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Baghdad calls on Iraqi Kurdistan officials to discuss oil export resumption

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – In an attempt to come to an agreement on the restart of oil exports via an oil pipeline to the Turkish port of Ceyhan, the Iraqi Ministry of Oil on Tuesday asked for a meeting as soon as possible with the Ministry of Natural Resources in the Kurdistan region of Iraq and foreign companies operating in northern Iraq.

Iraq to continue oil production cuts until the end of 2025

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – Iraq and other OPEC+ member states decided on Sunday to extend the additional voluntary cuts of 1.65 million barrels per day until the end of December 2025. Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Russia, the UAE, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria, and Oman, which announced voluntary cuts in April 2023 and November 2023, held a meeting in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, on the sidelines of the 37th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting (ONOMM).

IMF Expects Iraq’s Economy to Grow by 1.4% in 2024, 5.3% in 2025

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Thursday that Iraq’s economy contracted by 2.2% in 2022, projecting a growth by 1.4% in 2024 and 5.3% in 2025. The international monetary organization expected fiscal deficit to widen to 7.6% of GDP in 2024 from 1.3% in 2023, noting that Iraq requires an ambitious fiscal adjustment to stabilize debt in the medium term and rebuild buffers.

Baghdad announces commitment to nationwide census date

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – The Iraqi Minister of Planning, Mohammed Tamim, said on Sunday that the population census will take place on November 20, 2024, as planned. Tamim mentioned in a statement that he met with officials in the Planning Ministry, where he reviewed the stages of work and the progress made in field procedures and requirements to complete the population census.

The rise of the Islamic State has created both challenges and opportunities for Iranian trade networks in Iraq. The rise of the Islamic State (IS) and its expansion in Iraqi territory has threatened trade routes between Iran and Iraq, which have thrived over the past decade because Iraqi markets remained mostly open at a time when sanctions closed off other potential

The number of students admitted to Iraqi law schools has soared in recent years, flooding the market withjob-hungry graduates. The intense competition forces them to work for a fraction of customary charges — if they can find work at all. According to the Student Guide for Central Admission in Iraqi Universities for the 2015-16 academic year, there are 19 public law

FOREWORD In 2007, the Government of Iraq requested OECD support to help identify and support policy reforms through research, policy dialogue, and capacity building. Since then, the OECD Iraq Project has assisted the Iraqi government in a wide range of economic policy initiatives in the areas of infrastructure finance, developing and implementing economic zones, and public p

Saudi Arabia appointed an Ambassador to Iraq in December 2015, ending its 25 years of diplomatic boycott that followed the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Although the cause of the boycott, Saddam Hussein’s regime, was removed in 2003 at the hands of its American allies, Saudi Arabia resisted relentless efforts by the U.S. to restore its diplomatic relations with post-Saddam

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