Business
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Potato seedlings a sign of potential for growth in Iraqi Kurdistan
Thursday, 23 February 2012With only months to go before the first potato seedlings would need to be planted, Bernard Quere's mission was urgent.The Middle East envoy for the French agricultural agency France Obtention- whose slogan is L'Univers de la pomme de terre - had flown from Paris in November to sell seed...
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More foreign companies expand their business in Iraqi Kurdistan
Tuesday, 21 February 2012About 400 foreign companies have opened branches and representation offices in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region to expand their business in the fast-growing investment market here, Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Minister of Trade and Industry said.The move by the foreign companies come...
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Lithuanians interested in investing in Kurdistan Region
Tuesday, 21 February 2012Lithuanians are interested in doing business and investments in Kurdistan Region, Lithuania’s Deputy Minister for Economy told a Kurdish-Lithuanian economic forum on Tuesday.The form kicked off today where dozens of Kurdish as well as Lithuanian businessmen, tradesmen and economic officials from ...
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Snowfall blocks trade movement between Kurdistan and Iran
Sunday, 19 February 2012Trade exchange movements on the Haji Omaran border crossing between Kurdistan and neighboring Iran have stopped due to heavy snowfall overnight, officials said today.A wave of rain and snow swept across the semi-autonomous Kurdish region from Saturday morning, with snowfall amounting to about...
Tags Haji Omran | Iran | Snow | Weather