called on the United Nations, on the occasion of the advent of Eid al-Adha, all Iraqis and their political and religious leaders and civil rights to seek to achieve unity and understanding among them. (more…)
Iraq does not rule out extending the work of the parliament and confirm: blocs agreed by the 85% to pass the election law
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Confirmed the Iraqi List, on Sunday, that the political blocs could “extend the work of the current parliament” for a specific time period in case of failure to vote on the election law, as shown that the blocs agreed by 85% to pass the law, pointed out that tomorrow’s meeting could see the law passed.
The MP said the Iraqi List, Alaa Makki said in an interview to (Presse term), “The option to extend the work of the House of Representatives by the political blocs and very likely in the event of the failure of the political consensus and not to vote on the election law.”
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Sunday, October 04, 2 / November 2012 12:21
{Baghdad: Euphrates News} MP for citizen Habib Terminal block it will be put fiscal budget for 2013 during the next session of the House of Representatives.
Terminal said in a statement to the Euphrates News Agency {} on Sunday, “We are unanimous on the importance of providing new budget during these days to the House of Representatives and approval so that we can disclose the reasons for the low ratios completing projects in the provinces.” (more…)
Monday, October 22 1 / Okrudolf 2012 12:44
Received by President Jalal Talabani congratulatory برقيتي from the Emir of Kuwait Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs in the State of Kuwait Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah on the occasion of Eid al-Adha. (more…)
Parliamentary Finance Committee reveal names for Iraqi politicians involved money laundering
Date: Saturday 10/20/2012 09:29 pm
Parliamentary Finance Committee revealed the involvement of Iraqi politicians known, including staff from the central bank in the money laundering operations.
Committee member said Haitham al-Jubouri in an interview aired on Al-Fayhaa television shortly before the committee reached the documents and recordings have implicated a number of politicians acts of money laundering and smuggling of currency , and deposit it in banks Emirates, Lebanon and Jordan (more…)
Published: Saturday, October 13, 2012
BAGHDAD (Union) – The Central Bank of Iraq yesterday on corruption charges, and described it as “pure fabrication and vague purpose. He announced that he Sifand these allegations, and sue all the parties and persons who brandishing it.
The central bank said in a statement that “all came in a hostile campaign against the Iraqi Central Bank untrue, which is a pure fabrication and unknown charges purposes.” And asserts that it “was the reputation of the central bank and the national economy at risk, also lead to the risk of internal and external economic.” (more…)
09/10/2012 – 11:30
Parliamentary source revealed, Tuesday, that the Presidency of the Council of Representatives decided to determine the holiday of Eid al-Adha in three weeks, starting from the 15th of the current month and until the sixth of November. (more…)
UN Iraq’s representative visits Kuwait next week
Politics 11/21/2011
BAGHDAD, Nov 21 — UN Secretary General’s special representative in Iraq Martin Kobler said Monday he would visit Kuwait soon to discuss outstanding issues between Baghdad and Kuwait.
At a news conference after a meeting with Iraqi senior Shiite cleric Ali Sistani in An-Najaf, Kobler said he “will visit the State of Kuwait next week to discuss Iraq’s exit from Chapter VII” of the UN Charter.
Iraq is yet to address sticky issues like the missing Kuwaiti and third country nationals, return of national archive, paying compensations and maintenance of border signs. (more…)
Baghdad (news) .. discussed the House of Representatives in regular session the first of the second legislative term of the year the second legislative session was chaired by Osama Najafi, Chairman of the House of Representatives and the presence of 205 deputies on Sunday, the question of the sovereignty of Iraq and the withdrawal of occupation forces as well as search external aggression on the territory of Iraq and the attacks launched from Iraqi territory to neighboring countries.
A statement from the Department of Media Council has received the Agency (news) a copy of it on Sunday: that at the beginning of the meeting initiated by any of the Holy Quran Park, President of the Council of the Iraqi people on the occasion of Eid al-Adha, calling on MPs to pay attention to speed up legislation of laws and follow-up performance of the government, referring to the presence of 31 legally ready to vote and 64 legally ready for a second reading. (more…)
Date: Monday, 07/11/2011 12:17
Baghdad (news) .. Search Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and U.S. Ambassador James Jeffrey, a number of issues that concern the two countries and the U.S. withdrawal.
A source in the Prime Minister (of the Agency news) on Monday: Ambassador Jeffrey had congratulations to the owners on the occasion of Eid Al-Adha, and discussed a number of political issues and security, as well as a region in general.
Monday, 07 November to November 2011 14:29
Denied the Iraqi List, any agreement with the state law on file security ministries. A spokesman for the Iraqi list Haider Mulla said Iraq has not been any talks about file security ministries and what is being circulated in the media that there is agreement on the installation of Saadoun al-Dulaimi, the Ministry of Defense and Tawfiq al-Ministry of the Interior ,
is inaccurate in the absence of any agreement to that effect, adding Almln the Iraqi List, is you want to end this file, but according to the agreements and benefits of political and not through the imposition of status quo and the parliamentary sources revealed the existence of an initial agreement between the Iraqi and state law to resolve the naming security ministries. (more…)
Prime Minister, Sunday, that Iraq is an example for other countries in the region through greater effort in working to restore security, stability and stand against the face of its unity and its sovereignty.
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in a speech during a meeting Aadedda politicians and military leaders on the occasion of Eid al-Adha “People perform rituals in Aldearalmekdsh, and we do our job in maintaining and people of Iraq,” stressing that “the country needs to do a lot of effort to stand up to the threatens the security and stability, unity and sovereignty. ” (more…)
06/11/2011 14:13
Baghdad, Nov. 6 (AKnews) – Iraq’s Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki urged on Sunday political blocs and Iraqi politicians for more determination and efforts to stand in the face of all challenges to keep the unity of Iraq.
Maliki’s call coincides with demands from local officials in some, mainly Sunni, Iraqi provinces to create their own federal regions following accusations that the Maliki government is repressing the Sunnis.
Maliki said in an address during a reception ceremony on the occasion of Eid al-Adha holidays celebrated by Muslims worldwide, that “Iraq needs more determination and efforts to face all the challenges it faces, in particular, challenges to its national unity, unity of its lands and air spaces” (more…)
05/11/2011 12:40
Baghdad, 5 November (aknews) – detect sources in the Iraqi Council of representatives, on Saturday, on a preliminary agreement between the national Iraqi Coalition Alliance for resolving file security ministries in the Government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and nominating candidates llhakbitine security after the holiday of Eid al-Adha.
According to the source, who requested anonymity for Kurdistan News Agency (aknews), “to convene parliamentary mediations resulted in an agreement between the National Alliance is a coalition of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki part and Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi’s nomination of Saadoun al-dulaimi, serving with the Ministry of defence on behalf of Tawfiq al-yassiri, label for the Interior Ministry and votes on naming Adnan Al-Assadi agent for the Ministry of the Interior for Administrative Affairs in the House”. (more…)
2011-11-04 14:30:31
BAGHDAD (Iba) … Ministry of Finance announced a number of the end of the 2012 budget in line with the agreement with the International Monetary Fund and the amounts necessary for lifting the value of its investment.
The Deputy Minister Fadel prophet in a press statement that the Ministry of Finance has worked to raise money value compared to the value of investment funds within the budget value of Lot 2012. (more…)
04/11/2011 10:14
Baghdad, November 4 (Rn) – The Iraqi Ministry of Finance of the Federal, Friday, preparing a file from the end of the 2012 budget in line with the agreement with the International Monetary Fund and the amounts necessary for lifting the value of its investment.
The Deputy Minister Fadhil Nabi told the Kurdish news agency (Rn) that “the Ministry of Finance has worked to raise the investment value amounts compared to the value value amounts Lot within the budget in 2012.”
He added that “the balance of 2012 is ready for submission to the House of Representatives and is awaiting the return of Finance Minister Rafie al-Issawi of travel for the purpose of viewing and presented in the sessions of the prime minister after the end of the holiday Eid al-Adha.” (more…)
Muslims praying during Eid
At the end of the Hajj (annual pilgrimage to Mecca), Muslims throughout the world celebrate the holiday of Eid al-Adha (Festival of Sacrifice). In 2011, Eid al-Adha will begin on or around November 6th, and will last for three days.
What does Eid al-Adha commemorate?
During the Hajj, Muslims remember and commemorate the trials and triumphs of the Prophet Abraham. The Qur’an describes Abraham as follows:
“Surely Abraham was an example, obedient to Allah, by nature upright, and he was not of the polytheists. He was grateful for Our bounties. We chose him and guided him unto a right path. We gave him good in this world, and in the next he will most surely be among the righteous.” (Qur’an 16:120-121) (more…)
03/11/2011 13:10
Baghdad, November 3 (Rn) – Iraqi Council of Representatives failed to hold an emergency session was scheduled on Thursday called for a block free of the Sadrist movement led by Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, for lack of quorum.
The Presidency of the Council of Representatives called for the convening of the special meeting today to discuss three main themes is that the federal budget, excluding the demands made by Sadr, the former government and the withdrawal of U.S. forces in addition to Turkish and Iranian shelling of border areas in the province of Kurdistan.
He said the head of the Liberal MP Bahaa al-Araji, a news conference in the House of Representatives: “We are sorry for the failure to meet the call made to the House of Representatives to attend the special meeting due to travel most of the members of the House of Representatives to perform Hajj, which led to lack of quorum.” (more…)
Markets are the Kurdistan Region during this period, a substantial rise in the prices of meat and livestock to receive the day of Eid al-Adha because of the popularity of buy to meet the need of Muslims to sacrifice.
He suggested a number of specialists causes rise in the prices of live animals like sheep as a result of increasing demand every year before Eid al-Adha, but rise during this year began early and doubled their prices and reached high levels.
Point concerned the movement of the market and trade in the province that Kurdish citizens used to face the rising prices of livestock in this time of year because of the increasing demand for sheep in the sacrifice of Eid is that prices for this year is unusual as it is witnessing a big increase.
On: Wed, 11/02/2011 14:12
Baghdad (news) .. Download MP / menu Iraqi / Iskandar and berries, Nouri al-Maliki’s responsibility for delaying the selection of a candidate of the Iraqi Ministry of Defense.
He and berries in a statement (for the Agency news) on Wednesday: that the delay in naming ministers security (defense, interior) led to confuse the situation in Iraq, blaming Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki responsibility of not naming the candidates of the security ministries, including the selection of a candidate list of Iraq for the defense. (more…)
On: Tue 01/11/2011 12:27
Baghdad (news) .. signed by state law and the MP / National Alliance / Khaled al-Asadi to see legislative term the third critical of the security ministries.
The House of Representatives has voted by majority to give confidence to the government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, without the security ministries on 21 December last year.
Asadi said in a statement (the Agency news) on Tuesday: There is no indication a physical to a final agreement to resolve the security ministries, but I expect to see a legislative term the third resolution of the security ministries. (more…)
19/10/2011 08:58
Iraq Decides to review the budget of 2012 at the light of the observations of the International Monetary Fund
Baghdad, October 19 / October (Rn) – The economic adviser in the Iraqi government federal, Wednesday, the cabinet decided to review the draft budget in 2012 of the comments of the International Monetary Fund.
The chancellor said Salam al-Quraishi, told the Kurdish news agency (Rn) that “the Iraqi government decided to review the draft budget in 2012 before approval of the Council of Ministers for evaluation, taking observations of the International Monetary Fund and in particular the increase in operating expenses, which amounted to 80%.”
Baghdad, Oct. 17 (AKnews) – The ongoing dispute between Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s State of Law Coalition (SLC) and former Prime Minister Ayyad Allawi’s Iraqiya List about the Erbil Agreement will most likely not be solved in the next couple of weeks.
Mohammed al-Khalidi, member of parliament and member of the Iraqi National Accord movement (INA), which Iraqiya List is a part of, said that the negotiations reached a “blocked end”.
| HOLIDAY | DATE | |
| Fall of the regime | April 9 | |
| Labour Day | May 1 | |
| Revolution 1958/Republic Day | July 14 | |
| Id Al-Fitr (3 Days) | August 31* | |
| Id Al-Adha (4 Days) | November 6* | |
| Islamic New Year | November 27* | |
| Ashoura Day | December 6* | |
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