IRAQI DINAR POLITICS & ECONOMY

2025 Budget: Continuous Delays and Suspended Promises

2025 Budget: Continuous Delays and Suspended Promises

2-12-2025

Information / Report..
Delays in approving the budget are a recurring phenomenon due to political differences, whether within the government or between the government and parliament. This delay has become more evident in recent years. With regard to the 2025 budget, the country has witnessed continuous delays Read more…

Civil Status: National ID card transactions will be suspended tomorrow

Civil Status: National ID card transactions will be suspended tomorrow

2025/02/12

The Directorate of Civil Status, Passports and Residence announced today, Wednesday, the suspension of receiving and promoting national card transactions tomorrow, Thursday, due to updates to the system.
The Directorate stated in a statement received by {Euphrates News} that it “announces the suspension of receiving and promoting citizens’ transactions Read more…

Parliamentary Finance Committee expects to send budget tables next week

Parliamentary Finance Committee expects to send budget tables next week

2-12-2025

Information / Baghdad..
The Parliamentary Finance Committee confirmed, today, Wednesday, that the government did not send the 2025 budget tables to the Parliamentary Finance Committee due to amendments being made to them after the House of Representatives voted to amend Read more…

Al-Fatlawi: Parliamentary moves to dismiss the President of the Republic after his complaint against Al-Sudani

Al-Fatlawi: Parliamentary moves to dismiss the President of the Republic after his complaint against Al-Sudani

2-12-2025

Al-Maalouma / Special..
Representative Aqil Al-Fatlawi revealed, on Wednesday, parliamentary moves to collect signatures aimed at dismissing the President of the Republic, indicating that this step comes in response to his filing a complaint against the Prime Minister.
Al-Fatlawi said in a statement Read more…

“Food Basket for Iraq” .. Kurdistan Region produces about 300 thousand tons of fruits

“Food Basket for Iraq” .. Kurdistan Region produces about 300 thousand tons of fruits

2025-02-12 04:43

Shafaq News/ The Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources in the Kurdistan Region, Bekard Talabani, said on Wednesday that the region is an “important” area in the field of agriculture, and is considered a food basket for all of Iraq, stressing that the region, due to its geographical nature, has become a source Read more…

Iraq exports more than 8 million barrels of oil to America in a month

Iraq exports more than 8 million barrels of oil to America in a month

2025-02-12 01:25

Shafaq News/ The US Energy Information Administration announced on Wednesday that Iraq exported more than 8 million barrels of crude oil and its derivatives to the United States during November 2024.

A schedule of the administration, Read more…

Federal Court postpones issuing decision on President’s lawsuit against Al-Sudani and Finance Minister

Federal Court postpones issuing decision on President’s lawsuit against Al-Sudani and Finance Minister

2025-02-12 04:23

Shafaq News/ The Federal Supreme Court decided, on Wednesday, to postpone issuing its decision on the lawsuit filed by the President of the Republic against both the Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance regarding Read more…

Government decision: Huge increase in Al-Rasheed funding and printing of exam notebooks outside Iraq

Government decision: Huge increase in Al-Rasheed funding and printing of exam notebooks outside Iraq

2025-02-12

Shafaq News/ The Iraqi Council of Ministers decided, on Tuesday, to raise the capital of Rashid Bank from two billion dinars to 50 billion dinars, in addition to its approval to print examination notebooks outside Iraq for one year.

The Prime Minister’s Media Office said Read more…

Federal Court rejects challenge of forgery in budget tables

Federal Court rejects challenge of forgery in budget tables

2025-02-12 04:03

Shafaq News/ The Federal Supreme Court rejected, on Wednesday, the appeal filed regarding forgery in the general budget tables.

A source in the court told Shafaq News Agency, “Considering any legal appeal requires the availability of Read more…

Will Iraq escape bankruptcy? How will the government face the coming storm?

Will Iraq escape bankruptcy? How will the government face the coming storm?

2-11-2025

Information / Special…
Increasing warnings from MPs and economic experts inside and outside Iraq indicate that the country may be exposed to a stifling financial crisis that may reach the point of being unable to pay salaries and government obligations by 2025.

In an economy that is almost entirely Read more…

MP calls for enacting oil and gas law to solve salary crisis

MP calls for enacting oil and gas law to solve salary crisis

2-11-2025

Information / Baghdad ..
Member of the Parliamentary Oil, Gas and Wealth Committee Nazim Al-Shabli called on the federal government today, Tuesday, to expedite sending the draft oil and gas law.
Al-Shabli told / Al-Maalouma / agency, “The legislation of the oil and gas law is sufficient to solve Read more…

From inside the Federal Court: A deputy is likely to return the three controversial laws to parliament

From inside the Federal Court: A deputy is likely to return the three controversial laws to parliament

2025-02-11 00:54

Shafaq News/ On Tuesday, Raed Al-Maliki, a member of the Parliamentary Legal Committee, expected that the Federal Supreme Court would issue a decision to invalidate the session of the Council of Representatives in which the three controversial laws were voted on, and to return those laws to Parliament for Read more…

New projects will soon see the light in Faw Port under the supervision of a special committee

New projects will soon see the light in Faw Port under the supervision of a special committee

2025-02-11

The Prime Minister’s Advisor for Transport Affairs, Nasser Al-Asadi, announced today, Tuesday, a plan to form a special body to manage the Faw Port and the development road, while pointing out that 95 percent of the Faw projects have been completed. Al-Asadi stated, in a statement to the official agency, that “work is underway to Read more…

Government advisor: Financial concerns unfounded

Government advisor: Financial concerns unfounded

2025/02/10

The Prime Minister’s advisor for financial affairs, Mazhar Muhammad Salih, confirmed that the financial concerns raised from time to time about the economic situation in Iraq are “baseless.”

Saleh told {Al-Furat News} that “Iraqi diplomacy is one of the most successful in Read more…

NABNI: The President’s complaint against Al-Sudani is a dangerous escalation step

NABNI: The President’s complaint against Al-Sudani is a dangerous escalation step

2-10-2025

Al-Maalouma / Special..
Ali Al-Zubaidi, a member of the Nabni Alliance, described today, Monday, the President’s complaint against Al-Sudani as an escalatory step that should not be taken, stressing that it comes within the framework of political wills and may have serious repercussions Read more…

Finance: Iraq’s revenues exceeded 135 trillion dinars in 11 months

Finance: Iraq’s revenues exceeded 135 trillion dinars in 11 months

2-10-2025

Information / Baghdad..
The Ministry of Finance revealed, today, Monday, the size of revenues in the federal budget during 11 months, which exceeded 135 trillion dinars…

The ministry said in data tables it issued in February of this month, which were reviewed by Read more…

Parliamentary Security: US military presence is increasing and the government is required to provide clear answers

Parliamentary Security: US military presence is increasing and the government is required to provide clear answers

2-10-2025

Al-Maalouma / Special..
Member of the Parliamentary Security and Defense Committee, Hussein Al-Ameri, revealed today, Monday, the presence of large reinforcements of American forces on the border strip between Iraq and Syria, in addition to a noticeable increase in the number of forces inside the Ain al-Assad base.
Al-Ameri stated in a statement Read more…

Al-Maliki wins for the Federal Court: Voting on the three laws is incorrect

Al-Maliki wins for the Federal Court: Voting on the three laws is incorrect

2025-02-10 06:04

Shafaq News/ The head of the State of Law Coalition, Nouri al-Maliki, confirmed on Monday that the vote on the three controversial laws in the House of Representatives is incorrect, justifying that by saying that the vote was done with one basket and the number Read more…

More than 46 million people.. Date set for announcing the final results of the population census

More than 46 million people.. Date set for announcing the final results of the population census

2025-02-10

Sunday, Minister of Planning Mohammed Tamim set the date for announcing the final results of the general population and housing census, indicating that the population of Iraq on 12/10/2024 reached Read more…

“Jacoj Al-Mashhadani” .. A controversial blow shakes the parliament and threatens the throne of its presidency

“Jacoj Al-Mashhadani” .. A controversial blow shakes the parliament and threatens the throne of its presidency

2-9-2025

Information/Report…
In a controversial voting session, the House of Representatives approved the amendment to the general amnesty law at record speed, amidst a tense atmosphere. The way in which the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mahmoud Al-Mashhadani, managed the session sparked widespread controversy, with some describing it as a “paid deal” aimed at Read more…