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Looking back to 2024 in the "wild" Kurdistan region

Headline 2024

The year 2024 is over, and Czech CG Erbil brings a small look back at the past year, marking the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Consulate General of the Czech Republic in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI). more ►

Czech Statehood Day 2024

Czech Statedhood Day 2024

28th September is Czech Statehood Day. Czech CG Erbil was honoured, under the auspices of the public diplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, to host a reception on 25th September 2024 to celebrate our statehood at the… more ►

Exhibition Franz Kafka 2024

Franz Kafka 2024

Every year, Czech CG Erbil would like to present an exhibition in the Kurdistan Region (KRI) that is in the repertoire of the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the Czech Centres, thus presenting personalities, moments, achievements of which… more ►

School renovation in Qafar

Rekonstrukce školy v Qafar

The Czech Republic continues the trend and has completed another Small Scale Project (SSP) for 2024 before the start of the new school year. Education is our priority, so for this year we prioritized renovating a school. This time it was a small… more ►

Beautiful “orange” Monday in Duhok

Czech Consulate General of the CR in Erbil (CZ CG) kept its word and paid a visit to CARE / CARE Iraq. We are trying to keep the connections among NGOs with the Czech footprints. In the past or present, it doesn´t matter. One of the NGOs,… more ►

Czechia supports the women empowerment in the Kurdistan Region (IQ)

Česko podporuje postavení žen v Kurdistán regionu (IQ)

On 5th June 2024, CZ CG Erbil, on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic and in cooperation with the High Council for Women and Development (Kurdistan Regional Government), organized a seminar on "Business Coaching for… more ►

Schengen visa fee to increase starting 11th of June

The European Commission has informed of the increase of the visa fee from EUR 80 to EUR 90 for adults and EUR 40 to EUR 45 for children. The new visa fee will come in force on 11th of June. All visa applications lodged worldwide on or after this… more ►

ALUMNI 2024

ALUMNI 2024

Monday evening (22 April 2024) the traditional reunion of graduates of former universities in Czechoslovakia and graduates of current universities in the Czech Republic took place. more ►

A donation for the (un)forgotten Halabja region in Iraqi Kurdistan

VPD 2023

This year, the Czech Republic did not owe anything to its reputation and provided a Tied Financial Donations (TFD) to the hospital in Halabja as an activity of the Reconstruction Programme of the Czech Republic in the Middle East region. more ►

The opera rang through the Iraqi Kurdistan

Opera zněla iráckým Kurdistánem

Following the success of last year's Opera Hits in Erbil, Czech Consulate General in Erbil (CG Erbil), under the auspices of the Public Diplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic (CZ MFA), together with the regional… more ►

School Equipment for Rovia High School

MLP 2023 - střední škola Rovia High School

The Czech Republic completed another Small Scale Project (SSP) for 2023. We again visited Rovia High School in Rovia (Bardarash district, Duhok) and successfully turned the idea into reality. more ►

New requirements to travel to Europe - ETIAS

Third countries´ citizens who do not require visas for short-term (up-to 90 days) travel to the Schengen Area will be required to obtain a travel authorization in the ETIAS system in the near future. It is expected that ETIAS will become… more ►

Alumni 2023

Alumni 2023

On the evening of 2nd May 2023, the 6th Alumni meeting took place of the former students in the universities in Czechoslovakia and former students at the current universities in the Czech Republic. more ►

Inauguration of the President

President Petr Pavel

Czechia has a new president – Petr Pavel, a former army general who has extensive experience in the military and international relations. President Pavel's inauguration ceremony took place on 9th March 2023, marking the start of his… more ►

Czech Business Day

Czech Business Day

After a three-year pause caused by COVID-19, the Czech Business Day (CBD) was again held in the Kurdistan Region (KRI) on behalf of the Czech Economic Diplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in cooperation with the Confederation of… more ►

Czech Statehood Day in Erbil

Czech Statehood Day in Erbil

Czech Statehood Day traditionally belongs on 28 September. Under the auspices of public diplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, it was an honour for Czech CG in Erbil to organise a reception at the Divan Hotel on the… more ►

The opera rang through Erbil, and the citadel trembled

The opera rang through Erbil, and the citadel trembled

This is a simplified description of the event that took place on 26 September 2022 in the early evening in the amphitheatre of the citadel of Erbil. The Czech CG Erbil, under the auspices of the Public Diplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign… more ►

Renovation of the Rovia High School

Renovation of the Rovia High School

The Small Scale Project (SSP) for 2022 has been completed. Six new classrooms for girls attending Rovia High School in Rovia (Bardarash district, Duhok) were festive opened and handed over to female students. more ►

Exhibition Sustainable Development Goals - Heart of Europe

Heart of Europe

GK Erbil had the honour of hosting probably the first exhibition on the ground of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) dedicated to sustainable development projects – Sustainable Development Goals - Heart of Europe. more ►

Amedi

Amedi

There are many places to see in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI). It is very difficult to say what is the most beautiful thing about the KRI, what a visitor should see first and what can be postponed for next time. Inshallah! Yet, there is one… more ►

Alumni 2022

ALUMNI 2022

The Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Erbil hosted a traditional event for former students graduated at universities in Czechoslovakia, Czechia or Slovakia living in Kurdistan region and Iraq on May 17th, 2022, in hotel Rotana - Erbil. more ►

Head of Mission

Consul General Karel Kortánek

Bardolino Music sounded through the historic Erbil Citadel

Bardolino na historické Erbílské citadele

As part of the celebrations of the 15th anniversary of the Czech diplomatic representation in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, the Czech Consulate General in Erbil, in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture of the Kurdish Regional Government… more ►

Success of Bardolino Music in Suleymania

Bardolino v Římském divadle v Sulejmánii

As a continuation of the celebrations of the 15th anniversary of Czechia in Kurdistan Region, the Czech Consulate General in Erbil, in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture of the Kurdish Regional Government, organized performance and concert… more ►

Renovation of a primary school in the village of Banda

Banda School

As the second small local project of Czech development cooperation (MLP) in Iraq in 2021, the Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Erbil implemented another renovation of a primary school, this time in the village of Banda, the mountainous… more ►

The first Diplomatic Friendship Bazaar in Erbil

Diplomatic Friendship Bazaar 2021

The first Diplomatic Bazaar of Friendship had been organized by the Czech Consulate General in Erbil with considerable success in cooperation with the Department of Foreign Relations of the Kurdistan Regional Government at the Czech Academic… more ►

Dignified celebration of the National Day on October 28, 2020

Důstojná oslava státního svátku 28.října v roce 2020

The Consulate General of Czechia in Erbil prepared a formal celebration of the Czech National Day in a new form with strict compliance to existing pandemic measures of the Ministry of Health of the Kurdistan Regional Government to limit the… more ►

Successful business seminar Czechia Business Day in Erbil

Czechia Business Day 2019

Within the framework of the 13th International Multi-sector Fair in Erbil, Consulate General of the Czech Republic organized a business seminar Czechia Business Day to strengthen economic and trade relations with the Region of Iraqi Kurdistan… more ►

Renovation of School in Babire, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq

Renovation of School in Babire, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq

On 12th September 2019, newly renovated school in Babire, district Tilkaif/Alqosh. Nineveh Governorate, has been opened for a new school year. “Babire School Renovation” project has been implemented as the small-scale development… more ►

Opening of a new building of the Czech Academic City in Erbil

CZAC

On 15 April 2019, during his working visit to Erbil, Dr. Martin Smolek, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, together with Minister Falah Mustafa Bakir, Head of Foreign Relations Department of the Kurdistan Regional… more ►