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Movie screening in De France Cinema: Halabja – The Lost Children

Movie screening in De France Cinema: Halabja – The Lost Children

On Monday, 16 March 2015, a movie screening took place in the De France cinema in Vienna on the occasion of the 27th commemoration of the poison gas attacks on Kurdish-Iraqi town of Halabja. The movie which was screened was the award winning documentary “Halabja – The Lost Children”. The thrilling documentation tells the story…
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Successful clothing drive for refugees and IDPs in the Kurdistan Region

Successful clothing drive for refugees and IDPs in the Kurdistan Region

On the weekend of 7 and 8 February, the KRG Representation Austria in cooperation with the Austro-Kurdish Youth-Initiative organized a clothing drive for refugees in the Kurdistan Region. The willingness to donate was huge, in total more than 1000 boxes with clothing, diapers, toys, blankets, and bed sheets were packed and prepared to be transported…
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Jakarta Records donates 3.500€ for refugees in Kurdistan-Iraq

Jakarta Records donates 3.500€ for refugees in Kurdistan-Iraq

On Friday, 12 December 2014, the German record label Jakarta Records handed over € 3,500 to the KRG Representation in Austria for its donation campaign supporting refugees in the Kurdistan Region-Iraq. This sum was achieved through the sale of the music compilation “For The People”, to which numerous renowned artist contributed. In the name of…
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Benefit Concert for the refugees in the Kurdistan Region-Iraq

Benefit Concert for the refugees in the Kurdistan Region-Iraq

On Saturday, 10/18/2014, a benefit concert for the refugees in the Kurdistan Region-Iraq will take place at WUK (Werkstätten- und Kulturhaus) in Vienna. Despite immense efforts of local authorities and organizations, many of the 1.5 million displaced persons, which fled from the IS extremists to the Kurdistan Region, are in need of some of the…
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