German Company Lands $625m Iraq Power Contract
AKnews reports that the German energy firm MBH has landed a $625 million contract to build five 100-MW power plants in Nineveh province. The Iraqi electricity ministry announced the deal on Wednesday,...
View ArticleNineveh Signs Agreement with German Businesses
Nineveh Chamber of Commerce has signed a memorandum of understanding with a delegation of German business people for the exchange of expertise, the head of the chamber told AKnews. Moqbel Ahmed Dabbagh...
View ArticleFrench Firm Begins Work on $15m Hotel in Nineveh
A French company began construction work on Tuesday on a $15 million luxury hotel in Nineveh’s Shallalat area, 10 km north of Mosul, according to AKnews. The Investment Commission's media spokesman...
View ArticleMoU signed for Mosul Refinery
A refinery with a capacity of 150,000 barrels per day will be constructed by the Egyptian Qalaa Company in Nineveh province. In a statement, Deputy Oil Minister Ahmed Shamaa said the Ministry of Oil...
View ArticleAlstom Signs $94m Power Contract in Nineveh
Iraqi's Ministry of Electricity signed a contract on Saturday with French conglomerate Alstom to build a power generation plant in Nineveh province at a cost of approximately $94 million, according to...
View ArticleSonangol Equipment Blown Up in Nineveh
AKnews reports that uniformed militants have blown up about 10 machine tools used by Sonangol, Angola’s national oil company, in the province of Nineveh on Thursday. Sonangol won contracts to develop...
View ArticleTerrorists Knock Out Asiacell Service in Nineveh
Bloomberg reports that militants have bombed an Asiacell equipment building near Mosul, damaging the mobile phone operator's network and knocking out service in some northern areas. The four attackers,...
View Article$34m Nineveh Housing Project Starts
Construction has started on a $34 million (40 billion Iraqi dinar) residential project in the province of Nineveh, reports AKnews. The 560 homes will be built on an 82-acre site close to the famed...
View ArticleTurkey-Nineveh Electricity Line Inaugurated
A new electricity line from Turkey to Mosul was inaugurated on Saturday, according to a report from AIN. The Head of the Energy and Services Department at Mosul Provincial Council, Zuhair al-Jobbery,...
View ArticleStand-Off in Ninawa: Syria Inflames Kurdistan-Iraq Dispute
By Ahmad Salama. This article was originally published by Niqash. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The conflict with Syria...
View ArticleSandstorms, Corruption Make Ninawa Farmers Abandon Land And Home
By Mohammed Omar al-Qaysi. This article was originally published by Niqash. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Farmers in...
View ArticleLufthansa Consulting Wins Mosul Airport Contract
By John Lee. The Iraqi Government and Lufthansa Consulting continue their successful collaboration to establish international standards for the country’s future aviation development: During the recent...
View ArticlePostponement of Provincial Elections in Anbar, Nineveh
By Reidar Visser. The following article was published by Reidar Visser, an historian of Iraq educated at the University of Oxford and currently based at the Norwegian Institute of International...
View ArticleNinawa Election Postponed "Based on False Info"
By Abdullah Salem. This article was originally published by Niqash. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The controversial...
View ArticleDate Set for Anbar, Ninewa Elections
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Iraq, Mr. Martin Kobler, welcomed the decision of the Council of Ministers today to conduct the Governorate Council elections in Anbar and...
View ArticleNineveh Authorises Governor to Sign Oil Deals
By John Lee. The provincial council of Nineveh has reportedly granted its governor the power to sign deals with foreign oil firms independently of Baghdad, which rejected the move as unconstitutional....
View ArticleNineveh Takes Steps towards Energy Independence
By John Lee. The Governor of Nineveh province, Atheel al Nujaifi (pictured), has told Reuters that Baghdad has focused on the giant southern oilfields and has paid little attention to developing...
View ArticleIndependent Ninawa After the Islamic State?
This article was originally published by Niqash. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. To Be Independent Or Not: Iraqi’s...
View ArticleNorway Contributes Funding for Rehabilitation
The Kingdom of Norway has contributed an additional US$2.8 million to UNDP’s Funding Facility for Immediate Stabilization (FFIS), which finances fast-track initiatives in areas liberated from the...
View ArticleNetherlands Funds Stabilization in Newly Liberated Areas
The Netherlands is giving $5.69 million (€5 million) to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to support stabilization in areas newly liberated from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant...
View ArticleGermany contributes additional $3.9m in Aid
Germany has contributed an additional US$3.9 million to UNDP’s Funding Facility for Immediate Stabilization (FFIS), which finances fast-track initiatives in areas liberated from the Islamic State of...
View ArticleWill Iraqi-Kurdish Conflict Break Out in Nineveh?
By Mohammed A. Salih for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Gen. Hadi Halabjayi and his peshmerga troops were...
View ArticleISIS Recruiter of Child Soldiers Shot Dead in Mosul
By Simon Kent. Unconfirmed reports suggest a Saudi Arabian national under the nom de guerre "Abu Wathbah al-Saudi," has been shot dead in Mosul, the last urban stronghold of the self declared Islamic...
View ArticleImproving Women’s Livelihoods in Ninewah
For a young Yazidi woman who survived upheaval and displacement in northern Iraq, hope and stability finally arrived in an unexpected form: plump brown quails, and their tiny speckled eggs. Gulistan,...
View ArticleStabilization in Ninewah Plains is taking-off
The Government of Iraq and UNDP’s Funding Facility for Stabilization (FFS) re-opened the As-Salamiyah Water Treatment Plant at a ceremony yesterday in Nimrud. The Treatment Plant, which will provide...
View ArticleKey Water Treatment Plant Reopened in Mosul
The Government of Iraq and UNDP’s Funding Facility for Stabilization (FFS) officially reopened the Al Qasoor Water Treatment Plant at a ceremony yesterday in Mosul. Al Qasoor is the second largest...
View ArticleCriminal Case Management Course for Judges
Criminal case management course for judges and prosecutors in Ninewah, first of a series of UNDP activities to support effective criminal justice administration in Iraq Twelve Iraqi judges and...
View ArticleCanada Increases Support to Iraq
Canada reaffirms its commitment to Iraq's stabilization with new CAD 10 million support The Government of Canada has pledged an additional CAD 10 million (approximately US$ 7.8 million) to support the...
View ArticleNinewa's Medical Fluids Factory Re-opens
UNDP and USAID re-open Ninewa's Medical Fluids Factory to strengthen Iraq's health system The U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, Alina Romanowski, and Deputy Resident Representative of the United Nations...
View ArticleSuccessful Conclusion of Recovery Programme in Western Ninewa
UN-Habitat Iraq Marks Successful Conclusion of EU-funded "Support for Urban Recovery and Peacebuilding in Western Ninewa" Programme The UN-Habitat Iraq Programme "Support for Urban Recovery and...
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