By Armando Cordoba

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani kicked off the nearly $3 billion “Downtown Erbil” project on Sunday, calling the venture that is estimated to create 35,000 jobs and transform the face of the Kurdish capital, “a milestone for the Kurdistan Region.”

London, UK (KRG.org) - A Kurdistani trade delegation, led by Minister Falah Mustafa, heard about the potential for investment in the UK at a conference hosted by UKTI, Britain's trade ministry.

Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq - (KRG.org) – Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Minister of Energy, Mining and Industry, Erdal Trhulj, visited the Kurdistan Region for two days to discuss ways in which to build relations between both sides, as well as to attend the Project Iraq 2013 conference in which companies from Bosnia and Herzegovina are represented.

Erbil, Kurdistan – Iraq (DFR.krg.org) – Minister Falah Mustafa, the Head of the Department of Foreign Relations, welcomed today the Bosnia and Herzegovina Minister of Energy, Mining and Industry,Erdal Trhulj and an accompanying delegation. The meeting was also attended by Siham Jabali, the Assistant Head of the DFR.

Erbil, Kurdistan – Iraq (DFR.krg.org) – A Polish delegation headed by the Director of the Department of Economy from the Marshal Office of the Wielkopolska Region, Beata Joanna Łozińska, met yesterday with the Head of the KRG Department of Foreign Relations, Minister Falah Mustafa, to discuss ways of furthering bilateral relations between Kurdistan and Poland. The meeting was also attended by the Polish Consul to Kurdistan Region, Mr Roman Jerzy Chalaczkiewicz and representatives from a number of Polish companies.

Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq (KRG.org) – As part of his visit to the Kurdistan Region, the French Ambassador to Iraq, Mr Denis Gauer, along with the French Consul General, Mr Alain Guépratte and an accompanying delegation, visited the KRG Department of Foreign Relations to meet with the Head of the Department, Minister Falah Mustafa to discuss political developments as well as ways to enhance relations between Kurdistan and France.

Cambridge, UK - (KRG.org) - Kurdistan Regional Government officials told a conference at the University of Cambridge of Kurdistan's emerging role as an influential player in Iraq and the Middle East and about its political and economic rise over the past decade.

A recent report of the death of the Iraqi Kurdish President Jalal Talabani was denied.