MNS TV
About Us
an independent media establishment FOR MEDIA AFFAIRS /Ltd., It disseminates written, visual and audio content. It is a for-profit establishment; however it considers broadcasting information and facts in a professional manner as its main goal. In delivering content, it does not bind itself to any geographic borders or ideologies, but has a wide global view.
MNS TV Network’s headquarters are in Erbil, the capital city of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, and it has offices in several countries around the globe. It publishes in Kurdish, English, Arabic, and Turkish languages,
MNS TV Newspaper MNS TV Weekly: This was Company’s first newspaper, a weekly publication with its first issue released on April 5, 2008. Its first editor-in-chief was Ako Mohammed. In 2014, Salam Saadi became editor-in-chief, running the paper until its final issue, number 593, on February 24, 2020. WeeklMNS TV was one of the bestselling Kurdish newspapers in Erbil, Sulaimani, Halabja, Kirkuk, and Duhok. It was first printed at Erbil’s Aras printing house and then at Kurdistan printing
house in Sulaimani. The paper regularly raised issues that would become important matters of popular discussion and within the government. It also interviewed global leaders and officials.
Digital Media MNS TV Company branched into media in April 2008, with its website going online that month. On May 14, 2013 it was updated as a wide portal and social media website, becoming an important part of MNS TV Media Network.
The website publishes in Kurdish (Sorani and Kurmanci), English, Arabic, and Turkish languages. Rudaw’s mobile app was also developed in all these languages for smartphones and tablets, a step that was new for media in Kurdistan and the region. Smart TV and CarPlay apps were also a first in Kurdistan and Iraq.
MNS TV Sport Weekly: The first issue was published on June 4, 2008 with financial support from Delta Company, which provided funds for the paper for 12 weeks, after which Korek Company financed it. Ihsan Tahir was the editor-in-chief. It was the bestselling Kurdish sport newspaper during its run, popular among youth. The newspaper, from its start until its last issue (number 530) on January 1, 2019, was printed at Kurdistan printing house in Sulaimani.
Europe edition: This was a weekly newspaper published in both Sorani and Kurmanci dialects, prepared in Koln, Germany and printed in Frankfurt. Initially it was published in many countries in Europe, but later only in Germany. For a time, the paper was also delivered to Northern Kurdistan (Bakur). It had steady readership and several contributors. The editor-in-chief was Ako Mohammed. There were two content managers: Hemen Abdulla was the manager of the Sorani version and Faisal Daghli and later Nasradin Akyol were managers of the Kurmanci version. Its last issue was number 266, published on April 27, 2014.
MNS TV has always cared about the safety of its staff. Unfortunately, teams have been in danger and under pressure, especially in war zones. The abduction reporter Farhad Hamo on December 15, 2014 in Western Kurdistan (Rojava) and the death of presenter and head of output Shifa Gardi on February 25, 2017 were tragic events
Digital portal
An online platform that provides timely coverage of Kurdish issues in both Kurdish dialects. The website also publishes news and information in English.
Radio
A radio news channel that broadcasts on shortwave across the Middle East. Audiences from all over the world can listen to a live stream online.
Newspaper
Published on a weekly basis, with hard copies sold in the Kurdistan Region and Europe. In the Kurdistan edition, stories of interest to the local population are covered. The European edition features issues of interest to the Kurdish diaspora.
TV
A Kurdish news channel that broadcasts to the Middle East, Europe and the U.S. This newly-launched channel can be received on NileSat and Hot Bird satellites.
Iraq to stop all aid to IDP camps July 30
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Iraq’s migration ministry will stop all aid for displaced persons in the Kurdistan Region on July 30, an official from the ministry told Rudaw on Sunday. “The payment of 4 million dinars [about $2,670] for the Internally Displaced Persons [IDP] who return from the Kurdistan Region camps will continue until July 30, after which the aid will be stopped,” Ali Abbas, spokesperson for Iraq’s ministry of migration and displaced, told Rudaw’s Hastyar Qadir.
