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Interior reveals statistics of issuance of the national card, housing and passports within a week Agency of the orbit - Baghdad The Ministry of the Interior announced on Monday the statistics for the issuance of the national card, housing and passports during the past week. The spokesman for the Interior, Major General Saad Maan, received by the 'orbit', the 'Directorate of Civil Status, Passports and Residence issued 24319 passports and 40036 transactions under completion'. Maan added that he also issued 55221 national cards and 7838 housing cards throughout Iraq, while issuing 2549 certificates of Iraqi nationality and 58 certificates of naturalization for residents in Iraq according to the controls and instructions in Baghdad last week. http://www.almadarnews.org/index.php?page=article&id=53655

Yep. Adam liked this $60.00 price point.

The price of a barrel of US crude is $ 60.01.

The stability of the dollar against the Iraqi dinar BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Foreign currency markets in Baghdad posted steady for the fourth day in a row against the US dollar against the Iraqi dinar. The market price of the Kifah Stock Exchange in Baghdad was 1900 dinars per dollar, or 119 thousand dinars for one hundred dollars. The prices of selling and buying dollars in banking companies, was: the sale price of one dollar 1202.5 dinars, or 120 thousand and 250 dinars per hundred dollars. The purchase price of the dollar is 11902.5 dinars, or 119 thousand and 250 dinars per hundred dollars. Foreign exchange rates, gold and oil: Euro World price: 100 euros = 113.79 dollars. GBP World price: 100 pounds = 131.43 dollars. Turkish Lira World Price: $ 100 = 546.65 Turkish Lira. The price of an ounce of gold globally is $ 1311.13. The price of a barrel of Brent crude oil = $ 67.96. The price of a barrel of US crude is $ 60.01. Views 107 Date Added 03/22/2019 http://economy-news.net/content.php?id=15906

The key calls for stimulating real sectors in the country to raise pressure on the central bank Saturday, March 16th[/rtl] Governor of the Central Bank Ali Alaak Iraq's economic policy is clear and uncomplicated. Indicating that Iraq depends entirely on oil exports in exchange for it gets the dollar, which is pumped through the budget as operating expenses, mostly salaries of employees. Al-Alak said that these expenses turn into imports by 70%. Explaining that Iraq's revenues from oil occupy and adopt the economy of the country. He pointed out that the problem is characteristic of us and we must turn the page of this model of economies and stimulate the real sectors in the country and the industry, agriculture, transport, tourism and others. He added that the activation of the sector will contribute to the GDP and raise pressure on the central bank and limit the issuance of currency and the operation of human resources. Ended http://www.alghadeer.tv/news/detail/91808/

Economist: The second phase of US sanctions on Iran will include Iraq The economic expert Abdul Rahman al-Mashhadani warned on Sunday that Iraq will continue to adopt a policy supportive of the Iranian economy, adding that Iraq will include in the event of imposing the second phase of sanctions on Iran. "It is not wise to go in the direction of destruction for Iran or a neighboring country, and Iraq must realize the magnitude of the American threat and seriousness against Iran," Mashhadani told the news agency. He added that "about six banks will be among the sanctions on Iran next June, as well as the imposition of further sanctions on Iraq if it continues to deal with trade." "The signing of economic agreements with Iran is a grave mistake at a time of increasing international pressure against Tehran," Mashhadani said, adding that "the future US sanctions explicitly stipulate the inclusion of any party that deals with Iran commercially, oil and the like." http://www.ikhnews.com/

Private Sector Development & Investment in Iraq (CB) Paper to be presented at the IBBC Spring Conference 10 April Dr Mehdi Al Alak, Secretary General of the Council of Ministers will present a paper on ‘Private Sector Development & Investment in Iraq‘ at the IBBC Spring Conference at the Mansion House, London on 10 April. The development of an economically and socially viable Private Sector within Iraq that is supported by consistent and legitimate structures of governance is crucial for Iraq to develop into a globally competitive economy. Delegates will receive an exclusive insight from Dr Al Alak on the Government’s planned measures and strategies to realise this ambition. There will also be special presentations by the Central Bank of Iraq and the Basra Gas Company. With a strong focus on the banking and financial sector in Iraq this year, we expect the most prominent institutions from Iraq, the UK and international financial organisations involved in Iraq to attend. Other sessions will focus on Oil & Gas, human capital and capacity building. Round-table discussions will take place with Iraqi officials where delegates can engage in concentrated debates on country specific. https://www.iraqbritainbusiness.org/

Friday 15 March 2019 11:40 am| Number of readings: Labor announces the recovery of more than 3 billion dinars from the transgressors on the salaries of social welfare BAGHDAD / The Minister of Labor and Social Protection Authority Chairman Bassem Abdul-Zaman announced the return of more than (3) three billion and (700) million dinars of transgressors on the salaries of social benefits during the past two months (January and February) of 2019. "It is legitimate to preserve public money, monitor the money that is exceeded and take the legal steps to recover it," Abdel-Zaman said in a statement, calling on citizens to "disclose and report any irregularities or excesses on public funds in order to act legally to stop the violation." For her part, the Director General of Social Protection Fund at the Ministry of Labor, Jacqueline Salia, said that "the value of the refunds during the months of January and February was more than JD (3777082435) distributed by (911787060) dinars during January and JD (2865295375) "He said. She added that "the figures achieved were the result of follow-up and translation of the directives of Minister Dr. Bassem Abdul-Zaman, the judge to the need to follow up and recover public funds exceeded," noting that "the Council of Ministers had extended the period of installment payments of public funds exceeded within the social protection network to ten years after If the payment period does not exceed five years. " Finished http://aynaliraqnews.com/index.php?aa=news&id22=115733

In figures, what the offices of public inspectors have done against corruption and the money they have recovered Editorial Date: 2019/3/14 21:05 • 382 times read (Baghdad: Al Furat News) Inspector General of the Ministry of Interior, Jamal al-Asadi, revealed what the offices of the public inspectors against corruption and recovered money since its establishment in 2004 to March 2016. Al-Asadi said in a statement received by the agency {Euphrates News} a copy of it, "talk a lot about the offices of the inspectors general or negative and positive and each party causes rational, and all the proposals respectable, some calls for cancellation, some accuse it as one of the reasons for increased corruption, and others accuse them of wasting money allocations And others say that its presence is the direct weapon to fight corruption, and one of the important arms to combat it, but is the most effective arm of the fact that the control of the field and not paper or remote, and others see that there is problematic in the characters of the system and not the origin of the system or vice versa. "All these opinions are respectable, but we have to present a true digital discovery without the emotions of internal conflicts, be it rational or logical or superficial, and to be accurate and effective in the evaluation procedures, which must be a clear criterion for the success and failure of any system or institution, Other". Al-Asadi explained that "these figures are certified and official for the work of all the offices of the inspectors general according to the annual reports of their work, since the establishment of the offices of the inspectors in 2004 until 1/3/2016: 1 - the total refunds and prohibited from waste or recommended recovery of about 119 trillion dinars { 100 billion dollars.) 2. Total salaries and operational budget about 800 billion dinars, approximately $ 650 million 3. The number of employees of the offices of public inspectors who receive the 75% risk allocation of the nominal salary is only about 3000 employees, Inspectors, including those who do not receive a 75% risk allocation, P staff. 4 staff offices of the inspectors of the Ministry of Defense and Interior do not receive risk allocations amounting to 75%, considering that the ministries already have the gravity of allocations. 5. A simple calculation of the costs and salaries of the inspectors' offices at a rate of 1.49% of the total refunds or prohibitions of waste or recommended for recovery. 6 - The percentage of the global control of the executive control bodies should be not less than 3%. 7 - scientific logic must be the number of oversight staff in the oversight bodies operating in Iraq {integrity and financial control and inspectors' offices} 3% relative to the number of employees of the State of Iraq, which are about two million and nine hundred and fifty thousand employees {2950000}, and this is not verified as The number of employees of the three supervisory bodies (integrity, financial control and inspectors' offices in total) does not exceed 10,000, while the global proportion must exceed ten times that number. 8 - Fighting corruption is not slogans, but must be in accordance with a clear strategy and strategy and clear political and social will and clear. Al-Asadi expressed his hope to "mention the sacrifices of the martyrs of the offices of the public inspectors, who are in the tens and who sacrificed the most expensive for the same sacrifice as a result of their acts of control or because of them." "I hope that those who call for the abolition of the offices of the public inspectors and may be right to explain their reasons for numbers, so that the truth can be questioned regardless of the observations of the offices of the inspectors, since the offices are digitally productive and inexpensive for the state, Institutions that receive wages and salaries but without actual digital output. " http://alforatnews.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=191733

Economic expert shows the importance of racing neighboring countries to the Iraqi market Editorial Date: 2019/3/14 21:29 • 137 times read [Baghdad: Al-Furat News} An expert economic, the importance of racing neighboring countries on Iraq and its reflection on the domestic market. Abdul Rahman al-Mashhadani told the {Euphrates News} that "the great competition for trade cooperation with Iraq, economic openness and the reopening of Arar port with Saudi Arabia is of great importance." "Our relations with neighboring countries meet the local need by competing for the acquisition of neighboring countries on the local market in Iraq. We have earlier called on the Turkish side to move its factories to Iraq to provide jobs." "Saudi Arabia is trying to improve relations with Iraq and we have an oil pipeline that can be re-operated between the two countries, as well as the possibility of writing off the SAI if relations improve," Mashhadani said. He noted that "the establishment of industrial cities is part of the vital projects and is a means of enhancing trade exchange between the two countries." "It is possible that Iraq will be a meeting point for the international parties that cross them," he said http://alforatnews.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=191735

Yea right. This will happen when pigs fly.

Deputy calls for increasing the number of parliamentary sessions per week Thursday, March 14 called MP wisdom bloc Hassan Khalati, Thursday, to increase the number of parliamentary sessions that are held during the same week to give enough time in order to important laws and legislation related to the work of other authorities and to support anti - corruption file. "There are many important laws and files accumulated from subsequent periods and courses, we are in dire need of legislation and the passage of them, including the laws of the Federal Court, oil and gas, health and other laws that have been removed from previous sessions," Khalati said in an interview with Alsumaria News. "There is another file focused on the current period, the corruption file, and there are many laws related to this file, which we believe are urgently needed to support the efforts of the government and regulatory bodies, including the laws of graft and the recovery of smuggled money. Of laws ". He added that "the importance of these efforts and strive to improve the legislative and supervisory functions of the Parliament requires us to increase and intensify efforts and believe that there is a need to increase the number of meetings of the parliament held weekly to a larger number to ensure time reduction and achieve the best results in the areas related to the work of the Council and legislation important laws linked to the work of other authorities And support the file against corruption. " It is noteworthy that the House of Representatives held regular periods of a week between two to three sessions, separated by days to meet parliamentary committees. https://www.alsumaria.tv/news/263450/نائب-يدعو-لزيادة-عدد-جلسات-البرلمان-اسبوعيا/ar

Iraq and China to sign massive financing deal Imminent agreement will provide some $10 billion in credit for companies to invest, super-charging China's involvement in the Iraqi economy. Officials from the Iraqi Oil Ministry and the China ZhenHua Oil Company sign a contract to develop part of the East Baghdad oil field on May 23, 2018 - one of Iraq's many energy projects involving Chinese companies. (Photo credit: Oil Ministry media office) By BEN VAN HEUVELEN AND SAMYA KULLAB of Iraq Oil Report Published Wednesday, March 13th, 2019 BAGHDAD - Iraq and China are set to finalize a major bilateral agreement that would give investors access to roughly $10 billion worth of financing. The deal is likely to accelerate the pace and widen the breadth of China's involvement in the Iraqi economy, including the energy sector, and provide money needed for reconstruction and infrastructure projects that cannot be funded by the Iraqi budget alone. Iraq Oil Report Attribution Policy All sources quoted or referenced spoke to Iraq Oil Report directly and exclusively, unless stated otherwise. Iraq Oil Report typically grants anonymity to sources that can't speak without risking their personal safety or job security. We only publish information from anonymous sources that we independently corroborate and are important to core elements of the story. We do not provide anonymity to sources whose purpose is to further personal or political agendas. Iraq Oil Report Commitment to Independence Iraq Oil Report strives to provide thoroughly vetted reporting and fair-minded analysis that enables readers to understand the dynamic events of Iraq. To meet this goal, we always seek to gather first-hand information on the ground, verify facts from multiple angles, and solicit input from every stakeholder involved in a given story. We view our independence as an integral piece of our competitive advantage. Whereas many media entities in Iraq are owned or heavily influenced by political parties, Iraq Oil Report is wholly owned by several of its employees. In a landscape that is often polarized and politicized, we are able to gather and corroborate information from an unusually wide array of sources because we can speak with all of them in good faith. https://www.iraqoilreport.com/news/iraq-and-china-to-sign-massive-financing-deal-38041/

Tuesday, March 12 2019 10:03 PM Political source reveals the date of completion of the government of Abdul Mahdi A political source revealed on Tuesday the date of completion of the cabinet reshuffle for the government of Adel Abdul Mahdi. The source said in a press statement that "there is almost agreement between most of the political forces to vote on the completion of the government of Adel Abdul Mahdi, after the feast of Nowruz, that is after the 21st of this month." https://www.thebaghdadpost.com/ar/Story/156989/مصدر-سياسي-يكشف-عن-موعد-استكمال-حكومة-عبدالمهدي

Planning: Establishment of two international credit funds 3/12/2019 Economy News Baghdad Minister of Planning, Nuri al-Dulaimi, announced the establishment of two international trust funds to manage the international support file for the projects and programs of recovery, reconstruction and development in the country. "Dulaimi presided over the first meeting of the Executive Committee for Recovery, Reconstruction and Development in Iraq, in the presence of the Secretary General of the Council of Ministers, the President of the Reconstruction Fund, the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Finance, the Representative of the UN Secretary General, the Ambassador of the European Union and the World Bank," the ministry said in a statement. "The Iraq Recovery and Reconstruction Fund is working to improve the effectiveness of funding for reconstruction and recovery efforts by the government and international partners," Dulaimi said, adding that "the Ministry of Planning provided the World Bank mission in Iraq with a list of projects proposed by the World Bank" . "The ministry will sign a memorandum with the World Bank, which represents a legal framework for the Bank's work in Iraq," he said.economy-news.net/content.php?id=15742

Ministry of Communications Announced on Saturday the launch of the "electronic signature" this week, aimed at building an integrated information system. 3/9/2019 The ministry said in a statement received by Alsumaria News that it "officially launches the electronic signature during this week, the basis for building a solid information system in sectors that affect the lives of citizens, especially the banking and financial sector in ensuring the access of salaries and subsidies to the beneficiaries." The ministry added that this is done through "safe linking between the systems of calculating salaries and banking and security systems in achieving the link between the systems and databases of the state locally and their integration with the rules wanted globally and the adoption of Iraqi documents worldwide, municipalities, energy and other sectors. The Ministry will evaluate specialized workshops to identify Electronic signature and its role in mechanization. " https://www.alsumaria.tv/mobile/news/262988/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%86-%D8%A5%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84/ar?fbclid=IwAR2zgqzki_gdERFe3Yl-29P6WCTXE530RSlj3kY-2Z9GvN9qhcNFdasq9g4

Awesome stuff as always Adam

Monday, 04 March 2019 10:25 pm Central Bank: Fighting corruption and money laundering has been our top priority The governor of the Central Bank of Iraq on the Keywords : "The fight against corruption in Iraq was one of the biggest priorities of the central bank since 2014 and began his efforts, plus the efforts of the country 's leaders and international experts and American, to reap its fruit." "This has earned us respect for international organizations and opened up opportunities for international financial institutions to enter the country," Alaq said in a press statement. "It was important to allow us to deal with the problems we had at that time," he said, adding that efforts have created the necessary base to support the country's efforts to combat money laundering and fight terrorism financing. Iraq launched in 2015 a law criminalizing money laundering and terrorism financing, and established a council within the Central Bank to combat money laundering. https://www.thebaghdadpost.com/ar/Story/155318/البنك-المركزي-مكافحة-الفساد-وغسل-الاموال-كانت-اكبر-اولوياتنا

A deputy calls for an investigation into the "transfer" of 50 tons of gold Mosul to Washington A deputy of the Fath Alliance commented on the transfer of US troops to the United States of gold stolen by the "Da'ash" organization of Iraqi cities when it controls. "The Iraqi Foreign Ministry and the Iraqi government are called upon to open an investigation into the issue of smuggling and theft of gold by the United States of America," said MP Hassan Salim. "Iraq's gold must be returned by the legal means that condemn the United States. What it has done is a violation of international norms and laws," Salem said. A source close to the "Kurdish units" has revealed that US forces have transferred tons of gold organization "Da'ash" recently to the United States, leaving a small amount of units. The Syrian sources said on Sunday (February 17, 2019) that Washington has concluded a deal of gold smuggled from Mosul, with a pre-emptive organization before announcing a "false victory" in Syria. According to those sources, these tons of gold were looted from the Iraqi city of Mosul and several areas of Syria transferred to the area of Desheisha before the American helicopters carried out two battles in the villages of Brif, Deir al-Zour and Dushisha in the southern countryside of Hasaka, which led to the transfer of a group of leaders of the "Da'ash" Themselves to the American forces and later guided the Americans to the bunkers used by their organization to hide the stolen gold. http://tasrebat.news/archives/

Fatah: The coming days will witness a final agreement to complete the ministerial cab 12:13 - 23/02/2019 Information / Baghdad .. The deputy of the construction coalition, Mohamed Karim, Saturday, that the alliance of conquest and others reached the semi-final stages on the agreement to complete the cabinet cabaret, noting that the entry of the National Axis alliance on the line of dialogue contributes to ending the crisis. Al-Baldawi said in a statement to Al-Maaloumah that "the Fatah al-Fath and others have reached through the meetings of the negotiating committees to semi-final understandings that will be announced in the next few days regarding the completion of the ministerial cabin." He added that "the meeting of the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the leader of the Axis alliance Mohamed Halbusi with the alliance Sosron will contribute to ending differences, especially the passing of security ministers." Al-Baldawi said that "the next legislative term will be devoted to the completion of service laws that affect the citizen as well as political legislation, which will end the debate on some issues." Ending / 25 d https://www.almaalomah.com/2019/02/23/390220/

Lol. Been fan since 80’s. The Aints days. Minnesota miracle last year and this tough loss. Always next year though.

LOL. So true Pats. Ugh. I'm still sour over my Saints loss. Should of been them in Super bowl against your Pats. Oh well. Life goes on. Congrats on yet another Super Bowl victory my friend

Customs demand importers to quickly clear their goods and otherwise consider them smuggled Tuesday 19 February The Customs Authority, on Tuesday, all importers to expedite the clearance of their goods, indicating that those who delay it will be considered by virtue of smuggling. The Customs said in a statement received by Alsumaria News, a copy of it, that "Iraqi companies and foreign importers and the completion of customs transactions for their goods imported through the southern ports and border crossings land and air freight authorities through international airports as soon as possible and the adoption of customs clearance companies officially licensed by the Director General to clear their goods Exclusively ". "As of 20 February, all containers of goods whose owners are delayed in their release will be considered as smuggling under the provisions of Article 192/1 of the Customs Law. The Commission expressed its hope of all importers to follow up earnestly to clear their goods from the customs estate without exceeding the legal time limit and to miss the opportunity of the weak souls who are trying to obstruct the implementation of government decisions aimed at regulating trade and combating the phenomenon of corruption at the border crossing points. In granting approvals and simplifying procedures for the import or export of goods to ensure smooth trade exchange with neighboring countries and the world. " The customs departments shall operate in the customs and customs boundaries and may exercise their powers throughout the territory, the territorial sea and inland waters, including lakes, rivers, marshes and marshes in accordance with the provisions of this law. https://www.alsumaria.tv/news/261287/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%82%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83-%D8%AA%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%AA%D8%AE%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B5-%D8%A8%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B9%D9%87%D9%85-%D8%B3/ar

Directed by the project of the new building of the Central Bank, (pics)designed by Zaha Hadid Release date: 2019/2/19 8:43 • 740 times read (Baghdad: Al-Furat News) Pictures of the actual work of preparations for the construction of the first part of the base of the structure of the building of the new Central Bank of Iraq in the capital Baghdad, designed by the late Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid. The base consists of high quality steel and cement required to complete the highest tower under construction in Iraq, which consists of 37 floors and 170 meters high. The building overlooking the Tigris River next to the Babel Hotel in Jadiriyah area includes gold and silver vaults, offices, conference and meeting rooms, a museum, a ceremonial area, car parks and green spaces, and a memorial to Zaha Hadid in honor of Zaha Hadid. The project is carried out by the global company {Daax Construction}, the same company that carried out flame towers and Heydar Aliyev center in the Azerbaijani capital Baku. The contract with the company for the implementation of the project is $ 800 million, and the design cost is $ 70 million. It is noteworthy that the Central Bank of Iraq was signed in January 2012, a contract with the Office of the late architect Zaha Hadid to develop designs for the new bank building. The world-famous Iraqi engineer designed it to match the global buildings, leaving the choice of the company executing this design for the advisory bodies in the bank, because of the austerity and expenses of the war against "Daash." Eighteen companies had applied for this design, and under the legal procedures, 4 companies remained competitive to be selected by the global company {Daax Construction}. Engineer Saleh Mahoud Salman, Director General of the Central Bank of Iraq, pointed out in a previous interview in 2017 that the reaction of Hadid was very positive and enthusiastic, because the design of the building of the Central Bank, was the first project you design inside Iraq. http://alforatnews.com/modules/news/article.php?storytopic=39&storyid=188974

Gold reserves in the Central Bank increased to 96 tons World Gold Council data revealed that Iraq's reserves of gold amounted to about 96.3 tons at the end of the third quarter of 2018. This allowed him to progress on Arab economies rich in precious metal reserves. The World Gold Council's latest report showed that central banks around the world bought around 651.5 tonnes of gold in 2018, noting that Russia and Turkey had raised their reserves at the expense of the dollar. Countries such as Iraq , India, China and Kazakhstan were among the top gold buyers in 2018. According to data, Iraq increased its reserves last year by 6.45 tons, bringing its total gold holdings to 96.3 tons. Iraq occupiedRanked 37th in the world and fourth in the ranking of countries in terms of gold reserves, and thus the rich Gulf economies such as Kuwait (79 tons), Qatar (31.3 tons) and the UAE (7.5 tons). Count https://www.thebaghdadpost.com/ar/Story/152748/ارتفاع-احتياطي-الذهب-بالبنك-المركزي-إلى-96-طنا