Infrastructure & Finance news in South Kurdistan

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replacing old power poles with new ones in the entire KRG city towns and villages .

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Client: Kurdistan Regional Government
Location: Duhok
Remarks: Project Duration: 24 months (E)

Ongoing Status: under construction

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Client Kurdistan Regional Government
Location Sulaymaniyah
Remarks Project Duration: 36 months (E)

Ongoing Status: under construction

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Client: Kurdistan Regional Government
Location: Sulaymaniyah
Remarks: Date of Start: Feb. 2007 (E)
1st Phase: 102MW: Feb. 2007 ~ Oct. 2007 (E)

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24/04/2012

Three tramlines projects are being designed to connect the three provinces of Kurdistan on one hand and connect the region to Europe to build transition trading in the other hand.

KRG ministry of transportation and communication has already decided on building three tramline projects by an Italian specialized company at the budget of 8 billion ID to build a connection between the three Kurdistani cities and the region to Europe in the purpose of transition trading, engineer Salah Jawhar head of railway and ground transportation directorate in ministry of transportation told PUKmedia.

The projects aim to serve the people of Kurdistan in many aspects including safety, security, cheapness, and 40% traffic reduction.

The design is expected to be completed by the end of May.

PUKmedia

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Garmyan roads and traffic authority.

[kirkuk1]

great thread pls do keep this updated

[Rando]

do you guys remember the russian tourists in kurdistan? well,here is the full video (they are eating with some peshmergas here and are on some extra places)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfwMQIcCvQA&feature=relmfu&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&hd=1   

(i posted it here cuz i didn`t know an other place who fitted more. sorrry if its wrong)

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28//04/2012

Philippine Secretary of Labor has announced that there are significant opportunities for Filipino workers in the Kurdistan region, noting that the people of Kurdistan are taking different cultures to work in their country, according to the Philippine Online "Phil Star."

Rosalind Balduz Minister said that Kurdistan is known worldwide for its stability and security, which is one of the reasons for its economic development, adding that according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines, security and order are stabilized in Kurdistan.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines, is now present in the Kurdistan representatives from some 24 countries, that it is an international development and prosperity of Kurdistan and to improve the situation in this country.

PUKmedia

[Sinjar]

Hmm I would like if they hired more of the unemployed Kurds but the Asian workers are really effective.. It's kind of a dilemma.

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Sulaimaniya, April 28 / April (Rn) - A source at the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources Kurdistan Regional Government, said on Saturday that the production of the province of honey last year's mine 400 tons, expressing his belief that getting more than that amount during the current year.

Hang, Hangwin, Hangin, Heng The Director of the wealth of honey, Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources in the province, Sheelan Abdul Rahman, told the Kurdish news agency (Rn) that "the data received by us by the associations of bees, centers and Agriculture Directorate, on the production of honey in different parts of Kurdistan during the year (2011) last, reached the about 400 tons of honey. "

She added that "this proportion is less than the real amount, because there are a large number of citizens who raise bees and produce significant amounts of honey, without being members of the Association Nhala Kurdistan or registered to receive aid from the ministry."

The Director of the wealth of honey, that "the honey production in the region is witnessing increasing annually, but the lack of stability in the border areas, which are the best places to raise bees during the summer, had a negative impact on the wealth and production."

She noted that "there is a growing demand for honey Kurdistan region, due to the fact that the high quality and quality of the first in the world, the United Arab Emirates two years ago to buy 42 tons of it, but the problem lies in that these countries do not sell this honey as the production of the province."

For his part, said President of the Network beekeepers Kurdistan, Abdullah Arif, L (Rn) Ann "because of the lack of data on the production of honey in the past years, we can not make a comparison between the proportion of annual production of honey, or to increased production or Ankhvsd."

He explained that "the existence of a survey of beekeepers is very important to know the annual production of honey and to provide them with assistance and address the problems they face in raising bees, and for this we have suggested repeatedly to the Ministry of Agriculture conduct a comprehensive survey of the bee, but it seems that it needs to charge a large and high accuracy."

The Association was founded Nhala Kurdistan in 2004, and became a member of the International Council of beekeepers in 2009, the region has been producing 700-850 tons of honey a year, and are exported mostly to Syria.

From: Dilshad Ahmed, see: Ihsan Aervani

AKnews

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29/04/2012

ERBIL, April 29 (AKnews) - Some 59 project permits were granted to investors in the Kurdistan Region, mainly in the housing sector, since the beginning of 2012, said the region's Board of Investment.

Housing projectsTwenty six Erbil-based projects were given the green light, 13 in Sulaymaniyah and 20 in Duhok, said director of investigation and information at the board Haidar Mustafa.

He added that 29 permits were granted to housing unit investors, nine for manufacturing, eight for trade, seven for tourism, three for the health department and one each for agriculture, art and sport.

The total land allocated for the projects amounted to 4,000 acres and the collective value of the projects came to $ 2.7bn (3.1tr IQD).

By Dilshad Ahmed

AKnews

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNWmFTKWeaM&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&hd=1   

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Garyman May 2 (AKnews) - An official administration Garyman , announced that the allocation of a plot of land covers an area of two thousand acres in order to establish an industrial zone and a number of factories near the community of Clare, the administrative center for the region Ckramaan. said Salah al-Din Muhammad, told the Kurdish news agency (AKnews) that "the administration Garyman put into plans and programs all the time, the implementation of the largest number of service projects, in order to provide additional employment and reduce the incidence of unemployment. "

He said "we are making great efforts and earnest to create a coefficient of variety in order to provide job opportunities for a number of our young people who did not find an opportunity functional in government departments. " continued Muhammad, saying that "there are industrial projects are being implemented within the program management Ckramaan, steps have been taken to accomplish the elimination Klar and hand Cardcousinh west of Kalar, was allocated a plot of land with an area of two thousand acres along with monitoring the budget required for the establishment of number of laboratories within the project. "

For his part, said an official media branch Ckramaan of the union of workers and professionals Kurdish Mahmoud Latif's said that "the move actors in the creation of plants and an industrial zone in Ckramaan that will contribute to providing work for our young people who could not find jobs, will be in collaboration with the provincial government activate the private sector in the region Garyman and develop economically. "

The management unit Garyman , a wide area of the territory of Kurdistan, an area of 11,293 square kilometers and administrative center is to eliminate Claire (140 km south west of Sulaymaniyah 0.152 km southeast of Kirkuk) ( 364 km northeast of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad) and a population of 276,055 according to the ration card people.

From: Periyar Muhammad, see: Wafaa Zangana

AKnews

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Qatar Airways is to launch scheduled flights on 23 May 2012 to Erbil .

Each route will be served with four-flights-a-week non-stop from Doha.

Effective 25 July, the airline will launch flights to Kilimanjaro, its second gateway in Tanzania. The daily services will operate via Nairobi.

Then, beginning 15 August, Qatar Airways introduces its third African destination of 2012 with the launch of flights to the holiday centre of Mombasa – its second point in Kenya after the capital Nairobi. Each of the daily services will operate via the Tanzanian capital Dar es Salaam.

In March, Qatar Airways began flights to Rwanda’s capital city of Kigali, the carrier‘s first African route of the year.

And starting 3 October, Qatar Airways resumes operations to Myanmar following a four-year absence on the route, linking Doha with the capital Yangon. With political reform taking place in Myanmar at a rapid pace, interest in the beautiful South East Asian country has gathered momentum from both a business and tourism perspective.

Thrice-weekly flights to Perth begin on 3 July – the carrier’s second Australian gateway after Melbourne. The Perth route goes daily in December at the peak of the holiday season.

Qatar Airways has already launched flights to the European capital cities of Baku in Azerbaijan and Tbilisi in Georgia. Starting 9 May, the airline’s European expansion continues with daily flights to the Croatian capital Zagreb, operating via Budapest. Further route launches are planned to Belgrade in Serbia, the Finnish capital Helsinki and Zanzibar in Tanzania.

In line with the airline’s strategy to increase frequency on existing routes to offer passengers more choice, Qatar Airways is also stepping up capacity to selected destinations in phases.

In Asia, the Kuala Lumpur route will be served three-times daily from September, up from the recently-expanded capacity of 17 flights each week.

In Europe, the Doha – Milan route will be upgraded to double daily this month from the current 11-a-week. In December, the Doha – Paris route will have an additional two flights taking frequency up to 18 services-a-week.

In the Middle East, three routes will benefit from additional capacity. Kuwait last month saw the introduction of a new daily flight taking frequency up to 49 services each week. From June, an extra seven flights will be operated on the route taking capacity up to 56 services – eight daily round-trip flights every week.

Also in June, the Doha – Abu Dhabi route will go up to 42 flights each week with the introduction of a new daily service offering in total six daily flights.

Having introduced two extra weekly flights on the Doha – Cairo route last month to take frequency up to 11 each week, capacity will be stepped up further next month with the addition of one extra flight a week.

And in Africa, more capacity will be introduced on the double daily Doha – Dar es Salaam route from next month. With seven services operating via Nairobi, these will become non-stop to Dar es Salaam effectively providing more seats direct to the Tanzanian capital.

In March, Qatar Airways introduced frequency hikes to other destinations – namely London Heathrow, up from four to five flights-a-day; the Algerian capital Algiers from 7 to 11 services each week; Muscat in Oman from 24 to 31 flights each week; and the Indonesian capital of Jakarta from 7 to 10 services a week.

“Today’s announcement reflects the importance Qatar Airways places on expanding its portfolio of destinations and frequency on existing routes to provide passengers with more choice, more flexibility and more travel options,” said Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer, Akbar Al Baker on Tuesday. “We are entering new markets and strengthening our presence in established markets to provide a greater footprint. In particular, we are focusing on markets that are in need of extra capacity. The changing political landscape in Myanmar presents tremendous business opportunities and Qatar Airways is extremely delighted to be re-entering this wonderful destination that clearly will be one of the hottest markets in Asia for travellers from across our diverse international network. Iraq too provides many opportunities as infrastructure improvements taking place across the country prompt more international travel to support economic reform.”

http://www.hawler.com/blog/item/qatar-a ... 3-may-2012