Infrastructure & Finance news in South Kurdistan

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The members of the Council of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) headed by Ahmed Mohammed Cannon Chairman of the Board at the room today held talks with
A delegation from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq headed by Sinan Chalabi, Minister of Trade and Industry in the region during which the exchange of views on a number of issues and topics relevant economic and mechanisms for strengthening cooperation common in areas of trade, industry and investment by offering opportunities available to each side, facilities and services provided by the concerned authorities in the UAE and KRG, which include chambers of commerce and associations.

Source: http://kurdistanradio.net

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06/05/2012

ERBIL, May 6 (AKnews) - A one-day economic trade conference between Romanian and the Kurdistan Region kicked off in Erbil today.

The Kurdistan Regional Government's (KRG) chairman of the Chamber of Commerce Dara Jalil Khayat said dozens of Romanian merchants and tradesman are participating in the conference.

"This conference is a first step towards building good relationship with Romania," Khayat added.

Romania's ambassador to Iraq Jacob Prada, head of the KRG's department of foreign relations Falah Mustafa and several Kurdish merchants are also attending the event at the industrial and trade union hall in the city.

Falah Mustafa and Yaqub Brada Prada expressed his country's interest in strengthening the Kurdish-Romanian tie.

He said Romanian companies attending the conference are proof of Romania's intention towards rebuilding the Kurdistan Region.

By Fryad Mohammed

AKnews

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06/05/2012

ERBIL, May 6 (AKnews) - The Kurdistan Region's Ministry of Municipalities has signed a $2.4m (2.7bn IQD) contract with Lebanese companies to draw-up master plans for several towns and parishes.

The contracts were made with Khatib and Ilmaiya companies for master plans for Hiran, Ble, Mergasor, Dukan, Ruvia, Qasrok, Rizgari and Kifri, said design manager at the ministry Abdul-Moemen Taha.

The first phase of the project was explained for engineers today at the ministry in Erbil.

AKnews

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According to the new procedures from investment committee , permission will only been granted to hotels who hold over 4 stars, to be built in Kurdistan four main cities.

Zana Yahya, director of investment committee told the kurdish agency (Rudaw): that "on the basis on the beautification of our cities in Kurdistan, from now on, permission will only be granted to hotels that hold 4 stars and over or in other words , only the international brands will be granted permission to build up their hotels".

He added saying "the main reason behind this is, so that the hotels can welcome more guests to Kurdistan , hence we can fit more people into our hotels" .

http://rudaw.net/kurdish/index.php/news/13571.html

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07/05/2012

ERBIL, May 7 (AKnews) - Romania will work to strengthen relations and encourage Romanian companies to invest in Kurdistan Region.

Yaqub BradaJacob Prada, Romania's ambassador to Iraq, told AKnews at the Economic Trade Conference between the two countries, in Erbil, that a number of Romanian companies and investors have decided to work in the region.

"We asked Kurdistan regional government to help Romanian investors and make the investing process easy for them," Prada said.

The ambassador expected the trade exchange between Romania and Kurdistan to increase and will the number of delegation visits in the future.

By Fryad Mohammed

AKnews

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07/05/2012

ERBIL, May 7 (AKnews) - Romania will work to strengthen relations and encourage Romanian companies to invest in Kurdistan Region.

Yaqub BradaJacob Prada, Romania's ambassador to Iraq, told AKnews at the Economic Trade Conference between the two countries, in Erbil, that a number of Romanian companies and investors have decided to work in the region.

"We asked Kurdistan regional government to help Romanian investors and make the investing process easy for them," Prada said.

The ambassador expected the trade exchange between Romania and Kurdistan to increase and will the number of delegation visits in the future.

By Fryad Mohammed

AKnews

isn`t that the guy who put up a fire in newroz? (the guy in the picture)
he was wearing a sherwal, he said he liked it so much he wouldn`t give it back to the guy who lend it to him

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07/05/2012

Bulgaria Deputy PM , Simon Ajangoy, after meeting with agricultural department , decided to open his country's 'Green bank' branch in Kurdistan, as well as building a manure producing factory .

Worth mentioning, these efforts are all part of KRG's efforts to meet local agricultural demands , in order to achieve the 2013 deadline to be self-reliance in food , as originally was planed and decided upon by the planning ministry.

by Sarbaz Saleh

http://www.aknews.com/ku/aknews/2/305709/

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12/05/2012 16:41

ERBIL, May 12 (AKnews) - The Kurdistan Region will be one of the developed areas in the future due to its rich soil and oil reserves, said a company expert.

adgar murad-adgar mradAdgar Murad from Khatib Almi company is supervising master plan projects in 10 areas and districts in the region.

He told AKnews: "You can feel the differences between the Kurdistan Region and rest of Iraq. The region has a beautiful nature, beside that it has rich soil for agriculture."

Murad added: "Since 2005 you can see the development of the private sector in the region. This is due to safety and the private sector's confidence in the Kurdistan Regional Government.

"The Kurdistan Region has oil and has built on it. This will affect in a positive way the infrastructure of the region in the future."

More than 42 companies from 17 countries have been involved in oil investment in the region.

AKnews

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Denis Flaneri , Technical manger is in kurdistan to hold talks with KRG officials , in regards to opening up one of their citibank branches in kurdistan .

http://gksat.tv/Default.aspx?page=article&id=1037&l=3

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16/05/2012 12:40

BAGHDAD, May 16 (AKnews)- The investment in Iraq is low comparing to what has been accomplished in the Kurdistan Region, said deputy governor of the Central Bank of Iraq.

Mudhar Mohammed said "unfortunately, we, …. under the auspices of the federal government, are not good at investment process… and are not aware of its benefits because we do not have trust in investment.

"And this is contrary to the Kurdistan Region because the foreign investment law in Kurdistan has incentives for the investors and the administration in Kurdistan."

Kurdistan Investment Law has been commended as investor-friendly on many occasions.

Mohammed said investment in Iraq is in its "infancy" as compared with Kurdistan and hoped that "Baghdad can reach the same level of Kurdistan['s maturity in investment]."

He described Kurdistan's investment experience "successful", adding "but sadly we have not learnt from it."

The official advised Baghdad to be "more flexible" with investment file and reduce the routines to attract more investors.

AKnews

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KRG 5 year agricultural plan is going well ahead of the plan , alot of of advanced facilities and equipments have been purchased and distributed with a low repayment loan to the farmers , and 4 more big dams are on the way , 3 medium ones completed o far.

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ERBIL, Kurdistan Region -- The Ministry of Health has announced plans to open three blood banks in Kurdistan Region’s provinces.

A blood bank stores and preserves blood accumulated through donation to be used by hospitals and patients in need of transfusions.

At the moment, patients in need of blood are dependent on the supply available at the hospitals.

Dr. Khales Kadir, spokesperson for the Ministry of Health, told Rudaw, “Until now, the Kurdistan Region has not had an independent bank for blood donations. Each hospital has a specific unit for blood donations designated for patients in need. But these units are part of each hospital and do not act independently.”

Dr. Kadir says that, currently, many hospitals rely on donations given by the relatives of patients.

“Most of the blood available at a hospital’s blood bank is received from the family of patients and sometimes voluntary donations,” he says.

Dr. Kadir believes hospital blood supplies are not sufficient to meet the growing demand in the region. “Each hospital sets aside blood based on the needs of the patients, but now the demand for blood has increased,” he explains.

The Ministry of Health has expressed the desire to create a more efficient service to provide blood to patients.

“The Ministry of Health wants to have a modern and up to date facility for patients in need of blood, which is why we have announced the opening of three independent blood banks in the main provinces of the Kurdistan Region.” Dr. Kadir says.

An official from the Ministry of Health clarified that they have been working on creating blood banks for a few years now. “The bank set to open in the city of Erbil is in its final stages and will soon be opened,” he told Rudaw.

The establishment of the blood banks is being supervised by international companies. All blood banks must pass examinations and procedures to ensure the blood is safe.

According to the Ministry of Health, the blood stored at the banks has passed the necessary regulations and doctors are satisfied with the results.

The importance of having blood banks is especially evident at times of large-scale catastrophe or major accidents, when the availability of blood for transfusions becomes a matter of life and death.

Rudaw

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24/05/2012

ERBIL, May 24 (AKnews) - Kurdistan's Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources today announced a ban on importing certain types of fruits and vegetables from next month.

baqal, fruits Marketing director at the ministry Nouri Ismael said: "This step comes after the region's self-sufficiency achievement in some domestic agricultural products."

Peppers will be banned permanently, while cucumbers, peaches and figs will be covered by a temporary ban from the middle of June until November 30.

Other items covered by the ban include pumpkins, tomatoes, aubergines, beans, certain kinds of green beans, onions, melons, grapes, apples, pomegranates, potatoes, cauliflower and sunflower.

AKnews

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28/05/2012

ERBIL, May 28 (AKnews) - A modern track and field sports arena will be built in Suli province before the end of the year, announced the head of the sports committee in Suli council.

Sewkani said the committee asked Peshmarga Club to use their yard as the site for the arena. The club accepted the request.

Sewkani added that the design of the arena has been drawn up.

Track and field coach Sirwan Hamid said he was pleased with the news, commenting that the arena will end the problem of a lack of training fields.

AKnews

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Suli province? They mean Suli city or District, because a Suli province dont exist.