IRAQI DINAR POLITICS & ECONOMY

Sarwa Abdel Wahid: Abadi’s chances to stay in the post of prime minister weakened

Sarwa Abdel Wahid: Abadi’s chances to stay in the post of prime minister weakened

2018-03-07 at 19:10 (Baghdad time)

Baghdad – Mawazine News
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abbadi’s chances of staying in office have been severely weakened, Iraqi lawmaker Serwa Abdel Wahid said on Wednesday.
Abdul Wahid said in a televised interview, “The chances of Abadi remaining prime minister weakened, after it was about 80%,” indicating that “the names put forward for this post is unrealistic.” Read more…

Parliamentary Energy: The law of the National Oil Company will give a share to every Iraqi citizen

Parliamentary Energy: The law of the National Oil Company will give a share to every Iraqi citizen

2018-03-06

The Iraqi oil and energy committee revealed on Tuesday that the Iraqi National Oil Company (INCOC) will include at least 10 percent of the funds in the first experiment in the country, while one of the funds will give each Iraqi citizen residing within the country a share of that percentage.

“The legislation of the law of the Iraqi National Oil Company Read more…

Economist: Budget taxes will result in reduced income and the value of the dinar

Economist: Budget taxes will result in reduced income and the value of the dinar

2018-03-06 at 13:18 (Baghdad time)

Baghdad Mawazine News
The economic expert, Salam Samisem, on Tuesday, the taxes in the budget will lead to the reduction of income and the value of the dinar, stressing that it will be a burden on citizens.
“After taxing, the Iraqi citizen has become a victim of double taxation,” Samisem told Mawazine News.
She added that “the Iraqi individual is covered by the income tax Read more…

NATO: We received a request in writing from “Haider Abadi” .. And stay in Iraq

NATO: We received a request in writing from “Haider Abadi” .. And stay in Iraq

Tuesday, March 06 2018 at 12: 12 pm

Follow-up / Sky Press

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said NATO troops would remain in Iraq “at the request of” local authorities, four days after the Iraqi parliament called for a “timetable for the withdrawal of foreign troops” from the country.

“We are here because Iraq wants this, we are not here without Read more…

Iraqi parliament votes to establish “National Oil Company”

Iraqi parliament votes to establish “National Oil Company”

05 March 2018 05:12 PM

The meeting was held today at the headquarters of the Council headed by Salim Jubouri and the presence of 220 deputies

Direct : The Iraqi parliament voted on Sunday on the draft law of the Iraqi National Oil Company and submitted by the Committee on oil, energy and natural resources, according to the statement of the Iraqi Council of Representatives.

Today, the Iraqi Oil Ministry welcomed the inclusion of the law Read more…

Iraq decides to facilitate the granting of [Visa] to investors

Iraq decides to facilitate the granting of [Visa] to investors

Posted, 2018/3/5 19:59

[BAGHDAD -]
The Ministerial Council for National Security headed by Haidar al-Abadi, the Prime Minister, decided to take a package of measures to facilitate granting visas to investors and businessmen wishing to invest in Iraq.

A statement by Ebadi’s office said that Abadi headed a meeting Read more…

The World Bank funds an investment development project in Iraq

The World Bank funds an investment development project in Iraq

04-03-2018 10:16 AM

Baghdad News –

The economic community has shown interest in the modernization of public financial management systems by providing advisory services to the Independent External Auditor for 2017 and 2018, for public finance, public investment management and public procurement at the state level.

The financial expert Essam Mahaweli said in a press statement that the project, which is financed by an important part of the World Bank, is “an achievement to support the management of funds and Read more…

Government Announces Facility for Investor Work in Iraq

Government Announces Facility for Investor Work in Iraq

2018/3/4 12:51

(Baghdad: Al-Furat News) Secretary-General of the Council of Ministers, Mahdi Al-Alak, the government’s willingness to open the doors of investment in Iraq.
A statement by the Secretariat of the Council of Ministers received the agency {Euphrates News} a copy of it, that the relationship “met with the director of the {Shell} Andrew Brown in the presence of Read more…

Barzani calls on the Kurds to take a unified position in response to the budget

Barzani calls on the Kurds to take a unified position in response to the budget

2018/3/4 16:55

[Ayna-Erbil]
The President of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Massoud Barzani, on Sunday, the Kurdish political forces to take a unified position in response to reduce the share of the Kurdistan region of the federal budget for 2018.
He said in a statement on the occasion of the 27th anniversary of the popular uprising in the Kurdistan region against the former regime Read more…

Abadi comment on passing the budget law

Abadi comment on passing the budget law

2018/3/3 16:14

[Ayna-Baghdad]
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi suspended the passage of the General Budget Law for the year 2018 in the House of Representatives.
“Abadi congratulated all the Iraqi people on launching the general budget law for 2018, enabling the government to carry out its responsibilities, implement its policies Read more…

The financial budget after the amendment and the final vote thereon

The financial budget after the amendment and the final vote thereon

2018/3/3 18:13

[Baghdad: where] the
agency of all Iraq [where] the financial budget for the current year, as finalized by the House of Representatives in its session held on Saturday.
The name of the people is the
Presidency of the Republic
based on what was approved by the Chamber of Deputies and ratified by the President of the Republic and based on the provisions of Article (1) of Article (61) and Article (III) of Article (73) of the Constitution.
The following law was issued:

Law No. (2018) of
the Federal Budget Law of the Republic of Iraq for the fiscal year 2018 Read more…

Parliament raises its meeting for the next Monday after the approval of the budget and the provincial elections

Parliament raises its meeting for the next Monday after the approval of the budget and the provincial elections

2018/3/3 16:08

[Ayna-Baghdad]
The House voted in its 13th regular session, which resumed under the chairmanship of Salim al-Jubouri, Speaker of the House of Representatives and the presence of 187 deputies, on Saturday, the Federal Budget Law for the year 2018 and the balances of the Supreme Judicial Council and the House of Representatives and the Read more…

Abadi’s office responds to parliament: We still need foreign troops

Abadi’s office responds to parliament: We still need foreign troops

2018/3/2 19:20

[Ayna-follow-up]
Saad al-Hadithi, spokesman for Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, confirmed that the Iraqi parliament has the right to request the departure of foreign troops from the country, but we still need those forces, as he put it.
Al-Hadithi said in a press statement that “Parliament has the right Read more…

Allawi’s coalition reveals the date of passing the budget of 2018 all 48 articles

Allawi’s coalition reveals the date of passing the budget of 2018 all 48 articles

2018/03/02 13:11

Baghdad today – Baghdad

The National Coalition, led by Iyad Allawi, on Friday, the existence of an agreement to pass the budget 2018 in a meeting on Saturday, all 48 items.

The MP for the coalition Abdul Karim Abtan (Baghdad today) that “there are two points of succession within the remaining items to be Read more…

The three presidencies task the Finance Committee to solve the problems of the budget

The three presidencies task the Finance Committee to solve the problems of the budget

02/03/2018 01:16 PM

Decided the three presidencies in a meeting to mandate the parliamentary finance committee to resolve the problems related to the budget for not reaching any agreement on the subject of the budget.

The meeting of the Presidents of the Republic Fuad Masum, the Read more…

Iraq declares its categorical rejection of US rules and warns against compromising its sovereignty

Iraq declares its categorical rejection of US rules and warns against compromising its sovereignty

2018/3/2 18:04

{Baghdad: Al-Furat News} Iraq declared its categorical rejection of the presence of US military bases on its territory.
The Iraqi rejection came in the words of Foreign Minister Ibrahim Jaafari at the end of his visit to the Russian capital, which lasted several days.
The House of Representatives on Thursday voted on a resolution Read more…

Iraq: Erbil to delete the names of 50 thousand fictitious employees

Iraq: Erbil to delete the names of 50 thousand fictitious employees

Thu, 01 Mar 2018 06:00:45

Announced the deputy head of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Kebad Talabani, the deletion of 50 thousand fictitious names within the payrolls of the Kurdistan region, calling at the same time Baghdad to keep its promises and pay the salaries of the staff of the region.

Talabani said in a speech during the ceremony for the establishment Read more…

Parliament to vote on the budget law and vote on five decisions [expanded]

Parliament to vote on the budget law and vote on five decisions [expanded]

2018/3/1 17:26

[Ayna-Baghdad]
The House of Representatives began its thirteenth regular session held under the chairmanship of Salim al-Jubouri, Speaker of the House of Representatives in the presence of 180 deputies on Thursday vote on the Financial Budget Law for 2018 and voted on five parliamentary resolutions.
At the beginning of the session Read more…

The three presidencies meet tomorrow to resolve the budget dispute

The three presidencies meet tomorrow to resolve the budget dispute

2018/2/28 13:18

(Baghdad: Al-Furat News) The three presidencies will hold, Thursday, an important meeting to resolve the dispute over the draft budget law for the year 2018.
A parliamentary source told the {Euphrates News} a copy of it that “the meeting will discuss the resolution of controversial issues, especially with regard to the budget Read more…

Jubouri calls on all members of parliament to attend tomorrow’s session to vote on the budget

Jubouri calls on all members of parliament to attend tomorrow’s session to vote on the budget

2018/2/28 15:29

(Baghdad: al-Furat News) Speaker of the House of Representatives Salim al-Jubouri, on Wednesday, all members of the Council to attend the meeting on Thursday for the purpose of voting on the federal budget.
Jubouri said in a statement to his office received the agency {Euphrates News} a copy of it today that “delaying the adoption of the budget will cause a significant obstruction Read more…