ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The top parties in the autonomous Kurdistan Region on Tuesday agreed to hold a parliamentary session on Feb. 18 to elect a speaker and deputies after the first meeting was left open for months.
The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) held “a decisive meeting” on Tuesday on the formation of the new Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) cabinet and the parliament leadership, Saadi Pira, a spokesperson for the PUK, told reporters...
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — The budget for Iraq for Fiscal Year 2019 officially became law on Monday with the signature of Iraqi President Barham Salih...
Lawmakers from the Kurdistan Region were satisfied with its language.
It contained measures guaranteeing the payment of Kurdistan Regional Government’s employees even if the KRG does not hand over the specified 250,000 bpd to Baghdad.
It also allowed a portion of the defense ministry's budget to go the Peshmerga ministry...
With federal funding established, the KRG can more easily form a new cabinet following its parliamentary election on September 30.