The Assyrian calendar is a lunar-based calendar that begins in the year 4750 BC, inspired by an estimate of the date of the first temple at Assur, notably based on a series of articles published in the Assyrian magazine Gilgamesh, edited by the brothers Addi and Jean Alkhas and Nimrod Simono. The year begins with the first sight of Spring. The Assyrian new year is still celebrated every year with festivals and gatherings. As of April 1, 2012, it is the Assyrian year of 6762.

The intercalary month, added when the new moon following Adaar predates vernal equinox, is called Ve-Adad.

George Mansour (born in Kirkuk, Iraq on December 25, 1952) is an Iraqi journalist, broadcaster and politician, a Minister of Region for Civil Society Affairs and founder and first General Manager for Ishtar Broadcasting Corporation (Ishtar TV) till June 2006. He is multilingual with proficiency in Arabic, English, Kurdish, Turkish, Russian, Persian and Syriac.

He studied Engineering in Printing Technology and Media and had high dipolmas in Philosophy and Education.

In 2003, he was General Manager at SAIC for Iraqi Media Network (IMN) TV (Aliraqia), Editor-in-chief of its TV News and producer and host to Iraqi Media Network IMN radio and TV shows. Other journalistic responsibilities included broadcasting at Radio Free Iraq in Prague, correspondent of Az Zaman and Al-Mutamar newspapers based in London, England, reporter at Sawt Alshab Al Iraqi radio based in Saudi Arabia and Radio Canada International based in Toronto and Senior Advisor for the International Organization for Migration - Canada.