ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Austria’s ambassador to Iraq hailed his country’s relations with Baghdad as “excellent,” saying Vienna is committed to strengthening ties between Baghdad and ...

Austrian oil company OMV <OMVV.VI> said on Wednesday it was in talks with the Iraqi government and the Kurdish regional government about possible oil and gas exploration and production in the country.

While some European officials are fuming at U.S. plans to reserve $18.6 billion in Iraq reconstruction contracts for allies who risked lives there, several U.S. lawmakers are upset that the Bush ...

More than 800 high-powered weapons were shipped to Iran from Austria in 2004 over US and British objections. Now, the rifles may have turned up in the hands of Iraq insurgents.

Iraq has halted oil exports to Austria's OMV, the leading oil and gas group in central Europe, to protest a deal with the self-ruled Kurdish region, a government official said Saturday.

BAGHDAD, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Austria reopened its embassy in Iraq on Tuesday after more than 30 years of closure. The reopening took place as Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg ...

They also see it as a gateway to the rest of Iraq. Austria also had one of the first commercial offices in the Kurdistan Region, when the commercial office moved from Baghdad to Erbil in 2006.

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