as Read more…