FeedaMail: KurdNet News ekurd.net

	KurdNet News ekurd.net
	Barzani meets with Lavrov, Gazprom oil considers cooperation with Kurdistan SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia,— President of Kurdistan Region Massoud Barzani discussed with Russia's Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, means to consolidate bilateral relations. A statement to the press issued on Thursday, June 20, by Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the issue of Geneva II over Syria was on top the discussion between Barzani and Lavrov. The statement pointed out that the two paid special attention to the situation in the Middle East, especially about the Syrian crisis and that there is no other solution to solve it than political, through holding an... Read More » Iraqi Kurdish refugees leading an uncertain life in Pakistan ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, — Adnan Noori, a refugee from Iraq, had migrated to Pakistan after the Gulf war in 1990 to escape the threats and difficulties faced by his fellow Kurds in the country. However, despite spending 23 years in Pakistan and having been registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), he has not been able to shake off his problems. "I had a traffic accident in 2009 which left me paralysed at one hand and leg. "Dr Mazhar Badshah, a neurologist at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims), has told me that I cannot be treated in Pakistan and... Read More » As Kurdistan booms, Iraq grapples with bombings ERBIL-Hewlêr, Kurdistan region 'Iraq',— As central Iraq grapples with a surge in violence and a longer-term struggle to wean its economy off a dependence on oil, Abdullah Abdulkarim stands at a car dealership in the northern Kurdish city of Erbil and smiles. "Every day, things are getting better." Abdulkarim is not the only one who feels that way -- the economy of the autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq, with Erbil as its capital, is growing faster than the rest of the country and sees none of the violence that has raged across Arab areas. In Erbil, crowded cafes overflow onto sidewalks, customers... Read More » Counting Iraqis and Kurds: Why there may never be a census again BAGHDAD,— Iraq's PM recently said a census would finally be held. There are pressing political and economic reasons to do so. But nobody has managed to hold one yet; there are plenty of good reasons not to count up Iraqis too. Around a fortnight ago Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki confirmed that his government was determined to hold a census as soon as possible. The announcement was made at a press conference in Erbil, in the semi-autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan, which al-Maliki held together with Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani. The reasons for this were clear. Al-Maliki was... Read More » Kurdish-Swedish man arrested in Bulgaria on Turkey's request STOCKHOLM,— According to Swedish media, a Kurdish man from Sweden, Halef Tak has been arrested in Bulgaria. On Monday the 51-year-old Halef landed in Bulgaria with his wife and three children to spend their summer vacation there; they were instead met by armed military police who arrested Halef. According to the family, Halef Tak was politically active in the Kurdish struggle in Turkey in the late 1980′s but because of persecution,www.ekurd.net he and his family had to flee to Sweden in 1989. Halef's nephew, 22-year-old Mazlum Tak, said to the Swedish paper: "My uncle has not been able to... Read More » Kurdistan Region-Iraq News in brief. June 21, 2013 PUK: We have no candidates for Kurdistan's Presidency. Slêmanî: A leading figure in the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) led by President, Jalal Talabani said on Friday that his party has no plans to submit any candidate to compete for the post of President of Kurdistan Region The official of the electoral institution in PUK, Shoresh Ismail said on the presidential election of the region and whether his party has a candidate for the President post, that "PUK does not have any candidate for the presidential elections to be held in the region next September". Independent Higher Electoral... Read More »
	Delievered to you by Feedamail. Unsubscribe