IRAQI DINAR POLITICS & ECONOMY

The stability of the dollar exchange rates in Kurdistan and its closure in Baghdad

The stability of the dollar exchange rates in Kurdistan and its closure in Baghdad

2021-08-19 00:27

Shafaq News/ The exchange rates of the US dollar against the Iraqi dinar stabilized on Thursday in Kurdistan Region, while the main stock exchange in Baghdad was closed. Read more…

Iraq announces the achievement of the highest rate of production of electric power

Iraq announces the achievement of the highest rate of production of electric power

2021-08-19 03:16

Shafaq News/ The Ministry of Electricity announced on Thursday that it managed yesterday, Wednesday, to achieve a production rate of (21145 megawatts), which is the highest production rate reached by the national electricity system.

The ministry said in a statement received by Shafaq News Agency, that “it will not stand on the threshold of the current stage, but the future will witness the Read more…

Iraqi Minister: One of the priorities of the white paper is the reform of financial management systems

Iraqi Minister: One of the priorities of the white paper is the reform of financial management systems

August 18, 2021 3:01 PM

Mubasher: The Iraqi Minister of Finance, Ali Abdul-Amir Allawi, chaired today, Wednesday, the meeting of the eighteenth session; Regarding the committee for preparing the strategy of the federal state budget for the medium term 2022-2024, during which he stressed that one of the priorities of the white paper is the reform of financial management systems.

Allawi discussed, according to a statement by the Ministry of Finance, Read more…

The stability of the dollar exchange rates in Baghdad and the Kurdistan Region

The stability of the dollar exchange rates in Baghdad and the Kurdistan Region

2021-08-17 23:55

Shafaq News/ The exchange rates of the US dollar against the Iraqi dinar stabilized, on Wednesday, on the main stock exchange in the capital, Baghdad, and the Kurdistan Region. Read more…

Saleh: Iraq is going through a watershed stage, and elections are the peaceful path to change

Saleh: Iraq is going through a watershed stage, and elections are the peaceful path to change

2021-08-18 08:23

Shafaq News/ The President of the Republic, Barham Salih, confirmed, on Wednesday, that Iraq is going through a watershed stage and a national defining moment, and urgent entitlements that are not without serious challenges, including ending corruption and consolidating the authority of the state with full sovereignty.

In his speech, Read more…

The “white paper” between weak will and challenges

The “white paper” between weak will and challenges

2021-08-17 | 05:16

Report: Alsumaria News

What was implemented from the white paper announced by the government earlier, did not live up to the level of challenge and what the citizen and political forces expected alike, at a time when a parliamentarian indicated that what was actually implemented from the white paper did not exceed About 15% of them, another stressed that the implementation of the white paper needs a strong will Read more…

Dollar prices drop with the closure of Baghdad markets

Dollar prices drop with the closure of Baghdad markets

2021-08-17 08:49

Shafaq News/ The exchange rates of the dollar fell against the Iraqi dinar, on Tuesday, with the closure of the main stock exchange in Baghdad. Read more…

Al-Rafidain announces the outcome of its open accounts in dinars and dollars in its branches

Al-Rafidain announces the outcome of its open accounts in dinars and dollars in its branches

Tuesday 17 August 2021 | 09:07 AM

Rafidain Bank announced, on Tuesday, that the number of open accounts for citizens and other categories in its branches in Baghdad and the governorates during last July amounted to 2577 savings and current accounts in dinars and dollars .

The bank’s media office said in a statement, Read more…

Iraqi Finance Minister: The government has put the economy on the right track

Iraqi Finance Minister: The government has put the economy on the right track

August 16, 2021 06:15 PM

Mubasher: The head of the Iraqi-Saudi Coordination Council, Minister of Finance, Ali Abdul Amir Allawi, confirmed that the Iraqi government has put the economic reality on the right track through the white paper.

Allawi said during the (Joint Iraqi-Saudi Business Council) in a statement of the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers, “The Iraqi government aimed, through the white paper, to put the economic reality on a path Read more…

Iraq is close to opening the most important border crossing with Saudi Arabia and Kuwait

Iraq is close to opening the most important border crossing with Saudi Arabia and Kuwait

2021-08-16 11:07

Shafaq News/ An informed government source revealed, on Sunday, that Iraq will soon open a border crossing on the Gulf countries, which is the most important after 2003.

The source told Shafaq News Agency, “Iraq has reached advanced stages in the process of agreeing to open the (Awja Al-Batin) port in the border triangle Read more…

A parliamentary committee calls for amending the tax system in Iraq

A parliamentary committee calls for amending the tax system in Iraq

2021-08-15 03:55

Shafaq News/ The Finance Committee of the Iraqi Parliament called, on Sunday, to amend the tax system in Iraq in a manner consistent with developments in the country.

Committee Rapporteur Ahmed Al-Saffar told Shafak News Agency, “The Iraqi tax system is not in line with the economic, social and Read more…

Politician warns of a repeat of the Afghanistan scenario in Iraq after the US withdrawal

Politician warns of a repeat of the Afghanistan scenario in Iraq after the US withdrawal

2021-08-15 02:36

Shafaq News/ The prominent Iraqi politician, former MP Mithal Al-Alusi, warned today, Sunday, against repeating the Afghanistan scenario in Iraq after the US withdrawal from the country, at the end of this year.

Al-Alusi told Shafak News Agency; “There are great fears among the political and popular circles of the total American withdrawal from Iraq, as this matter will open Read more…

Dollar exchange rates in local markets

Dollar exchange rates in local markets

Sunday 15 August 2021 | 10:30 am

The exchange rates of the dollar against the Iraqi dinar on a daily basis, according to the variables of the currency exchange market in the capital, Baghdad, and the provinces of the country . Read more…

Parliamentary Committee: There is an Iraqi will to implement the Chinese agreement, but it is shackled by US restrictions

Parliamentary Committee: There is an Iraqi will to implement the Chinese agreement, but it is shackled by US restrictions

2021-08-15

Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary Program Implementation and Strategic Planning Committee, Muhammad Al-Baldawi, confirmed, on Sunday, that there is an Iraqi will to implement the Chinese agreement and complete the Faw port and the dry canal, but it is hampered by American restrictions and Read more…

Asa’ib reveals the presence of American “servers” outside Iraq to infiltrate the elections

Asa’ib reveals the presence of American “servers” outside Iraq to infiltrate the elections

2021-08-14

A member of the political bureau of the Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq movement, Mahmoud al-Rubaie, revealed, on Saturday, an American plan prepared for the Iraqi elections.

Al-Rubaie said in a press statement that “there are servers belonging to the US states outside Iraq that are equipped to penetrate the elections,” noting that “the presence of servers outside Iraq poses a great danger Read more…

British report: the withdrawal of the Sadrists paves the way for the return of al-Maliki to head the government

British report: the withdrawal of the Sadrists paves the way for the return of al-Maliki to head the government

2021-08-14 06:07

Shafaq News/ The British “Middle East Eye” website reported on Saturday that former Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki believes that the conditions are ripe for him to return to the premiership. A report for the site, translated by Shafak News Agency, said that despite his “shameful” exit from the position in 2014 after ISIS occupied a third of Iraq’s lands, he plans to achieve this return.

He pointed out that Maliki, who critics describe as “arrogant”, while his allies Read more…

Parliamentary Foreign Affairs: The Iraqi negotiator is able to achieve the desired results at the Baghdad Summit

Parliamentary Foreign Affairs: The Iraqi negotiator is able to achieve the desired results at the Baghdad Summit

2021-08-14 | 05:47

Alsumaria news

A member of the Parliamentary Foreign Relations Committee, Furat Al-Tamimi, confirmed today, Saturday, that Iraq’s task in managing the upcoming Baghdad summit is not easy for several considerations, but it is also not impossible, and the Iraqi negotiator is able to achieve good results in it.
Al-Tamimi said in an interview Read more…

The government decides the fate of the dollar exchange and the degrees of deletion and creation

The government decides the fate of the dollar exchange and the degrees of deletion and creation

06:59 – 13/08/2021

Baghdad – Mawazine News
, Cabinet spokesman Hassan Nazim announced, on Friday, that “the file of government appeals in some items of the general budget for the year 2021 is still being considered by the Federal Court, and everyone is still waiting for the results,” noting that “the Ministry of Finance has started meetings for preparing a budget.” 2022 and in coordination with the Ministry of Planning.
Nazim confirmed to the official news agency, “The government is trying Read more…

Al-Kazemi mobilizes all security and military forces to protect the electricity towers

Al-Kazemi mobilizes all security and military forces to protect the electricity towers

2021-08-13 05:25

Shafaq News/ The Prime Minister, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Mustafa Al-Kazemi directed on Friday to mobilize all security and military units to protect the electric power transmission towers in the country after the increase in attacks targeting them, which recently reached the capital, Baghdad.

This came while he chaired today an emergency security meeting Read more…

Parliamentary “Finance” expects to achieve a surplus in Iraq’s budget 2021

Parliamentary “Finance” expects to achieve a surplus in Iraq’s budget 2021

August 13, 2021 12:26 PM

Mubasher: The Finance Committee of the Iraqi Parliament suggested, today, Friday, a surplus in the federal general budget for the current fiscal year 2021, due to the increase in oil export prices above the planned rate in the budget law.

Committee Rapporteur Ahmed Al-Saffar said in a statement to the Iraqi News Agency (INA): “Calculating the financial deficit is annually and not monthly, but Read more…