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Kurdistan Top Stories
Falcon Security: Professional Security Services in Iraq
Licensed by the Iraqi Minister of Interior and the KRG, and with offices and operations centers in Baghdad, Basra, Erbil, Kirkuk, Dohuk and Sulaymaniyah, Falcon Security is in a strategic position to provide professional security services anywhere in Iraq.
Kurdish foreign relations are in a process of quick evolution as former foes become development partners, such as with Turkey and Iran, where there have been respective degrees of rapprochement have been reached.
While the strong irredentist urge of the Kurdish people over the centuries has always been to have a state to call their own, the one territory to have nearly achieved this — the Autonomous Kurdistan Region — part of northern federal Iraq, is walking a tightrope on actually pressing for full statehood in the near term.
You cannot build an instant country, but since the 2003 fall of the Hussein regime, the autonomous Kurdistan region has been accomplishing something close to this with its rapid pace of business and infrastructure construction supported by a strong boom in the oil based economy.
“Investors look for some pillars when they make their analysis of an investment climate. One is them is the legal framework. Kurdistan’s investment law was found to be the friendliest law for foreigners, with a high scale of incentives, flexibility in dealing with investors, giving good rights and position to the foreigners and protection measures.”
For the last several years the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region of northern Iraq has been attracting a relatively large, continuously growing, amount of investment; including local investment, foreign direct investment, and foreign/local partnerships.
The “Empire World Project” is a prime example of the new Kurdistan; a combination of business and leisure, and showcases the promising increase in investment and business confidence.
Not only does Kurdistan have valuable natural resources and numerous opportunities to develop an entirely new business infrastructure, the region also offers unique opportunity to combine these emerging sectors to develop business and MICE tourism in Kurdistan.
Tourism is one venue of economic growth that presents immense potential, as the region is a geographical marvel that is steeped in rich history and culture. Erbil, the functioning capital of the Kurdistan region, was chosen as the 2015 capital of Arab Tourism.
Kurdistan Top Stories
Report: Women’s Rights in Iraqi Kurdistan
While many areas retain the traditional female role and conservative gender practices in society, in some areas of Iraqi Kurdistan the role of women has changed, equal social treatment is more commonplace, and women are functioning in positions that were previously male dominated.
