IRAQI DINAR POLITICS & ECONOMY

Saleh: We must not be complacent in holding the corrupt accountable

Saleh: We must not be complacent in holding the corrupt accountable

9/19/2020 11:26

Where’s News _ Baghdad

The President of the Republic, Barham Salih, stressed, on Saturday, not to be complacent in holding accountable the corrupt and those obstructing the building of a fully sovereign state.
Saleh said in a speech during the 12th Conference on Combating Read more…

Parliament is preparing to question the first two ministers in the Kazemi government

Parliament is preparing to question the first two ministers in the Kazemi government

9/19/2020 12:49

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Baghdad, Independent MP Abbas Yaber revealed, on Saturday, the first interrogation under the dome of Parliament, affecting Finance Minister Ali Allawi, and then transportation, Hussein Nasser Al-Shibli, indicating that the Ministry of Finance suffers from Read more…

Committee: The 2021 budget will witness an increase for the first time in these imports

Committee: The 2021 budget will witness an increase for the first time in these imports

09/18/2020 13:02:55

(Baghdad: Al Furat News) The Parliamentary Agriculture, Water and Marshlands Committee confirmed that the governmental procedures for border crossings and self-sufficiency of many products will be an important support for the next year 2021 budget.
The head of the committee, Salam Al-Shammari, said in a statement that the Euphrates News Agency received a copy of it that “next year’s budget will witness, for the first time, an increase in Read more…

Expert: Al-Maliki went to Tehran to persuade it to put pressure on Sistani after his support for Al-Kazemi’s government

Expert: Al-Maliki went to Tehran to persuade it to put pressure on Sistani after his support for Al-Kazemi’s government

09-18-2020 09:17 AM

Baghdad / Al-Akhbariya

Strategic affairs researcher Ahmed Al-Sharifi believes that the goal of the President of the State of Law Coalition, Nouri al-Maliki, is to visit Iran and to persuade it to put pressure on the supreme authority, Ali al-Sistani, to stop the support he gave to the government of Mustafa al-Kazemi.

Al-Sharifi said in a press statement, that “Maliki’s concerns began to crystallize when Al-Kazimi embarked on” attempts to dismantle the deep state he founded, which could cause corruption cases Read more…

Member of Parliamentary Security: The coming days will witness the arrest of big names with suspicions of corruption

Member of Parliamentary Security: The coming days will witness the arrest of big names with suspicions of corruption

2020-09-18

A member of the Parliamentary Security and Defense Committee, Bader Al-Ziyadi, confirmed, Friday, that the coming days will witness the arrest of new and large names with suspicions of corruption, stressing that there are no red lines on anyone and everyone is subject to the law.

Al-Ziyadi said in a press interview, “The measures that the Prime Minister began to follow up and arrest Read more…

Deputy: reviving agriculture will push unemployment in Iraq by 10%

Deputy: reviving agriculture will push unemployment in Iraq by 10%

9/18/2020 13:45

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Baghdad MP Mudhar Al-Karawi confirmed, Friday, that reviving the agricultural sector will reduce unemployment in Iraq by 10%.
Al-Karawi said in an interview with Ayn News, that “Iraq has vast areas of fertile agricultural land and a large human wealth capable Read more…

Planning: The 2021 budget will activate revenues from taxes, outlets and productive sectors

Planning: The 2021 budget will activate revenues from taxes, outlets and productive sectors

9/18/2020 11:24

Where’s News _ Baghdad

The Ministry of Planning confirmed, today, Friday, that the 2021 budget will address the problems in which previous budgets have occurred, and will focus on activating tax revenues, border crossings and other productive Read more…

Saleh to the sheikhs of Kirkuk: The Al-Kazemi government is keen on resolving the problems, and there are measures taken in this regard

Saleh to the sheikhs of Kirkuk: The Al-Kazemi government is keen on resolving the problems, and there are measures taken in this regard

09/17/2020 16:39:07

{Baghdad: Al Furat News} The President of the Republic, Barham Salih, revealed that there are serious dialogues between the components of the city to reach a solution in Kirkukli, based on the constitution.
This came during his reception at the Peace Palace in Baghdad, Thursday, with a delegation of notables and sheikhs of the Kirkuk governorate from the components that coexist in Kirkuk.
According to the presidential statement, Read more…

Iraq calls on the European Commission to be removed from the list of high risk countries in the field of terrorist financing

Iraq calls on the European Commission to be removed from the list of high risk countries in the field of terrorist financing

09-17-2020 09:47 AM

Baghdad / Al-Akhbariya

Foreign Minister Fouad Hussein met with the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European Union Josep Borrell at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels.

The minister valued, according to a foreign ministry statement, “the European Union’s positions in support of Iraq in the various Read more…

Close to him: Al-Kazemi will issue new decisions with special ranks

Close to him: Al-Kazemi will issue new decisions with special ranks

9/17/2020 8:53

A source close to Al-Kazemi said that decisions will be issued with new appointments in special ranks.

An Iraqi politician, close to Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi, revealed that new decisions will be issued in special ranks in the Iraqi state.

The politician, who requested anonymity, said, “Prime Minister Read more…

The Iraqi Parliament: We haven’t seen the 2020 budget yet

The Iraqi Parliament: We haven’t seen the 2020 budget yet

9/17/2020 11:37

Where’s News – Baghdad

The Parliamentary Finance Committee confirmed, on Thursday, that the draft budget law for the year 2020 has not yet reached Parliament.

Committee member Jamal Cougar told Ayne News, “The general budget for the year 2020 Read more…

Kurdistan receives 8 billion and 85 million dinars from Baghdad

Kurdistan receives 8 billion and 85 million dinars from Baghdad

9/17/2020 16:24

[Baghdad-Where]
On Thursday, from Baghdad, the financial dues of the farmers of the Kurdistan region for the year 2020 arrived.
Hayman Syed Murad, director of Silo Arbil, said during a statement, that “the dues Read more…

Earthlink comments on the telecoms decision regarding the new internet pricing

Earthlink comments on the telecoms decision regarding the new internet pricing

09/16/2020 10:29:30

{Baghdad: Al Furat News} Earthlink commented today, Wednesday, on the Ministry of Communications decision regarding the new internet pricing.
In a statement received by Al Furat News, the company affirmed its commitment to the directives issued by the Ministry of Communications regarding the new pricing, while confirming that since the beginning of this month, it has taken the initiative Read more…

Al-Kazemi’s reforms paper includes … Parliament on the 2021 budget: It will be a difficult year for Iraqis

Al-Kazemi’s reforms paper includes … Parliament on the 2021 budget: It will be a difficult year for Iraqis

Wednesday 16 September 2020 | 09:17 am

Next week, the House of Representatives will hold a session on the 2021 budget law, and Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi will present the “reforms paper” that he promised, as part of next year’s budget law. Member of Parliament Jamal Cougar said, “The beginning of the real reforms will be Read more…

Integrity prepares 479 international recovery files against fugitive convicts outside Iraq

Integrity prepares 479 international recovery files against fugitive convicts outside Iraq

9/16/2020 10:16

Where News _ Baghdad

The Integrity Commission called, on Wednesday, for the necessity of enacting a law preventing dual nationalities from assuming senior positions in the state, and while it revealed that it had prepared 479 international recovery files against convicts fleeing outside the country, it confirmed its success in recovering and preventing the waste of four trillion dinars Read more…

Parliamentary Finance criticizes the government’s actions regarding the 2020 budget and its submission date

Parliamentary Finance criticizes the government’s actions regarding the 2020 budget and its submission date

9/16/2020 8:56

Where News _ Baghdad

The Parliamentary Finance Committee criticized the government’s actions regarding the 2020 budget and the mechanism according to which it was calculated, in addition to the date of its submission, indicating that the budget should have been Read more…

Parliamentary Finance: The salvation of Iraq lies in the Chinese agreement

Parliamentary Finance: The salvation of Iraq lies in the Chinese agreement

9/16/2020 12:05

Where News _ Baghdad

a member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Thamer Theban, called, on Wednesday, to proceed with the Chinese agreement to take advantage of its economic position instead of proceeding with the agreement with Washington, noting that the agreement represents a “rescue” for Iraq Read more…

The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP): The 2020 budget is the fruit of the discussions between Baghdad and Erbil

The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP): The 2020 budget is the fruit of the discussions between Baghdad and Erbil

09/15/2020 17:42:06

(Baghdad: Al Furat News) The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) considered, on Tuesday, the approval of the 2020 budget by the Council of Ministers as a “fruit of the discussions between Baghdad and Erbil.”
Party member Subhi Al-Mandalawi said {to the Euphrates News} that “the 2020 budget was the fruit of the ongoing discussions between Baghdad and Erbil, where the Kurds participated in approving the budget Read more…

Al-Kazemi defends the special grade appointments and attacks its critics

Al-Kazemi defends the special grade appointments and attacks its critics

2020-09-15

Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi defended, on Tuesday, the appointments he made recently regarding special grades, while stressing that the method of assignment came within the law and administrative procedures.

Al-Kazemi said in a statement that “On Monday, we directed a series of necessary changes Read more…

Al-Halbousi throws the ball at Saleh’s court regarding early elections

Al-Halbousi throws the ball at Saleh’s court regarding early elections

9/15/2020 12:14

Where News _ Baghdad

The State of Law coalition led by Nuri al-Maliki said, on Tuesday, that Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi refuses to include the election law on the parliament’s agenda for the purpose of voting on its amendment.

“The Speaker of Parliament says that the election law was voted on Read more…