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By Rawaz Sulaiman: Having professional qualifications is always vitally important when applying for jobs. Like other parts of the world, the Kurdistan region of Iraq has been making progress in many different ways, as shown by the economic boom. Undoubtedly, this prosperity requires that we have well-qualified people to govern the region effectively. Nowadays, higher education…
By Kamal Chomani: Twitter: @KamalChomani The recent developments in energy cooperation between the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and Turkey are seen by many as a route to Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Independence, a long-deferred dream of Kurds. However, putting all the eggs into Turkey’s basket ultimately creates KRG Dependence on Turkey or, as many put…
By Ibrahim Anwar : The majority of Kurdistan’s income is from the sale of oil. The Kurdistan Region produces 750,000 barrels per day (bpd) and, deducting all operation costs and other indirect costs, the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG’s) revenue will be 1,720,000,000 USD for October 2013. The KRG has anticipated 1,957,000,000 USD as its monthly revenue during the first six months of 2014, with this…
By Aras Ahmed Mhamad: At the opening of the 2nd Annual Kurdistan Careers Conference on September 4, 2013, there was a huge wave of job seekers, estimated at around 1,000, marching towards the exhibition and the sponsors. Employers keenly explained their company’s requirements and profiles to these job seekers. Nearly 45 national and international companies…
By Nagham Haidar (Awat): The Water and Sewage Directorate of Kurdistan Region is planning to set up water consumption meters in Kurdish households to regulate water usage. “Due to the large amount of water wastage in the region, the KRG has dedicated a part of its master plan for 2014 to set up water consumption meters…
By Safa Fadhil (Awat): Taxation and tax rate issues do not hit the headlines of the Iraqi news channels and newspapers even though they are perceptible in all world’s major media channels and business magazines. In its place corruption is under the spotlight in this part of the world. Oddly, both taxes and corruption are…
By Amjed Rasheed: This article discusses the fragility of the management system in Kurdistan. It is reductionist, focusing only on the poor transportation system and the centralized management system in the region. Despite the fact that the airport in Dohuk governorate is not finished, I find it ironic to have three airports in a small…
By Sayran Hadi: I am a link between job seekers and employers in the Kurdistan Region. I receive hundreds of CVs every day and so many people want to change their job. They mostly want to join the oil sector… Life is not easy nowadays, especially in a country like Kurdistan – where business is…
By Mufid Abdulla: This article flows from the recent local news that there are 30,000 dollar millionaires in the south of Kurdistan. First of all we must ask ourselves what Kurdistan produces to create such a high-calibre rich class, or what innovations has the region seen in the past decade to justify this? In the…
By Mufid Abdulla: For the last two weeks the Suli area of the Kurdistan Region has been suffering the effects of a major banking crisis. The banks cannot pay customers – both individuals and small businesses – what is due to them. The state banks have been unable to pay the wages of civil servants…
KT Comment: Three days ago, PUK (Patriotic Union of Kurdistan) politburo member Mula Bakhtiar wrote an article, for his website and newspaper Chawder, identifying the main cause of the shortage of money affecting Kurdish banks and the crisis facing the Bank of Kurdistan. He blamed corrupt politicians who have been “hiding tons of dollars in their…
KT News: Following the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) decision last week to halt oil exports from Iraq to Turkey, a Suli professor has warned that, because of the region’s dependence on oil, this could eventually result in civil servants going without their wages. Economics professor and academic Mohammed Rauf, who lectures at Suli University, told Hawlati newspaper…
By Michael Rubin: Kurdistan’s rise from the ashes of the Anfal demonstrates Kurdish resilience. When Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein pulled his administration from Iraq’s three northern provinces, he hoped to starve the Kurds into submission; he never believed the Kurds would fill the vacuum and establish a functioning government. Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook…
Press release by ‘Activate Iraq’: Chairman of Kurdistan’s Investment Board Expresses Willingness to Establish an Industrial Zone in Erbil for Jordanian Factories Erbil, December 11th, 2012 – A high level business delegation of 42 Jordanian business leaders met in Irbil earlier this week with their Iraqi counterparts in an effort to promote trade and boost Jordanian…
By Bakhtiar Zuhdi: The clock is ticking. Kurdistan is on the map. The eyes of the largest corporations in the world are on us. Kurdistan is emerging fast. We must be ready for it. A decade of brutal repression and genocide may have left us with a culture of fear, uncertainty and lack of confidence, especially…
