Forum: Kurdish Economy

Sun Aug 22, 2010 10:53am EDT By Serena Chaudhry and Aseel Kami BAGHDAD Aug 22 (Reuters) - The Iraqi unit of Kuwait telecoms firm Zain (ZAIN.KW) will start operating in Iraqi Kurdistan in January and expects to boost its subscriber base by up to two million in 2011, its...

. Kurdistan Oil Minister says Kurdistan sells black oil, not crude oil Friday, August 20, 2010 11:15 GMT Ashti Hawrami, Kurdistan's Minister of Natural Resources, said that the oil sold in the market is black oil and not crude oil he added that it is being sold thru bids not secret...

. DNO says short-term sales contracts in Kurdistan could fluctuate Thursday, August 19, 2010 12:15 GMT DNO International Norwegian Oil Company cautioned that short-term sales contracts in Kurdistan could fluctuate. DNO reported an operating profit of 99 million Norwegian crowns ($16...

. Hawrami: will continue to extract oil from fields in the Kurdistan Region for 50 years PUKmedia Fouad Othman / Irbil 19/08/2010 15:16:50 Order to clarify the policies of the Government of the Kurdistan Region's oil and how to extract oil from the fields, responding to...

. new government must negotiate with krg on oil niqash | Mayada Daood | fri 13 aug 10 Just four months after the first barrel of oil left Kurdistan, in June 2009, conflicts between the Erbil government and Baghdad began mounting and exports ceased. The two governments repeatedly...

. Kurdistan: the Peshmerga will remain in the "disputed" to the end stages of Article 140 21/08/2010 16:27 Dohuk, August 21 / July (Akaniwz) Deputy for coalition blocs of Kurdistan, on Saturday, that the presence of Kurdish Peshmerga forces will continue in the disputed areas until the...

. Kurds optimistic about the political blocs to receive a response on a sheet of negotiation and implementation of Article 140 21/08/2010 15:25 Ckramaan 21 August (Akaniwz) - A member of the negotiating team in a coalition blocks the Kurdistan Coalition waiting to respond to the...

. Official: nearly two billion dollars investment in Kurdistan and Kuwait in the lead Author: RS Editor: AH Sunday, 22 August 2010 12:49 GMT Alsumaria News / Dahuk Authority announced the investment in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, Sunday, that the volume of investment...

. KRG.org 16:35:54 19 Aug. 2010 US State Department official discusses government formation, new consulate with KRG leadership Erbil, Kurdistan – Iraq (KRG.org) – Ambassador Jeffrey Feltman, US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs led an American diplomatic...

. Gakiv Turkish Bank is preparing to open a branch in Arbil at the end of the year 08/20/2010 - 21:36 BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: The bank is set Gakiv Vakıfbank Turkish loans to open a branch in the city of Irbil by the end of this year, according to the Hurriyet newspaper reported the...

. Kurdistan region seeks to increase oil revenues to $25 billion August 19, 2010 - 12:00:31 ARBIL / Aswat al-Iraq: Minister of Natural Resources of Kurdistan region, Ashti Hawrami, announced on Thursday that his ministry seeks to increase the daily oil production in the region to 3-4...

. DNO Expects Increased Business in Iraq Kurdish Region August 19, 2010, 7:23 AM EDT By Marianne Stigset (Analyst corrects currency to kroner from U.S. dollar in 10th paragraph in story published Aug. 17.) Aug. 17...

. Analysts: Kurds still "touchstone" in the process of government formation (Voice of Iraq) - 19/08/2010 (Voice of Iraq) - Baghdad / term - Agencies Able coalition blocs Kurdistan delegation to break the deadlock and move the political atmosphere of debates almost stalled,...

. Natural Resources Kurdistan: the region's oil production will reach one million barrels per day in 2014 (Voice of Iraq) - 19/08/2010 Erbil: The Minister of Natural Resources in the Kurdistan Region on Thursday, revealed that the Kurdistan Region's oil production currently stands at...

. Kurdish official says no talks on permanent US military bases in Iraqi Kurdistan August 18, 2010 ERBIL-Hewlêr, Kurdistan region 'Iraq', — The...

. Monday, 02 August 2010, 03:48 EDT Sadr movement threatens possible establishing US base in Iraqi Kurdistan Moqtada al-Sadr in Najaf, March 2006 . Rudaw

. A Kurdish Autonomous Region in Turkey Modelled on the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) * Dr. Aland Mizell * 18/08/2010 00:00:00 “Turkey should allow the creation of local legislatures apart from the national Parliament” and should create several autonomous...

. Iraqi Kurdish security forces trained to behave good with journalists August 16, 2010 ERBIL-Hewlêr, Kurdistan region 'Iraq', — Aimed at enhancing the situation of freedom of press in the region, members of the Asayish (Kurdish security force) of Iraqi Kurdistan has recently...