Kurdistan Regional Government-Iraq Representation in Austria

Krise im Irak - Aktuelle Entwicklungen

Since June 2014, Iraq has been facing unprecedented political challenges. In order to inform you of these rapidly changing developments and their implications for the Kurdistan Region, we have compiled international news articles, interviews with government officials, as well as statements by the presidency and government of the Kurdistan Region.

October 16, 2014

Der Standard: Analysis of the Kurdish identity

The Kurds were the losers of the world order that followed World War I: Its corrosion however allows for new hope. First, they have to find unity. The Kurds have made the historic experience that their interests or even their survival is sacrificed in favour of the regional diversity of agendas more than once in…
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October 15, 2014

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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October 14, 2014

German Development Minister demands more help for refugees in Kurdistan

Last week, German Development Minister Gerd Müller visited the Kurdish metropolis of Erbil in Northern Iraq for two days to get informed about the situation of the refugees and about the threat posed by the terror militia of the so-called Islamic State (IS). The politician of the CSU party demands an emergency program for the…
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October 3, 2014

ORF fundraising campaign “Neighbor in Need” – A call for support

Austrian broadcasting service ORF has expanded its large-scale fundraising campaign “Neighbor in Need” (Nachbar in Not) to help refugees in Iraq. Money raised from this campaign
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October 1, 2014

Walter Hajek from the Austrian Red Cross (ÖRK) pictures the situation in the refugee camps in Kurdistan

Walter Hajek from the ÖRK Catastrophe Management Department visited Erbil in Northern Iraq to get a picture of the local situation as well as of the necessary relief efforts. In an interview
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September 27, 2014

Austrian-Kurdish youth initiative starts fundraising campaign

On Thursday 25 September, the Representative of the Kurdistan Regional Government in Austria, Dr. Ramazan, met with Austrian high school student Ms. Didar Shwan, the founder of the fundraising campaign “Give Families Hope”, to commend her and her friends
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September 24, 2014

KRG officials discuss humanitarian crisis with UN agency representatives

Duhok, Kurdistan, Iraq (KRG.org) – Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani, Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani, the Governor of Duhok, and senior KRG officials met with representatives of United Nations agencies to discuss the situation of displaced people and refugees in Duhok province.
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September 23, 2014

A statement from the President of the Kurdistan Region on terrorist attacks on Kobane

Salahaddin, Kurdistan, Iraq (KRP.org) “In the name of God, the compassionate, the merciful… The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham’s brutal attacks against our brothers and sisters in Kobane are part of a larger plan perpetrated by the terrorists against the people of Kurdistan. The barbaric and terrorist
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