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Uzbekistan: Coscom is back in business

Uzbekistan: Coscom is back in business

16.02.2007 21:50 msk Business Uzbekistan

Coscom, the third largest GSM operator in Uzbekistan, is back in business after a ten-day respite, according to the Moscow newspaper RBK Daily ("Coscom Will Share With MTS and VympelKom").

Chinese company won the auction and bought 25% of the Uzbek national mail operator

Chinese company won the auction and bought 25% of the Uzbek national mail operator

02.02.2007 13:15 msk Business Uzbekistan

Finex Ltd. of China won the auction for 25.4% of Uzbekiston Pochtasi, national mail operator. The auction was declared in December 2005. Official sources claim that 25.4% of the stock of 2,093 shares were offered to the highest bidder at $2.448 million as the starting price. Russian Inlex and Orbita

IL-76s will be assembled in Russia

IL-76s will be assembled in Russia

02.02.2007 12:53 msk Business Russia

The Russian leadership is decided: serial assembly of IL-76 will be moved to Russia. These military transport planes are assembled in Tashkent nowadays, by the Aircraft Manufacturer named after Valery Chkalov, and have been for the last 30 years. At least 1,000 planes of various modifications were a

China will build the Zeravshan (Yava) Hydroelectric Power Plant in northern Tajikistan

China will build the Zeravshan (Yava) Hydroelectric Power Plant in northern Tajikistan

19.01.2007 11:58 msk Business China

The accord on construction of the Zeravshan (Yava) Hydroelectric Power Plant in northern Tajikistan was signed in Beijing on January 17.

TV-Orbita, an independent TV station in the town of Angren closed by the authorities two years ago, is determined to put up a fight

TV-Orbita, an independent TV station in the town of Angren closed by the authorities two years ago, is determined to put up a fight

15.01.2007 13:04 msk Business Uzbekistan

Channel One of the Russian television is once again available without satellite dishes in the mining town of Angren in the south of the Tashkent region. Russian-speaking population of Angren has numbered thousands since the Soviet era. Mines are closed these days, sending the unemployment soaring an

Uzbekistan and Consortium of Investors sign an accord on Aral

Uzbekistan and Consortium of Investors sign an accord on Aral

29.12.2006 21:51 msk Business Russia

Participants of the Consortium of Investors (Uzbekneftegaz, Lukoil Overseas, Petronas Carigali Overseas, CNPC International, and KNOC Aral) signed the Joint Activities Accord and Common Operator Accord by way of fulfillment of the split production accord with regard to the Uzbek part of the Aral Sea

Expert: Speculations over Turkmen gas are absolutely groundless

Expert: Speculations over Turkmen gas are absolutely groundless

27.12.2006 11:20 msk Business Turkmenistan

A Turkmen expert who insisted on anonymity agreed to talk to Ferghana.Ru on speculations in the media over stability of Turkmen gas import into Russia whose interruptions may affect Russian gas balance and even gas export to East and West Europe.

Astana and Beijing pooled efforts and rerouted oil and gas export from Central Asia

Astana and Beijing pooled efforts and rerouted oil and gas export from Central Asia

26.12.2006 10:08 msk Business Kazakhstan

Unexpected demise of Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov pushed into the foreground an event of considerable importance for Russia and all of Central Asia, i.e. Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev's negotiations in Beijing. Construction of oil and gas pipelines from Kazakhstan to China was discus

The European Union is seeking contracts with Saparmurat Niyazov

The European Union is seeking contracts with Saparmurat Niyazov

20.12.2006 11:42 msk Business Turkmenistan

The European Union has taken another attempt to do away with Russian monopoly in gas deliveries from Central Asia. On December 18, President Saparmurat Niyazov met with EU Envoy in Central Asia Pier Morel and German Charge d'Affaires Astrid Wolf. Turkmen media outlets report that Morel commented on

Kumtor deposit employees go on permanent strike

Kumtor deposit employees go on permanent strike

20.12.2006 11:41 msk Business Kazakhstan

Kubanychbek Isabekov of the Jogorku Kenesh (national parliament) announced at his press conference in Bishkek that Kumtor gold miners had gone on a permanent strike.

Norilsk Nickel is still waiting for Tajik officials' answer

Norilsk Nickel is still waiting for Tajik officials' answer

13.12.2006 18:41 msk Business Tajikistan

According to the Tajik Economic Development Ministry, ministries and departments advise the government to give Norilsk Nickel the license to develop the silver deposit Bolshoi Kanimansur. The advise does not really mean anything. President Emomali Rakhmonov makes all decisions in Dushanbe, and Rakhm

The RAO Unified Energy Systems: unintentional participant of an energy crisis in Tajikistan

The RAO Unified Energy Systems: unintentional participant of an energy crisis in Tajikistan

08.12.2006 14:10 msk Business Tajikistan

The Russian holding finances construction of the Sangtuda'1 Hydroelectric Power Plant. The Vahsh River will have to be dammed for the purposes of construction, and the output of other hydroelectric power plants will therefore go down. Die Deutsche Welle reports that all of the country is regularly l

Aleksei Miller of Gazprom met with Uzbek President Islam Karimov

Aleksei Miller of Gazprom met with Uzbek President Islam Karimov

08.12.2006 10:09 msk Business Uzbekistan

President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov received Aleksei Miller of Gazprom on December 7, 2006. Karimov and Miller discussed bilateral cooperation issued and new joint projects.

Foreign workers in Kazakhstan are paid five times better than the locals

Foreign workers in Kazakhstan are paid five times better than the locals

07.12.2006 17:21 msk Business Kazakhstan

Rights of Kazakh menial workers are grossly abused and encroached on. This state of affairs resulted in a mass fight between Turkish and Kazakh employees of the Tengiz mine not long ago. NRS reports in the meantime that Chinese employers mistreat the locals too.

Zeromax of Uzbekistan bought some Oxus Gold stock

Zeromax of Uzbekistan bought some Oxus Gold stock

05.12.2006 18:45 msk Business Uzbekistan

Zeromax GmbH, one of the largest private companies in Uzbekistan that bought 16% of the British Oxus Gold stock, may help the Uzbek-British joint venture Amantaitau Goldfields with tax problems. (Oxus Gold owns 50% of Amantaitau Goldfields.)

Uzbek sedan's restyling is postponed

Uzbek sedan's restyling is postponed

29.11.2006 11:26 msk Business Uzbekistan

Long-awaited restyling of Daewoo Nexia, something it needs desperately, is postponed. UzDaewooAuto lacks the money for the project. Now that the Uzbek assembly factory in Andijan may be sold to a new investor, however, it may never get down to the project at all.

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