Wednesday 10th March, 2010
Georgian Rape Victim Sues Russia, Georgia
EurasianetEmail this article A Georgian woman who was allegedly raped during the 2008 Russia-Georgia war has filed a lawsuit in the European Court of Justice against both the Russian and Georgian governments. ...
Uzbekistan: Kazakhstani President to Visit Tashkent
EurasianetEmail this article KazakhstanÂ’s president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, will visit Uzbekistan later this month, according to Kazakhstani diplomats.The upcoming visit was raised by KazakhstanÂ’s new...
Tajikistan: Four Companies Vying for Control of Massive Silver Deposit
EurasianetEmail this article Four companies have been shortlisted as finalists to develop the Konimansuri Kalon silver deposit in Tajikistan.Development of the site, which is reportedly the second largest silv...
Armenia: Gadfly Editor to Serve Three Years in Prison
EurasianetEmail this article ArmeniaÂ’s Court of Appeals on March 9 upheld a seven-year jail sentence for opposition journalist Nikol Pashinian. But the court ruling added that Pashinian, a protég&e...
Fergana Valley: Relations Cooling, Uzbek-Kyrgyz Border Growing Increasingly Violent
EurasiaNetFERGANA VALLEY: RELATIONS COOLING, UZBEK-KYRGYZ BORDER GROWING INCREASINGLY VIOLENT Jonibek Kadamjayov 3/09/10 The deteriorating relationship between Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan is giving ris...
Gazprom Doubles Gas Imports From Azerbaijan From March 5
Morning Starin 2010--double the planned volume. The company has said it will buy 2 billion cubic meters from the central Asian state in 2011. The European Union is also trying to secure gas supplies from
Azerbaijan's $6B Chirag Oil Project Sanctioned
RigzoneCentral Azeri Topsides The Steering Committee for the development of the Azeri, Chirag and deepwater portion of the Gunashli (ACG) fields today sanctioned investment in the new Chirag Oil Project (COP...
U.S. not seeking military base in Kyrgyzstan's south - embassy
RIA NovostiThe U.S. Embassy in Kyrgyzstan denied on Tuesday that Washington was seeking to establish a military base in the south of the Central Asian state, saying it was funding a training center for Kyrgyz tr...
U.S. Statement on Parliamentary Elections in Tajikistan
America.orgUnited States Mission to the OSCE Statement on Parliamentary Elections in Tajikistan As delivered by Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. Casey Christensen to the Permanent Council, Vienna March 4, 2010 The ...
UPDATE: $6 Billion Azeri Project To Boost Oil Recovery Gets OK-BP
Morning StarA new facility with the capacity to produce 183,000 barrels of oil and 285 million cubic feet of gas a day will be built in the Caspian Sea to fill a critical infrastructure gap between the existing...
UPDATE: $6 Billion Azeri Project To Boost Oil Recovery Gets OK-BP
Morning StarA new facility with the capacity to produce 183,000 barrels of oil and 285 million cubic feet of gas a day will be built in the Caspian Sea to fill a critical infrastructure gap between the existing...
Azeri long lifers 'a dying breed'
BBCEveryone agrees Mahbuba Fatullaeva is 112 The famously long-lived people of the Talysh Mountains are now said to be dying younger, reports the BBC's Tom Esslemont from Azerbaijan.A shaft of pale sunl...
BP: $6 Billion Project To Boost Oil Recovery From Azeri Field Gets OK
Morning StarA new facility will be built in the Caspian Sea to fill a critical infrastructure gap between the existing Deepwater Gunashli and Chirag-1 platforms, BP said in a statement, adding the new infrastru...
BP: $6 Billion Project To Boost Oil Recovery From Azeri Field Gets OK
Morning StarA new facility will be built in the Caspian Sea to fill a critical infrastructure gap between the existing Deepwater Gunashli and Chirag-1 platforms, BP said in a statement, adding the new infrastru...
Inpex: Azerbaijan Government Approves Caspian Sea Oil Project
Morning StarFirms involved the development project will build a new platform in the West Chirag section of the oil field, adding to the five existing platforms in the ACG field. The additional platform is expec...
Indian goods extremely popular in Kazakhstan
New KeralaAlmaty, Mar 9 : Indian household goods are immensely popular in Kazakhstan and people are braving sub-zero temperatures to visit an exhibition of such items in this commercial city of Almaty.
Central Asian documents at risk
Turkish Daily NewsOne of the most prestigious libraries in Central Asia has been forced to move, potentially endangering some of its ancient and rare documents, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, or RFE/RL, reported on i...
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