IRAQI DINAR POLITICS & ECONOMY

The appointment of a judge to look into all money laundering offenses in the country

The appointment of a judge to look into all money laundering offenses in the country

2017/9/18 13:40

(Baghdad: Al Furat News) The Supreme Judicial Council decided that the investigation of money laundering crimes in all governorates should be investigated by the investigating judge concerned with the issues of the Anti-Money Laundering Office in the competent court of integrity in Rusafa, as required by the public interest.
“The session of the Supreme Judicial Council resulted in a review of Read more…

Nechirvan Barzani denies any decision to postpone the referendum so far

Nechirvan Barzani denies any decision to postpone the referendum so far

2017/9/18 15:05

[Erbil-Ayna] The
Prime Minister of the Kurdistan region, Nechirvan Barzani, denied the existence of any decision to postpone the referendum process in the Kurdistan region, scheduled to be held on the twenty-fifth of September, pointing to the confirmation of the United States of America.
“There is no decision so far to postpone the referendum in the Kurdistan region. A supreme committee for the referendum has Read more…

Federal Court suspended the referendum procedures of the province

Federal Court suspended the referendum procedures of the province

2017/9/18 13:10

[Ayna-Baghdad]
Federal Court issued an order to stop the process of the Kurdistan Regional referendum scheduled for next Monday.
“The Federal Supreme Court held its session today in the presence of all members and considered the applications submitted to stop the referendum procedures in the Kurdistan Region and in the areas covered by the referendum Read more…

Iraq ranks first in global money laundering operations

Iraq ranks first in global money laundering operations

9-17-2017

Iraq ranked first in the index issued by the Basel Institute of Governance in the sixth annual edition as the most dangerous country in the Arab and global in the field of money laundering.

Jordan was the first Arab country to fight money laundering, followed by Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, Yemen and Lebanon.

The Institute ranked 146 countries on the index according to their level of risk based on the quality Read more…

A large screen in the parliament building .. Why?

A large screen in the parliament building .. Why?

2017/9/17 10:07

(Baghdad: Al Furat News) opens shortly after a large screen in the courtyard of the building of the Iraqi Council of Representatives in the Green Zone downtown Baghdad.
“The screen will be for the purpose of announcing the results of the upcoming elections and placed at the entrance of the House of Representatives in the main courtyard of the Council,” said the director of media of the Electoral Commission Aziz al-Kikani in a statement received by the agency {Euphrates News} a copy. “The opening of the screen will be attended by the Speaker of the House of Read more…

Barzani draws the most serious charge to Baghdad

Barzani draws the most serious charge to Baghdad

2017/9/17 8:24

[Ayna – follow-up] The
President of the Kurdistan region, Massoud Barzani, that “there is a plan in Baghdad to destabilize the situation in the Kurdistan region,” noting that “the referendum will take place on time and did not receive any real alternative to the referendum.”
Barzani gave a speech during his participation in the festival held in the city of Dohuk to support the referendum on the independence of the Kurdistan Region. “In 2003, there was a good chance for the Iraqis and Kurdistan,” he said. “It is the Iraqi government that did not accept the partnership and not who we did not accept.” He added that “the decision of the referendum Read more…

Barzani: Alternative referendum is too late

Barzani: Alternative referendum is too late

9-16-2017

The head of the Kurdistan region, outgoing Massoud Barzani, Saturday, that talk about the alternative referendum scheduled for September 25 next “too late”, and expressed readiness to hold “serious” after the referendum.
Kurdish media quoted Barzani during his meeting with figures from the Nineveh Plain in Dohuk that “the referendum is a means, not an objective. We have said that Read more…

Kurdish leader reveals the proposal of the Great Powers in return for postponing the referendum of Kurdistan

Kurdish leader reveals the proposal of the Great Powers in return for postponing the referendum of Kurdistan

Saturday, September 16, 2017 at 11:20 am

Baghdad / Sky Press

The Socialist Party of Kurdistan (PUK) Secretary General Mohammad Haji Mahmoud revealed on Saturday the proposal of the great powers of the Kurds in return for postponing the referendum, pointing out that these countries will solve the problems between the center and the region.

“The United States, Britain, France and the United Nations offered to discuss the situation of the region, including Read more…

Washington and London are ready to support a comprehensive and fruitful dialogue between Baghdad and Erbil

Washington and London are ready to support a comprehensive and fruitful dialogue between Baghdad and Erbil

2017/9/16 15:00

(Baghdad: Al-Furat News) The United States and Britain expressed their readiness to support a comprehensive and fruitful dialogue between the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government.
“The President of the Republic Fuad Masum received on Saturday at his office in Baghdad the ambassadors of Britain and the United States to Iraq, Frank Baker and Douglas Silliaman together,” a presidential statement received by the agency {Euphrates News}. “During the Read more…

The Parliament of Kurdistan held more than two years after the break

The Parliament of Kurdistan held more than two years after the break

2017/09/15 19:02

Baghdad today

The Kurdistan Regional Parliament held its first session on Friday after a break of more than two years.

The parliamentary session was attended by all parties and political blocs of Kurdistan, except the Movement of Change and the Islamic Group, which boycotted the session, because of the lack of compliance Read more…

Association of Banks and International Monetary Fund discuss the challenges facing Iraq’s economy

Association of Banks and International Monetary Fund discuss the challenges facing Iraq’s economy

2017-09-15 at 15:00 (Baghdad time)

Baghdad Mawazine News
The Association of Iraqi Special Banks discussed with the International Monetary Fund the challenges facing the Iraqi economy during the current stage and ways to face the economic crisis and the credit readiness agreement signed by Iraq with the International Monetary Fund in 2015 .
The Executive Director of the Association of Iraqi Private Banks, Ali Tariq, in a statement received by / Mawazine News, “The delegation Read more…

Barzani: Baghdad’s decisions will not reach us and no alternative to the referendum

Barzani: Baghdad’s decisions will not reach us and no alternative to the referendum

2017/9/15 17:42

[Ayna – Baghdad]
The President of the Kurdistan region, Massoud Barzani, that Baghdad is now talking about Article 140 of the Constitution is forced, stressing that “we will not pay any attention to the statements of anyone,” as he put it.
“We will not negotiate for a moment about the borders of Kurdistan, and there is no country that gives us independence as a gift,” Barzani Read more…

Parliamentary Finance: Iraq’s economy is collapsing and future generations will be flooded with debt

Parliamentary Finance: Iraq’s economy is collapsing and future generations will be flooded with debt

9-14-2017

A member of the Finance Committee MP Rahim Darraji, on Thursday, the political debt and external borrowing adopted by the government to fill the budget deficit, while noting that this strategy will sink future generations of religion and hold the country’s sovereignty.

“The financial crisis that took place in the country as a result of the decline in world oil prices reflected its impact on the budgets Read more…

Massoud Barzani agrees in principle to postpone the referendum

Massoud Barzani agrees in principle to postpone the referendum

Thursday, September 14, 2017 at 17: 12 pm

Baghdad / Sky Press

Sources confirmed that the head of the Kurdistan region Massoud Barzani agreed in principle to postpone the referendum.

The sources said that Barzani is now speaking with an international delegation at a special meeting and expressed his initial agreement Read more…

Shell is preparing to end a century of oil production in Iraq

Shell is preparing to end a century of oil production in Iraq

Posted, 2017/9/14 18:24

[Oan- follow – up] A
spokesman for Royal Dutch Shell said on Wednesday that the company engaged in the process of selling its stake of 20 percent in the West Qurna -1 oil province of Basra.
The move comes at a time when the Anglo-Dutch company said it had handed over operations in the Majnoon oil project to the Iraqi government.
The field is one of the largest in Iraq, a member Read more…

Kurdish source: Barzani agreed to US and Iranian proposals to postpone the referendum in exchange

Kurdish source: Barzani agreed to US and Iranian proposals to postpone the referendum in exchange for the extension of his mandate .. And this is what he will do

2017/09/13 12:54

Baghdad today – Kurdistan

A parliamentary source in the Kurdistan region, on Wednesday, the efforts of the Democratic Party and the Kurdistan Union, to re-activate the parliament of Kurdistan after the disruption of more than two years.

The source said in an interview with (Baghdad today), “the individual meetings of the Iranians and the Americans with officials of the Kurdistan region, reached two proposals, on the referendum.”

The source explained that “the first proposal, included the Read more…

Al – Badiri: All the Arab blocs agreed to dismiss infallible

Al – Badiri: All the Arab blocs agreed to dismiss infallible

9-13-2017

The deputy of the National Alliance Ali al-Badiri, on Wednesday, an agreement between all the Arab blocs to dismiss President Fuad Masum for “non-maintenance of the Constitution,” indicating that the number of those wishing to dismiss Masum exceeded two-thirds, enough to dismiss him without any hindrance.

Badri said, “The Arab political blocs have already begun to mobilize Read more…

Trump envoy arrives in Sulaymaniyah in conjunction with meetings of Kurdish parties

Trump envoy arrives in Sulaymaniyah in conjunction with meetings of Kurdish parties

Wednesday, September 13, 2017 at 15:23 PM

Baghdad / Sky Press

The envoy of US President “Brett McGurk” arrived on Wednesday in the city of Sulaymaniyah, in conjunction with political meetings of the Kurdish parties to discuss the developments of the situation and activate the parliament of Kurdistan, as revealed news of the meeting Read more…

Advisor to Abadi: the budget of 2018 does not exceed 110 trillion dinars

Advisor to Abadi: the budget of 2018 does not exceed 110 trillion dinars

Posted, 2017/9/13 23:16

[Ayna-Baghdad]
Revealed economic adviser to Prime Minister Haider Abadi, the size of the federal budget for 2018.
“The budget is estimated at 100 to 110 trillion dinars, and will be presented for discussion in the Cabinet for discussion and approval in the month of October next in accordance with the Financial Management Law,” Mohammed Saleh said in a press statement.
He said that “the House of Representatives discusses the budget in Read more…

Rafidain will soon apply the electronic system instead of the paper to complete transactions

Rafidain will soon apply the electronic system instead of the paper to complete transactions

2017/9/13 8:10

[Ayna-Baghdad]
Rafidain Bank announced the near application of the electronic banking system instead of dealing paper in the completion of transactions of citizens.
The media office of the bank in a statement received by the agency all of Iraq [where] a copy of “customers to review branches in Baghdad and the provinces for the purpose of updating their data Read more…