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June
29, 2010 - Sulaimaniyah,
Erbil-Hewler, Duhok, Kirkuk, Kurdistan Region 'Iraq'
Turkish trade minister in
Erbil
Erbil: The Turkish trade minister has arrived on
Tuesday in Erbil, the capital city of the Iraqi
Kurdistan Region, accompanied by a delegation that
embraces representatives of 150 Turkish firms. “The
delegation will stay in the region for days,” an
official Kurd source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
He noted that the delegation will have a number of
meetings with different sides in Kurdistan.
aswataliraq info
“Education under political
dilemma”
The Kurdish American Organisation ASK has criticised
the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) and believes
there are still clear political reflection on most
organisation. According to a number of documents,
political parties are still controlling the
educational sectors. In its second report published
in May ASK has criticised many governmental
departments in Kurdistan. The report also reveals
that the KRG had purposed a plan for the building of
125 special schools in 2010. Six months have passed
of 2010 and this plan is yet to go ahead. The report
states “There is still a clear political party
influence o KRG departments, and according to a
number of documents [Department of Education] is
mostly influenced by the political parties, which
mostly becomes a barrier for its plans to commence.”
It is also revealed in the report that people on
many levels, from the Department all the way to
students are unaware of the functioning of the new
system. hawlati info
Barzani meets VP Abdulmahdi
on forming new government
Erbil: President of Iraq’s Kurdistan region, Massoud
Barzani, held on Monday a meeting with Iraqi Vice
President Adel Abdulmahdi in Erbil, a presidential
statement said. “The two officials discussed the
latest political developments and the ongoing talks
to form the new government,” said the statement
received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “The two
underlined the importance of forming a real
government of national partnership and the
participation of main political blocs in it,” the
statement added. aswataliraq info
Kurdistan parliament
ratifies 2009 budget’s final accounts
Erbil: The parliament of the Kurdistan region
ratified on Monday the final accounts of the 2009
budget, a member of the parliament said. “The
parliament ratified the final accounts with a
majority of votes,” Suzanne Shehab told Aswat
al-Iraq news agency, noting that the final accounts
are being made within the first six months of the
year. aswataliraq info
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