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June
25, 2012 - Sulaimaniyah,
Erbil-Hewler, Duhok, Kirkuk, Kurdistan Region 'Iraq'
Civilian injured in
Qandil's Turkish shelling
Erbil: A Kurdish civilian was injured due to Turkish
shelling on Qandil mountains in the Kurdistan
Region. Firat News Agency reported that the Turkish
shelling was no different to the shelling on
villagers and civilians in Hakari province on June
19. The agency said the Turkish army shelled Khudian
villiage in Qandil mountains and burnt down some
fields and orchards.
2012 Kurdistan budget
approved
Erbil: MPs from Kurdistan's parliament have approved
the 2012 budget by a majority vote after 10 days of
debate and without the attendance of opposition
members. Later Sunday the region's minister of
economy and parliament speaker in a press conference
will announce the details of the parliament session.
The 2012 Kurdistan's budget amounts to 12.6tr IQD
($10.8bn).
Kurdish-Dutch business
association launched in Amsterdam
Erbil: A Kurdish-Dutch business association has been
established in Amsterdam to enhance economic and
financial relations between the Kurdistan Region and
the Netherlands. Association member Bakir Lashkri
said: "The club's function is to help Dutch
companies that want to invest in the Kurdistan
Region and also to improve the relations between
Kurds and the Dutch. “One of the association’s
duties is to explain to European investors that the
Kurdistan Region is stable and its security
situation is not the same as Iraq.” Many Kurdish and
Dutch investors attended the association’s launch
event on Sunday. The association is managed by
Lashkri, Halil Dokan, Kinana Tastan and Marko Mass.
Kurdistan Region's
development hampered in Baghdad, says Barzani
Erbil: The Kurdistan Region's President Massoud
Barzani said that the region's development and
prosperity are obstructed by Baghdad, adding that
this is the opinion of some people. The announcement
came in a press conference in the presence of the
Kurdistan Region's PM Nechirvan Barzani, Polish
Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski, Sweden Foreign
Minister Carl Bildt and Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister
Nikolai Miladinov after meeting with them and
opening a Bulgarian consulate in Erbil on Sunday.
The president, when asked a question about
withdrawing confidence from Iraq's PM Nouri al-Maliki,
said: "Now there is a legal committee that makes
preparation for questioning al-Maliki in Iraq's
parliament. We will wait to see how their work
goes." With regard to foreign deals with the region,
Barzani stated that regrettably there is a policy in
Baghdad to obstruct the development of the region.
He said this is the opinion and position of some
people in Baghdad, not the Iraqi government.......
We’ll begin giving grants
from next week, says Kurdistan's Finance Ministry
Erbil: The Kurdistan Region's Ministry of Economy
and Finance stated that it will resume giving grants
from next week, said Deputy Minister Rashid Taher.
Taher told Aknews: "After the approval of
Kurdistan's budget on Sunday, we will begin giving
the applicants the grants." The ministry is set to
grant housing, marriage, agriculture and industrial
grants from next week. Director of housing banks
Sabahat Hamarashid said: "Only in Erbil, 2,000
applications for housing grants have been
submitted.”
Kurdish Businesswomen
Establish Association
Erbil: A group of women have established the
Kurdistan Businesswomen Association, aiming to serve
businesswomen and entrepreneurs. Sozan Aref, one of
the 16 founders of the association, said the
organization is non-partisan and aims to encourage
women to participate in business and the economy.
Aref said women are often not been rewarded properly
in these areas and that the organization will defend
their interests and rights. The idea for
establishing the association came after a group of
Kurdish businesswomen attended a business conference
in the gulf state of Qatar. Farda Jamil Pasha,
another founding member of the organization, said
one of the goals of the group is to represent
Kurdish interests abroad. “Kurdish women are capable
and smart. Women are managers inside their homes …
certainly if they enter the job market, they have a
lot of experience that can help them succeed,” Pasha
told Rudaw. According to Pasha, there are 35
businesswomen and investors in Kurdistan. The
creation of the association has been met with
support and encouragement from other businessmen.
Dara Jalil Khayat, head of the Kurdistan Chamber of
Commerce, said, “They are half of society and need
to have their own groups. In Kurdistan, we have
businesswomen and women who own companies. They have
been very successful in their work.” Those who seek
membership in the Kurdistan Businesswomen’s
Association need to pay US$500 as registration fee.
Some requested the fee to be reduced, but Pasha says
women who cannot pay that amount cannot be expected
to do business and investment.....rudaw.net
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