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	Government unlikely to pay salaries before Eid al-Fitr	Read more
Thursday, September 2nd 2010 2:18 PM

Erbil, Sept. 2 (AKnews) – Kurdistan’s deputy minister of finance and economy said on Wednesday that it is unlikely that the government will pay civil servants’ salaries before the Muslim feast of Eid al-Fitr which marks the end of Ramadan.In around a week the faithful will celebrate the end of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan. People spend...

	1,800 plots of land allotted for housing units in Qaladze	Read more
Thursday, September 2nd 2010 10:48 AM

Sulaimaniya, Sept. 2 (AKnews) – An official from Qaladze, 135 km north east Sulaimaniya, said on Thursday that the municipality of the town has allocated a considerable area for the housing projects.    Speaking to AKnews, Qaladze Mayor Dlawar Qubad, said that 1,800 plots of land within Qaladze's municipality border have been...

	Officials say no fuel crisis yet in Kurdistan	Read more
Thursday, September 2nd 2010 10:15 AM

Erbil, Sept. 2 (AKnews) – A senior energy official in Kurdistan says the Iraqi government has not yet enforced its decision to cut 50 percent of Kurdistan Region’s share of fuel.Following a recent announcement by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) that it has signed a deal with a German company to transfer Kurdistan’s natural gas to...

Jordanian Minister of Health to visit Erbil and potential medical Jordanian investments	Read more
Wednesday, September 1st 2010 10:52 PM

Erbil, Sept. 1 (AKnews) - The Jordanian Minister of Health will visit the Kurdistan Region in mid-September, said the president of the Jordanian Association of Pharmaceutical Manufactures (JAPM) on Wednesday.A Jordanian industrial and commercial delegation is currently in the Region, headed by Jordan's Minister of Trade and Industry Amer...

	Kurds want Jordanian businesses to invest more in Kurdistan	Read more
Wednesday, September 1st 2010 3:57 PM

Erbil, Sept. 1 (AKnews) – Following a visit by a high-ranking Jordanian trade delegation led by the country’s minister of industry and trade, Kurdish official say they hope Jordan will increase its investment in Kurdistan and possibly establish an industrial city in Kurdistan. Falah Mustafa, the head of the Foreign Relations Department at...

	Jordan determined to boost ties with Kurdistan	Read more
Wednesday, September 1st 2010 10:55 AM

Erbil, Sept. 1 (AKnews) –A Jordanian trade delegation led by the country's Industry and Trade Minister Amer Hadidi held on Tuesday a number of meetings with Kurdistan Region's top officials. After landing in Erbil International Airport on Tuesday the 21-member delegation first met with the President of Kurdistan Region, Massoud Barzani....

	Official says date production has decreased in Iraq	Read more
Tuesday, August 31st 2010 4:16 PM

 Baghdad, Aug.31 (AKnews) - The director of the Date Palm General Board in the Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture said on Tuesday that Iraq is now the seventh largest exporter of dates in the world.  "Wars, sanctions and armed operations in Iraq have caused Iraq’s date production to fall to seventh place while it used to be the...

	Rising poverty in Iraq threatens economic reform	Read more
Tuesday, August 31st 2010 11:13 AM

Baghdad, Aug. 31 (AKnews) – Following the issue of an Iraqi Planning and development Ministry report indicating that 23% of the population are living in poverty, an Iraqi economic expert has warned of  serious implications for the country's economic development."High rates of poverty in Iraq indicate complications in the plans put...

	Jordan trade minister arrived in Erbil	Read more
Tuesday, August 31st 2010 10:56 AM

Erbil, Aug. 31 (AKnews) – A Jordanian high trade delegation led by the country's Industry and Trade Minister Amer Hadidi landed in Erbil International Airport on Tuesday.                       A source at the Airport told AKnews that...

	South Korea ruptures sanctions with North	Read more
Tuesday, August 31st 2010 10:34 AM

ُErbil, Aug. 31 (AKnews) - According to BBC reports, South Korea has offered aid to North Korea in the wake of the floods that devastated parts of the country recently, breaking their own sanctions imposed on the North after the sinking of a South Korean warship in March.A total of $8.3 million worth of flood aid has been offered by the South...