The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has received its first 2015 budget payment from Iraq’s federal treasury.Ahmed Abdulrahman, spokesman for KRG Minister of Finance Rebaz Hamlan, confirmed that 250 billion Iraqi dinars ($208.3 million) was received on Thursday, and went toward making overdue payments to public sector employees.”We used the money to complete December payments of six ministries, the three presidencies and retired civil servants,” Abdulrahman said.Under Iraq’s 20…