Infrastructure & Finance news in South Kurdistan

[alan131210]

14/03/2012 10:49
 
ERBIL, March 14 (AKnews) - A new flight from Greece to Kurdistan has been announced by Cyprus Airways.

The inaugural flight departed from Athens International Airport in Athens, Greece and arrived in Erbil on March 11.

Flights will depart every Monday morning from the Iraqi Kurdistan capital to Athens, and every Sunday afternoon from Athens to Erbil, connecting via Larnaca Airport in Cyprus.

The Cypriot airline launched flights from Cyprus to Ebril last year on July 4.

AKnews.com

[alan131210]

15/03/2012 11:51

ERBIL, March 15 (AKnews) – Erbil International Airport has signed a contract with Executive Jet ME to offer commercial and emergency services to people in remote places across Kurdistan Region.

EIAUnder the contract, the company will provide three helicopters fully staffed with pilots and trained paramedics and nurses, who will be on 24-hour alert to transport injured people from even mountainous area in Kurdistan Region to hospitals in the capital city.

They will also provide commercial services to local and foreign companies who need fast transportation.

“The goal is to provide services to local and international companies in the region as well as to provide medical aid all over the Kurdistan Region” said Andrew Jones, the airport’s relations adviser.

“These helicopters staffed with trained doctors and medics can reach distant and mountainous areas within 10 minutes.”

The helicopters can also be used to transport patients to neighboring countries for urgent operations not available in Kurdistan Region, said Talar Fayaq, Director of Erbil International Airport.

The service, expected to be launched at the end of May, is contracted for three years with an option for two further years, she added.

Ebril Airport expects the deal to be the first of several with different companies to provide helicopter evacuation and transport services.

By Hemn Hadi

AKnews.com

[brendar]

Emergency helicopter is very important. My Uncle had accident exactly 1 month ago and has broken bones in 4 or 5 parts of the body and yet there were no ambulance could reach the place where he was fell on a steep hill. Now they are trying to bring him back to Britain but there is no guarantee during the flight travelling because he in so much pain.

[Rando]

im glad they will be there 3-5 years. when the time comes for them to leave we will have our own helicopter fleet for emergency and such.

[alan131210]

Project City agricultural consists of 446 residential units and secure with 4 houses each farmer plastic house a total of 1784 and the allocation of land for 4 Greenhouses for future expansions. This project is of special benefit farmers and helps revive the agricultural sector and increase local agricultural production.



www.pankgroup.net

[unitedkurdistan]

This is nth kurdistan but i put it in anyway:
Belgium’s Koramic to open factory in Van, export to Iraq
0 19 March 2012 / ARİF BAYRAKTAR , İSTANBUL
Belgian-owned Koramic Building Chemicals, affiliated with Koramic Building Products S.A., plans to establish a factory in the eastern province of Van and export its products to northern Iraq.
CEO of the Belgian-based Koramic Hüseyin Bilmaç announced the company’s 2013 plans to invest in Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Libya in addition to its factory plans in Van. “Koramic is now focusing east of Ankara. Turkey’s location in the region and the countries nearby give it great market potential,” he explained. Bilmaç added that the company decided to build a factory in Van because of the restructuring process in the city following the October 2011 earthquake.

Bilmaç pointed out that a nation-wide urban transformation project planned to reinforce or demolish buildings that are susceptible to earthquake damage will cost the state around $50 billion for construction materials and $20 billion in infrastructure products. “Koramic established Cermix in Turkey for this reason and new, high-quality building products will be sold with the through Cermix,” he added.

It wouldn't surprise if they would only let turks work there but i still hope it will be kurds. And this is really good, another trading link between north and south.

[alan131210]

25/03/2012
An official at the Ministry of Electricity Kurdistan Regional Government said , they will be providing the citizens of the Kurdistan Region with 22 hours of power per day during the month of April next, noting that there were efforts to raise this percentage to 24 hours a day.

Engineer Omid Ahmed Mohammed General Manager control in the Ministry of Electricity Kurdistan Region, told (PUKmedia): "due to high temperatures and low use of electricity for heating, we have developed our program to provide citizens with 22 hours of electricity a day, and seek to raise this percentage to 24 hours a day".

He also explained that the production of electricity in Kurdistan currently reach 2400 MW, adding that the government is continuing efforts to increase this rate, he said, adding: "We expect to increase the production of electricity in a power plant of 750 MW of Sulaimaniya to 1000 MW".

Abdullah Taha

PUKmedia.com

[alan131210]

27-03-2012

In a meeting with Sulaimani Governor, Control Risk Company which is a global risk consultancy specializing in helping organizations manage political, integrity and security risks in complex and hostile environments has considered Kurdistan as the best location over the country for investment as it is separated from the other parts of Iraq in terms of security.

The company is trying to consult the foreign companies to invest in Kurdistan, the company delegation told the Governor in the meeting.

PUKmedia.com

[brendar]

27-03-2012

In a meeting with Sulaimani Governor, Control Risk Company which is a global risk consultancy specializing in helping organizations manage political, integrity and security risks in complex and hostile environments has considered Kurdistan as the best location over the country for investment as it is separated from the other parts of Iraq in terms of security.

The company is trying to consult the foreign companies to invest in Kurdistan, the company delegation told the Governor in the meeting.

PUKmedia.com

I have this book: Invest in the Future.

[Rando]

does anyone have any info about kurdistans GDP? (budget,money per capita etc)

[alan131210]

4-4-2012

Akram Ahmad, general director of dams and reservoirs for KRG ministry of agriculture and water resources told PUKmedia that there are 14 dams underway in Kurdistan region at the cost of USD 120 million.

The dams include Degalu, Ban, Talaban, Jali, Naquban, Razgadwin in (Erbil), Khanas and Bidahin in (Duhok), Surqawshan, Dewana, Khornawazan, Awaspi and Qadirkaram in (Sulaimani) and (Garmian) administration borders.

Kurdistan regional government plans afoot to implement 41 more dam projects, the designs of which have already been suggested to be constructed in 2012 in the region. The objective of the projects is to develop agricultural and environmental sectors, supply drinking water and electricity power, he noted.

http://pukmedia.co/english/77/kurdistan ... 20-million

[alan131210]

SULAIMANI, Kurdistan Region -- Sitting idly with a friend, Fatah Najib, 49, counts the names of those who have suddenly turned businessmen on his prayer beads.

Many Kurds these days wonder about the mushrooming of companies in their towns. Some have doubts as to whether the owners of these companies have made their fortunes legitimately.

According to figures from the Directorate of Company Registration in Sulaimani province, 400 new companies have been registered in Sulaimani, of which 40 are foreign. The total number of companies currently registered in Sulaimani amounts to around 3,850, 450 of which are foreign. Most of the foreign firms are Turkish and Iranian.

“We expect the number of companies to double in one or two years because the procedures to establish a company are easy and only require around a million Iraqi dinars (around $800),” said Soran Ahmed, in charge of the directorate that registers companies in Sulaimani province.

He said the government needs to introduce tougher conditions when it comes to signing deals with foreign firms as they can leave their projects unfinished and exit the country. “A large sum of money needs to be taken in advance from those companies as a guarantee.”

Ahmed added that around 200 companies left Sulaimani in the last two years after they could not get any contracts in the province.

Many people complain about the low standard of some of the projects carried out by companies.

“I am outraged that just as there is nobody to hold the politicians accountable, no one can bring the arrogant and greedy businessmen to account either,” said Shaho Latif, a Sulaimani resident.

Taban Jabar, head of the companies section at the Directorate of Planning in Sulaimani, told Rudaw that 15 companies have been put on a blacklist since last year, including three foreign companies.

“Those companies neglected their projects, missed deadlines or delivered poor quality work,” she said.

Officials in Sulaimani say around 70 percent of registered companies work in the construction sector and general trade.

“When it comes to construction, building roads and buildings, the government gives money and land to companies and this has prompted many companies to work in those areas,” said Ahmed.

As an example, there are just five companies in Sulaimani that work in the pharmaceutical drug trade compared to the large number of firms working in construction.

Sleman, a resident of Sulaimani, was among many who were cheated by a fraudulent company. A company known as Goal took money from people to start projects for them. Sleman was lucky that security forces brought the owners of the company to justice and he got his money back.

Hassan Nouri, head of Sulaimani’s Security Directorate, said the fraudulent companies have been referred to courts.

“We will continue to monitor companies to make sure they are not ghost companies and that they do not steal people’s money,” said Nouri.

Rudaw

[alan131210]

12/04/2012 17:00

Erbil, April 12 / April (Rn) - A source at the Ministry of Trade and Industry, in the Kurdistan Regional Government, on Thursday, announced on the participation of an official delegation from the region at the conference the investment world in 2012, to be held on the first of May for three days with the participation of 75 countries in the Emirate of Dubai , according to a statement of the Department of relations in the representation of the Kurdistan region for Commercial Affairs in the United Arab Emirates.

shilan xanaqa The statement quoted by the agency received the Kurdish news agency (Rn) a copy of it, the Trade Representative of the province in the United Arab Emirates Sheelan suffocating, as saying that "the Ministry of Commerce of the UAE, issued a formal invitation to the Kurdistan Regional Government, to participate in this annual conference this year, which will be attended by 75 countries on the level of presidents and ministers and senior officials, economists, politicians, businessmen and investors. "

The stranglehold that "the province will participate in the conference with a number of ministers and merchants," adding that "after the Conference will be given the investment opportunities in the UAE, to those countries that participated in the conference."

She pointed out that "the economic development achieved by the Kurdistan region, contributed to strengthening the region's relations with regional countries and the world," pointing out that "the seriousness of this conference is an opportunity to strengthen trade relations between the region and these countries."

From: Omar Ali, see: Ihsan Aervani

AKnews

[alan131210]

14/04/2012 - (AKnews)

Planning ministry of kurdistan region in cooperation with agricultural and water resources ministry will be conducting a census , on the number of cattle and agriculture produces in the villages , via a new system that will reveal a much more precise detail in order to develop the agricultural sector .

Mamud Osman , census committee of Sulaimaniya told (AKnews), " In order to gather more details on the status of the villages and their produces , the required roads and electricity , schools , health system , their yearly income as well as all the other necessary basic needs these villages need ".

he continued adding " the result will be then handed over to the planning ministry so that they can implement the works needed as soon as possible " .

" we will continue this kind of work with the factories in kurdistan as well as trade sector and other economic factors in a near future" he added.

AKnews

[alan131210]

17/04/2012 12:16

SULAIMANIYA, April 17 (AKnews) - Kurdistan's Ministry of Health is set to launch a central storage system for medication in the region.

The announcement came following the first meeting of the ministry's new board with officials from the medical drugs industry.

Participants at the meeting believed that the government should create the new system for medication, said Health Minister Rekawt Hama-Rasheed.

He explained that the system will not only store medication but will also purchase and organize them.



The system should also store medication introduced by the private sector as well so that all medication is controlled before it reaches consumers, added Hama-Rasheed.

Chief for Kurdistan Pharmacists Syndicate Amir Chalani said the syndicate had been pressing for such storage for a long time.

It is hoped that the project will better prevent the introduction of expired or low quality drugs into the market.

Hama-Rasheed was recently elected to his post as health minister in the seventh cabinet.

By Idris Abu-Bakir

LH/DM/AKnews