IRAQI DINAR POLITICS & ECONOMY

New decisions.. Iraqi government: The private sector has a prominent and influential role in supporting industrial projects

New decisions.. Iraqi government: The private sector has a prominent and influential role in supporting industrial projects

2024-12-17

The Iraqi government confirmed, today, Tuesday (December 17, 2024), the prominent and influential role of the private sector in supporting industrial projects, while indicating that it has issued many decisions to support this sector.

The Prime Minister’s Media Office said Read more…

Rafidain: Collecting more than 5 trillion dinars electronically

Rafidain: Collecting more than 5 trillion dinars electronically

12-16-2024

Information/Baghdad…
Rafidain Bank announced today, Monday, the collection of more than 5 trillion dinars electronically.

A statement by the bank, a copy of which Read more…

Parliamentary Planning Committee calls for in-depth study to amend one of the budget articles

Parliamentary Planning Committee calls for in-depth study to amend one of the budget articles

12-16-2024

Information / Baghdad..
Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary Planning Committee, MP Mohammed Karim, confirmed on Monday that amending Article 12C of the Triennial Budget Law, which was voted on by Parliament last year at the request of the Prime Minister, requires a deeper study, as it will allow for Read more…

Former MP: Amending Article 12 allows Baghdad to know the details of the region’s oil exports

Former MP: Amending Article 12 allows Baghdad to know the details of the region’s oil exports

12-16-2024

Information/Special..
Former MP Mohammed Al-Shabaki stressed, on Monday, the importance of amending Article 12 of the Budget Law so that the Federal Ministry of Oil and the National Oil Marketing Company (SOMO) are informed of the facts of oil exports Read more…

Kurdish MP: The region’s finance minister made a mistake by not separating millions and billions

Kurdish MP: The region’s finance minister made a mistake by not separating millions and billions

2024-12-16

Kurdish MP for the Kurdistan Justice Party, Soran Omar, confirmed Sunday (December 15, 2024), that the Minister of Finance of the Kurdistan Regional Government made a mistake by not separating millions and billions when sending Read more…

His movements are suspicious.. Warnings of Halbousi’s involvement in a Zionist project to divide Iraq

His movements are suspicious.. Warnings of Halbousi’s involvement in a Zionist project to divide Iraq

12-15-2024

Information/ Baghdad..
After being convicted of fraud and dismissed from the presidency of parliament, which affected his political standing and influence, the head of the Progress Party, Mohammed al-Halbousi, is seeking to return to the scene by trying to get closer to the United States, amid warnings of his involvement in dangerous projects Read more…

Parliamentary Integrity: Budget Amendment Contains Financial and Constitutional Violations

Parliamentary Integrity: Budget Amendment Contains Financial and Constitutional Violations

12-15-2024

Information / Special..
Member of the Parliamentary Integrity Committee, Hadi Al-Salami, confirmed today, Sunday, that the amendment to the federal budget includes several financial and constitutional violations, noting that the government did not abide by the laws Read more…

Iraq announces the completion of the last phase of the population census “successfully”

Iraq announces the completion of the last phase of the population census “successfully”

2024-12-15 03:58

Shafaq News/ The Iraqi Ministry of Planning announced, on Sunday, the successful completion of the third and final phase of the field work for the general population and housing census in the country, which lasted about 20 days.

The ministry stated in a statement Read more…

A sudden rise in the value of the Syrian pound in the markets of Kurdistan.. Chaos or the beginning of stability?

A sudden rise in the value of the Syrian pound in the markets of Kurdistan.. Chaos or the beginning of stability?

2024-12-15 00:59

Shafaq News/ The currency markets in the Kurdistan Region are witnessing remarkable changes with the “sudden” rise in the value of the Syrian pound against the Iraqi dinar, which sparked wide discussions among experts and traders Read more…

Minister of Electricity sponsors signing of contract to build 3 transformer stations in southern Iraq with international funding

Minister of Electricity sponsors signing of contract to build 3 transformer stations in southern Iraq with international funding

2024-12-15 01:57

Shafaq News/ On Sunday, the Minister of Electricity, Ziyad Ali Fadhil, sponsored the signing ceremony of a contract to establish three secondary electricity conversion stations in Basra Governorate, with a capacity of 3×90 MVA and a voltage of 132/33 kV, funded by the World Bank.

According to a statement issued Read more…

Al-Sudani’s advisor settles the controversy over stopping employees’ salaries at the beginning of 2025

Al-Sudani’s advisor settles the controversy over stopping employees’ salaries at the beginning of 2025

2024-12-15

Mazhar Muhammad Salih, the economic advisor to the Prime Minister, commented Saturday (December 14, 2024), on the possibility of the government’s inability to pay employees’ salaries after the first quarter of next year.

Saleh said in a press interview, “The Iraqi financial policy has a flexible Read more…

400% profit.. The expected Syrian situation pushes Iraqis to invest in the “lira” and experts warn

400% profit.. The expected Syrian situation pushes Iraqis to invest in the “lira” and experts warn

2024-12-14 | 04:43

While Syria is witnessing major transformations that the whole world is waiting for, these transformations have opened the door to hopes for economic transformations as well, after the Syrian economy deteriorated greatly during the previous years under the rule of Bashar al-Assad due to sanctions.

The Syrian pound has undergone major transformations. At the beginning of 2021, Read more…

Bloomberg: Blinken’s unannounced visit to Baghdad came to pressure the resistance factions

Bloomberg: Blinken’s unannounced visit to Baghdad came to pressure the resistance factions

12-14-2024

Information / Translation ..
A report by BNN Bloomberg revealed on Saturday that the unannounced visit by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to Baghdad was a surprise stop during his tour of the region, during which he asked Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani to Read more…

Al-Sudani: There are suspicions of corruption in all loan transactions in Iraq

Al-Sudani: There are suspicions of corruption in all loan transactions in Iraq

2024-12-14 02:40

Shafaq News/ Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani acknowledged, on Saturday, that there were suspicions of corruption in financial loan transactions issued by Iraqi government banks.

In a speech he gave during the opening ceremony of the first Riyada Read more…

MP expects date for sending budget tables by government to parliament: Always delayed

MP expects date for sending budget tables by government to parliament: Always delayed

2024-12-14 02:19

Shafaq News/ Member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Jamal Kojer, expected, on Saturday, that the Council of Ministers will send the budget tables to Parliament in Read more…

Blinken delivers ‘threatening’ messages to Iran-backed factions in Sudan

Blinken delivers ‘threatening’ messages to Iran-backed factions in Sudan

2024-12-14 02:10

Shafaq News/ Informed political sources revealed, on Saturday, that US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken conveyed direct “threatening” messages to Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani regarding Read more…

“Tayyar”: There are political fears of a military coup in Iraq

“Tayyar”: There are political fears of a military coup in Iraq

2024-12-14 05:38

Shafaq News/ Abdul Rahman al-Jazaery, a leader in the National Division Movement, which is part of the State of Law Coalition, stated today, Saturday, that there is a “real” political fear of a military coup in Iraq, after Read more…

Framework: We will not accept any attempts to change the political reality in Iraq

Framework: We will not accept any attempts to change the political reality in Iraq

2024-12-14

Coordination Framework member Ali Al-Fatlawi confirmed Friday (December 13, 2024), that Iraq will not accept any foreign interventions to change its political reality.

Al-Fatlawi said in a press interview that “Iraq’s political situation is stable and Read more…

An “unannounced” visit and a surprise landing in Baghdad.. Blinken to Al-Sudani: We are committed to supporting Iraq

An “unannounced” visit and a surprise landing in Baghdad.. Blinken to Al-Sudani: We are committed to supporting Iraq

2024-12-13 06:04

Shafaq News/ US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Friday, during which he met with Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani and held talks with him about the future of Syria.

Reuters quoted the US State Department as saying that “Blinken Read more…

Al-Hilali talks about the possibility of extending the American presence in Iraq

Al-Hilali talks about the possibility of extending the American presence in Iraq

12-13-2024

Information/Baghdad…
Independent politician Aid Al-Hilali hinted on Friday at the possibility of extending the presence of US forces inside Iraq despite the existence of an agreement between Baghdad and Washington for these forces to leave in the next two years.

Al-Hilali told Al-Maalouma, “The agreement between Baghdad and Washington was Read more…