IRAQI DINAR POLITICS & ECONOMY

Deputy: Automation will end 50% of corruption in Iraq

Deputy: Automation will end 50% of corruption in Iraq

3-27-2024

Information / Baghdad..
Representative Mudar Al-Karawi suggested, on Wednesday, that automation and the adoption of electronic systems, or what is known as automation, will end 50% of corruption in Iraq.

Al-Karawi, a member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, said Read more…

Former Iraqi President Barham Salih was a fellow at one of the most important American research centers

Former Iraqi President Barham Salih was a fellow at one of the most important American research centers

2024-03-27 07:43

Shafaq News/ The Harvard Crimson website, affiliated with Harvard Kennedy School, reported that former Iraqi President Barham Salih joined the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and the Middle East Initiative, a center affiliated with the university, as a senior fellow.

The report, translated by Shafaq News Agency, stated that Barham Salih will occupy Read more…

The National Bank of Iraq announces the success of working with the global “Temenos” systems in compliance with the Central Bank

The National Bank of Iraq announces the success of working with the global “Temenos” systems in compliance with the Central Bank

2024-03-27 03:41

Shafaq News/ The National Bank of Iraq announced, on Wednesday, the success of its new banking system based on the global “Temenos” company’s systems (Temenos – T24), which is considered the most important banking system, in addition to the launch of its developed application on mobile Read more…

The Foreign Ministers of Iraq and America discuss arrangements for the meeting between Al-Sudani and Biden

The Foreign Ministers of Iraq and America discuss arrangements for the meeting between Al-Sudani and Biden

2024-03-27 12:41

Shafaq News/ On Tuesday, Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein and American Anthony Blinken discussed arrangements for the visit of Prime Minister Muhammad Shia al-Sudani to the White House next month.

Hussein said in a tweet on his account on the “X” website (formerly Twitter), followed by Shafaq News Agency, “I met in Washington with US Secretary of State Read more…

Al-Abadi supports the renewal of the Sudanese mandate: Four years are not enough to achieve reform

Al-Abadi supports the renewal of the Sudanese mandate: Four years are not enough to achieve reform

2024-03-27 12:07

Shafaq News/ Former Prime Minister, Haider al-Abadi, confirmed on Tuesday his support for renewing the mandate of Prime Minister Muhammad Shia al-Sudani and his government to give them the opportunity to achieve government reform, while pointing out that the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, did not leave Read more…

Parliamentary source: The 2024 budget reached 228 trillion dinars

Parliamentary source: The 2024 budget reached 228 trillion dinars

2024-03-27

A parliamentary source revealed today, Wednesday, March 27, 2024, that the budget for the current year 2024 amounted to 228 trillion dinars.

The source stated that “the budget for the current year 2024 Read more…

The secret of the dollar’s ​​decline: the parallel market lost its customers and demand for the platform increased four-fold

The secret of the dollar’s ​​decline: the parallel market lost its customers and demand for the platform increased four-fold

03-26-2024

Al-Sumaria News – Economy
The Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq confirmed that external commercial transfers through the official SWIFT system have increased significantly, jumping from 50 million dollars per day to 200 million dollars now.
Deputy Governor of the Central Bank, Ammar Khalaf, said that transactions via Read more…

Parliamentary Finance: Budget tables arrive before the Eid holiday

Parliamentary Finance: Budget tables arrive before the Eid holiday

03/26/2024

The Parliamentary Finance Committee expected that the budget tables for the current year 2024 would arrive in the House of Representatives before the Eid al-Fitr holiday.

Committee member, Moeen Al-Kazemi, said in a press statement, “The 2024 budget schedules have not yet arrived from the government, even though we are in the Read more…

A parliamentarian calls on the government to take quick measures to reduce the dollar crisis

A parliamentarian calls on the government to take quick measures to reduce the dollar crisis

3-26-2024

Information/Baghdad..
Today, Wednesday, the representative of the Fatah Alliance, Ola Al-Nashi, called on the Iraqi government to take serious steps and quick measures to limit the continuing crisis of the high exchange rates of the dollar against the local currency.
Al-Nashi told Al-Maalouma, “The American administration continues to Read more…

SWIFT is working on creating a digital currency platform for central banks

SWIFT is working on creating a digital currency platform for central banks

2024-03-26 00:33

Shafaq News/ The Society for Global Interbank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT) is working to create a new platform within the next year or two, to link the digital currencies that central banks are issuing to the current financial system.

This will be one of the most important steps yet for the emerging central bank Read more…

Kurdistan-Baghdad relations.. The Washington Institute: 4 “fateful” files awaiting leaving the “bureaucracy” and developing solutions

Kurdistan-Baghdad relations.. The Washington Institute: 4 “fateful” files awaiting leaving the “bureaucracy” and developing solutions

2024-03-26 05:56

Shafaq News/ The Washington Institute monitored that the recent decisions of the Iraqi Federal Court regarding the localization of the salaries of Kurdistan Region employees in federal banks, the abolition of quota seats, and the manner in which the Kurdistan Region will be divided into at least four electoral regions. All of these decisions have sparked controversy again Read more…

A systematic operation to smuggle foreign currency from Iraqi Kurdistan to Turkey through banks affiliated with Barzani’s party

A systematic operation to smuggle foreign currency from Iraqi Kurdistan to Turkey through banks affiliated with Barzani’s party

03-26-2024

The process of smuggling hard currency, from Iraq to abroad, is one of the most difficult challenges facing the government of Muhammad Shia al-Sudani, and the regulatory institutions in the government, because of its extremely negative impact on market movement, raising prices, and damaging Read more…

Anbari politician: Al-Halbousi’s wealth reached $4 billion after his presidency of Parliament

Anbari politician: Al-Halbousi’s wealth reached $4 billion after his presidency of Parliament

3-25-2024

Information/Anbar..
The Secretary-General of the Popular Movement for Reform in Anbar Governorate, Dhari Abu Risha, revealed on Monday that the ousted President Muhammad al-Halbousi possesses huge sums of money estimated at more than 4 billion dollars, making him ranked first in Anbar Governorate among the highest Read more…

Parliamentary Security: reveals the agenda of Sudanese’s visit to Washington

Parliamentary Security: reveals the agenda of Sudanese’s visit to Washington

3-25-2024

Information / Baghdad..
Today, Monday, member of the Parliamentary Security and Defense Committee, Muhammad Al-Shammari, revealed the agenda of Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani’s visit to Washington, scheduled for mid-April.

Al-Shammari told Al-Maalouma, “The Prime Minister will discuss many important Read more…

America cuts off arms contracts… Washington’s influence continues and “Iraq’s skies are without sovereignty”

America cuts off arms contracts… Washington’s influence continues and “Iraq’s skies are without sovereignty”

3-25-2024

Information / Exclusive:
The United States of America continues to dominate and impose its will on the issue of concluding contracts to arm the Iraqi army, and developing the air defense system that the country lacks, in addition to the inability to control the Iraqi airspace.
Washington is deliberately thwarting all of Iraq’s moves towards concluding Read more…

Antoine: The government must avoid the harms of amending the budget and fulfill its promises

Antoine: The government must avoid the harms of amending the budget and fulfill its promises

3-25-2024

Al-Maalouma/Private..
The economic expert, Bassem Antoine, called on the Iraqi government to fulfill its promises to private sector companies and investors to avoid the damage of market fluctuations after the delay in amendments to the 2024 budget.
Antoine told “Al-Maalouma/, “Presenting the budget in this format over three Read more…

“Foreign currency reserves amount to 111 billion dollars.” The government announces a decline in parallel market activity

“Foreign currency reserves amount to 111 billion dollars.” The government announces a decline in parallel market activity

2024 ,March 24

The financial advisor to the Prime Minister, Mazhar Muhammad Saleh, announced today, Sunday, the decline in the effects of the parallel market and the decline in its activity, while revealing the reasons for the decline in the exchange rate of the dollar against the dinar, and the importance of monetary policy Read more…

“The schedules will reach us within 10 days.” Parliament Finance: The total budget is 206 trillion

“The schedules will reach us within 10 days.” Parliament Finance: The total budget is 206 trillion

2024 ,March 24

Today, Sunday, the Parliamentary Finance Committee revealed the date of the arrival of the budget schedules and their total.

Committee member, Moeen Al-Kazemi, said in an interview with Al-Rabaa, “The tripartite budget included 78 fixed items and does not change unless there is an agreement to change some of them, and that changes and amendments are only Read more…

Advisor to the Prime Minister: Approving the 2024 budget schedules in the House of Representatives does not hinder their implementation

Advisor to the Prime Minister: Approving the 2024 budget schedules in the House of Representatives does not hinder their implementation

03/24/2024

The financial advisor to the Prime Minister, Mazhar Muhammad Saleh, confirmed that the House of Representatives’ approval of the financial budget schedules for the year 2024 does not hinder their implementation.

Saleh told {Al-Furat News} agency, “The federal tripartite general budget issued Read more…

Deputy: Consensus is what decides the fate of 3 important laws in Parliament

Deputy: Consensus is what decides the fate of 3 important laws in Parliament

3-24-2024

Information/Baghdad
Representative Salem Al-Anbuki confirmed today, Sunday, that political consensus is what decides the fate of 3 important laws in Parliament.

Al-Anbaki told Al-Maalouma, “For several sessions, political consensuses have become part of the mechanisms for presenting draft laws in the House of Representatives for the first and second reading Read more…