IRAQI DINAR POLITICS & ECONOMY

Tillerson to Barzani: continue with Baghdad to urge them to serious negotiations

Tillerson to Barzani: continue with Baghdad to urge them to serious negotiations

Posted, 2017/11/19 23:17

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Saturday that Washington was in constant contact with Baghdad and Erbil to urge both sides to engage in serious negotiations to resolve outstanding problems between them.
A statement issued by the Kurdistan Regional Government said today that Tilerson had a telephone conversation Read more…

The government promises to send the 2018 budget to parliament within days

The government promises to send the 2018 budget to parliament within days

Sat, 18 Nov 2017 17:22:07

The spokesman for the Iraqi government, Saad al-Hadithi, Saturday, that the budget bill for the next year will change the share of the Kurdistan region, commensurate with the population, and to ensure a fair distribution of the wealth of the country.

In a statement to the Russian news agency Sputnik on November 18, 2017, al-Hadithi said that “the proportion of the region will Read more…

Gulf newspaper: Kurdistan region is preparing to cancel the results of the referendum

Gulf newspaper: Kurdistan region is preparing to cancel the results of the referendum

Saturday, November 18, 2017 at 17: 17 pm

Baghdad / Sky Press

The Kurdistan News Agency reported on Saturday that the Kurdistan region is preparing to cancel the results of the referendum, noting that the only Kurdish condition is not to announce the decision to cancel.

The newspaper quoted a Kurdish leader as saying that “the Kurdistan Regional Parliament authorized the provincial government to cancel the results of the referendum provided that Read more…

Iraq’s financial market records a rise of more than (10) trillion dinars in a week

Iraq’s financial market records a rise of more than (10) trillion dinars in a week

2017/11/18 17:29

(Baghdad: Al-Furat News) Record trading non-Iraqi investors in the sale and purchase of a remarkable rise during circulation in the Iraqi market for securities amounted to more than {10} trillion dinars during the past week.
The Executive Director of the market Taha Abdul Salam said in a statement, received the agency {Euphrates News} a copy of it today, “The Iraqi market for securities organized during the week ended Read more…

The World Bank is pressing the government to reduce the salaries of employees in the budget of 2018

Parliamentary Finance: The World Bank is pressing the government to reduce the salaries of employees in the budget of 2018

2017/11/18 15:28

[Where-Baghdad]
A member of the parliamentary finance committee, Masood Haider, on Saturday, said that the federal government is determined to reduce the salaries of employees in the federal budget for 2018 by 20%, noting ” the insistence of the World Bank to convert those Read more…

US newspaper: McGork “remnants” of Obama’s failed policy in Iraq, and responsible for the events of Kirkuk

US newspaper: McGork “remnants” of Obama’s failed policy in Iraq, and responsible for the events of Kirkuk

17-11-2017 03:04 PM

The Euphrates –

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A US newspaper in the US-led coalition against Briton McGregor claimed responsibility for an attack on Iraqi territory by Iraqi forces and US-backed grass-roots militia on October 16, describing him as an architect of the US-led political defeat of Iran in Iraq.

According to a report in the Washington Times, the representative of US President in the International Coalition Brett McGurk is responsible Read more…

Oil Minister: Iraq has promising investment opportunities in several areas

Oil Minister: Iraq has promising investment opportunities in several areas

2017-11-17 at 17:17 (Baghdad time)

Mawazine News – Follow up
Oil Minister Jabbarali Luaibi said on Friday that Iraq has promising opportunities to invest in the oil and gas sector and that the government and the ministry are keen to provide the suitable environment for the work of Arab and international companies.
“The Ministry of Oil has invited international companies to invest Read more…

Abadi: The liberation of Rawa within hours reflects the success of battle plans

Abadi: The liberation of Rawa within hours reflects the success of battle plans

2017/11/17 14:28

[Ayna-Baghdad]
General Commander of the Armed Forces Haider al-Abadi of the security forces and the Iraqi people to liberate the district of Rawa west of Anbar province gangs of terrorist.
Abadi said in a statement received by the agency all of Iraq [where] a copy of it that “our heroic forces liberated the district of Rawa in a record time Read more…

Kurdistan Union expects to cancel the results of the referendum of Kurdistan after the federal decision

Kurdistan Union expects to cancel the results of the referendum of Kurdistan after the federal decision

Thursday, November 16, 2017 at 17:23 pm

Baghdad / Sky Press

The leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Nasrallah Surgi, on Thursday, announced that the Kurdistan region to cancel the results of the referendum, after the issuance of a decision of the Federal Court in this regard, on the twentieth of this month.
“The cancellation of the results of the referendum needed a Read more…

Refer to the presidential palaces surrounding Baghdad International Airport to invest

Refer to the presidential palaces surrounding Baghdad International Airport to invest

Thursday 16 November 2017 at 16:52 pm

Baghdad / Sky Press

The State Real Estate Service announced on Thursday that the presidential palaces surrounding the Baghdad International Airport will be referred to the investment, indicating that this would contribute to the budget of the country in addition to the provision of national manpower.

The director general of the State Real Estate Department, Ahmed al-Rubaie, said in a statement Read more…

The US Embassy shows the reality of a devastating earthquake hitting Iraq and Iran

The US Embassy shows the reality of a devastating earthquake hitting Iraq and Iran

2017/11/16 13:06

[Ayna-Baghdad]
The US embassy in Baghdad on Thursday denied media reports from the US Geological Survey about the recent prediction of a devastating earthquake hitting Iraq and Iran.
“Can the US Geological Survey forecast earthquakes and earthquakes?” The embassy asked in a statement.
“No, the agency can not predict that, nor can any scientist or other Read more…

World Bank confirms Iraq’s progress in business environment indicators and low taxes

World Bank confirms Iraq’s progress in business environment indicators and low taxes

15-11-2017 01:15 PM

The Euphrates –

An outlook for the business environment in Iraq next year has made progress in environmental indicators for most sectors, despite a slight decline in Iraq’s tax collection, according to an annual World Bank report.

The report, published earlier, showed that there has been a significant improvement in Iraq’s business environment indicators Read more…

The region agrees to reduce the proportion of its budget to 12% provided

The region agrees to reduce the proportion of its budget to 12% provided

2017/11/15 19:18

[Ayna-Baghdad]
The Finance Committee in the Parliament of Kurdistan, on Wednesday, that the region will agree to allocate 12.67% of the budget for him, in one case only, not to deduct the sovereign expenditure of this ratio.
According to a report of the Committee, which was issued after the end of the session of the Parliament of Kurdistan today, the parliament stressed Read more…

Jubouri and his American counterpart discuss Iraq’s support to face the challenges

Jubouri and his American counterpart discuss Iraq’s support to face the challenges

2017/11/15 8:15

President of the House of Representatives Salim al-Jubouri, who is currently visiting Washington, discussed with US House Speaker Paul Ryan the security and political situation in Iraq and the region and ways to find a unified vision between Iraq and the United States on common challenges, most importantly combating terrorism.
“Iraq is about to announce the final victory on the last page of its Read more…

Key: Central measures are of interest to the UN Security Council

Key: Central measures are of interest to the UN Security Council

15/11/2017 12:00 am

During talks on money laundering and terrorist financing
Baghdad / Tarek Al-Araji
Efforts exerted by the Central Bank of Iraq to communicate with major international economic organizations, particularly the Bank and the International Monetary Fund to review the joint programs and the organization of the Iraqi financial sector and the extent of progress achieved. Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq Ali al-Alaq said in an interview with “Sabah” said: “Iraq asked the IMF and the Read more…

Abadi: Iraqi forces are preparing to liberate areas not reached since 2003

Abadi: Iraqi forces are preparing to liberate areas not reached since 2003

2017/11/14 18:30

Baghdad today

The commander of the armed forces, Prime Minister Haider Abadi, said Tuesday that the security forces are preparing to free areas in the west of the island in Anbar, not reached by an Iraqi force since 2003.

“The security forces are preparing to liberate areas in the western Read more…

Abbadi sets January 1, 2018 as a date to pursue the corrupt

Will not exclude any personality from legal accountability despite its position .. Abbadi sets January 1, 2018 as a date to pursue the corrupt

14-11-2017 12:13 PM

Baghdad News –

Revealed a deputy close to Prime Minister Haider Abadi, on Tuesday, the preparation of the latest comprehensive report on administrative and financial corruption in preparation for the launch of a large process to prosecute the corrupt, while confirmed the war promised recently will be launched early next year 2018.

“Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has been working on a detailed Read more…

Draft budget law 2018 will be discussed early next month and the reason !!

Draft budget law 2018 will be discussed early next month and the reason !!

14-11-2017 02:45 PM

Baghdad News –

A member of the Finance Committee of the Parliamentary Governor of Sarhan, on Tuesday, discuss the draft law of the budget in 2018 early next month, for the travel of members of the Committee to Canada.

Sarhan said in a press statement that ‘all members of the Finance Read more…

Official newspaper: Kurdistan expressed its willingness to cancel the referendum for a certain price

Official newspaper: Kurdistan expressed its willingness to cancel the referendum for a certain price

Tue, 14 Nov 2017 09:31:01

The newspaper “Sabah” official, on Tuesday, that the Kurdistan region has expressed its readiness to cancel the results of the referendum held on 25 September last, noting that the region required to obtain a significant share of the federal budget.

The newspaper quoted sources as saying that “the stage of disagreement between Baghdad and Erbil may see a breakthrough Read more…

Detection of the results of the Mosul Dam investigation after the violent earthquake

Detection of the results of the Mosul Dam investigation after the violent earthquake

2017/11/14 8:55

(Baghdad: al-Furat News) The Ministry of Water Resources revealed the examination of the Mosul dam after the violent earthquake that hit Iraq and Iran last Sunday by 7.3 degrees on the Richter scale.
The minister of water resources said on his Facebook page yesterday evening: I received a text message from the director Read more…