Saturday 28th January, 2012
Industrial-innovation Kazakhstan's new economic focus
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev Friday said the energy-rich Central Asian nation would prioritise diversification of the economy away from resource extraction toward industrial-innovation ...
Ukraine in energy talks with Turkey, Azerbaijan
Turkey on the implementation of joint projects in the energy sector, said Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych at Davos, according to a Baku-based news portal yesterday."We have held a round ...
Uzbek president's daughter launches cosmetics line
The eldest daughter of Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov, known as a jewellery and clothing designer as well as a diplomat, has launched a cosmetics line, a representative of a her brand ...
Three Kyrgyz 'Rescued From 10-Year Slavery' In Kazakhstan
Spero NewsKyrgyzstan's Foreign Ministry says three Kyrgyz citizens have been rescued from de-facto 10-year slavery in neighboring Kazakhstan. Officials said one of the rescued Kyrgyz nationals, a ...
Gazprom to Speed Up Drilling of Tajikistan's Deepest Well
RigzoneThe Gazprom headquarters hosted Wednesday a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Management Committee and Sherali Gul, Minister of Energy and Industry, Republic of Tajikistan. ...
Azerbaijan among countries most severely protesting French Senate's decision
News.AzAzerbaijan is one of the countries most severely protesting the Senate of France. After the meeting with his colleague from Azerbaijan Abulfaz Garayev, Turkey`s Minister of Culture and Tourism ...
Azerbaijan attends int'l radio communication conference
News.AzAzerbaijan is taking part in the World Radio Communication Conference (WRC-12) of the International Telecommunication Union in Geneva. WRC-12 is organized once every four years and is authorized to ...
Turkmenistan: Is This Education Reform We Can Believe In?
EurasiaNetNo one is about to start calling Turkmenistan's Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov "the education president." But the leader of the energy-rich Central Asian state just signed a decree to ...
Kyrgyzstan: Organized Crime Flexing Muscles in Prisons
EurasiaNetPrisons A massive hunger strike in Kyrgyzstan's prisons is bringing a long-time struggle over penal reform to a boil. According to local human rights activists, the ...
Kazakh senator appears in cathedral's fresco
The TelegraphThe fresco shows Mr Kulagin standing passively at the back of the crowd wearing a pink robe with a blue sash. In front of him several men earnestly welcome Jesus, who is riding on a donkey. Behind ...
U.S. Slaps Terrorist Designations On Members Of Uzbek Islamist Groups
Spero NewsThe United States has slapped terrorist designations on two members of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) and one member of Uzbekistan's Islamic Jihad Union ...
Uzbek Opposition Leader's Brother Sentenced To Five More Years
Spero NewsThe mystery over why the brother of a prominent Uzbek opposition figure was not released from prison as scheduled has been solved -- he is serving an additional five-year ...
Central Asian States, Iraq Last In Environmental Index
Spero NewsKazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Iraq -- countries that have long occupied the lower rungs on corruption and freedoms rankings -- now have another disappointing evaluation to add to this ...
Azerbaijan's economic and cultural potential presented in Davos
News.AzThe presentation 'SOCAR-Azerbaijan's energy' of the State Oil Company was held within the World Economic Forum in Davos. According to SOCAR, during the forum the economic and ...
Azerbaijan spares no effort to release captive sergeant
News.AzThe International Committee of the Red Cross registered one Azerbaijani citizen captured by the opposite side. He is Azerbaijani serviceman, Akhundzade Mammadbagir Talib, born in 1990, who was ...
Kazakhstan to turn into giant construction site for keeping off crisis - Nazarbayev
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Central Asia’s Environment Ranked Among Worst Globally
EurasiaNetCentral Asia is chock full of beautiful places, pristine prairies and mountain valleys that look as if they've never been touched by mankind. But many spots are well-documented environmental ...
Islam Karimov congratulates Lee Myung-Bak
UZ Report27.01.2012 18:01:12 President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov has sent a greeting letter to President of the Republic of Korea Lee Myung-Bak on the occasion of twentieth anniversary of ...
Turkey plays paltry hand
Asia TimesRussian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Gazprom chief executive officer Aleksei Miller announced on December 30 that Turkey has authorized the construction of Gazprom's South Stream ...
Sport growing massive in Azerbaijan - minister
News.AzAnnouncement of 2012 as the Year of Sport by President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev is the biggest present for Azerbaijani sportsmen and sport amateurs. The statement came from Minister of Youth ...
Azerbaijan plans to increase gas transit via Georgia
News.AzFuture plans og SOCAR were discussed at a reception organized within the World Economic Forum in Davos. SOCAR intends to transport natural gas from the Shakh Deniz field to Turkey via Georgia, ...
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