US Befriends Kazakhstan Dictator, Now World's Largest Producer of Uranium

17.05.2012 21:10 msk Business Kazakhstan

Uzbekistan: What’s the use of “corn labyrinths” for tourism development?

10.02.2012 23:44 msk Business Uzbekistan

It’s never been easy to get an accurate statistics data of Uzbekistan . You can’t even find out for sure how many people live in this mysterious country: haw many men and women, how many prisoners and policemen, not to speak of millionaires or unemployed and labor migrants.

Villagers in Uzbekistan are freezing without natural gas which has been exported abroad

25.01.2012 21:53 msk Business Uzbekistan

Greenhouse gardening has traditionally been the major business and principal source of income for many villagers in the provinces surrounding the capital of Uzbekistan . This year, however, many villages have been disconnected from natural gas supplies forcing their residents switch to coal and wood

Copper wealth of Nazarbayev. Global Witness claims against Kazakhmys

02.08.2010 10:10 msk Business Kazakhstan

Global Witness, the international anti-corruption organization, published the report, named "Risky business. Who controls Kazakhmys plc?" Based on independent investigation information, Global Witness affirms that Kazakhmys, the biggest Kazakhstani copper miner, did not share vital and financially i

Tajikistan blames Uzbekistan in systematic violation of railroad transportation agreements

04.06.2010 10:10 msk Business Tajikistan

The problem of railway cargo transit, going from Uzbekistan to Tajikistan, has been seriously undermining the relations between two Central Asian republics for the last few months. The true reasons of difficulties, as well as the sources of their origins, are not clear. Tajik side believes the delay

Uzbekistan: The clearance of plane trees, oaks and elms reached the graveyards

18.05.2010 12:20 msk Business Uzbekistan

The Uzbek woodcutter finally reached the graveyards: the perennial trees are being cut down at Minor Muslim graveyard in Tashkent.

Uzbekistan: The hundreds of National Bank clients lost their money

26.04.2010 09:52 msk Business Uzbekistan

Ferghana.Ru learned that few months ago the clients’ money, deposited in the accounts of the Chichik branch of National foreign economic affairs bank of Uzbekistan , was withdrawn. The clients knew nothing about the fraud. The exact number of deceived people is unknown since NBU officers suppress fa

What is the true purpose of the anti-Tajik protests in Uzbekistan?

02.04.2010 13:40 msk Business Uzbekistan

The environmental movement of Uzbekistan continues its campaign against the Tajik aluminum plant (in 2007 it was renamed into SUE Tajik aluminum plant (TALCO) .

Dilshod Usmanov: The future of our country is the future of our children

30.01.2010 09:50 msk Business Uzbekistan

The group of young businessmen in Uzbekistan launched big project, aiming to raise the productivity of cultivation areas, re-cultivation of dead and contaminated soil, ecological improvement through the use of biohumus, produced by Oltin vodiy (Golden valley) bloodworms. Major raw material for mass

Tajikistan: Men’s work for fragile women

13.01.2010 16:33 msk Business Tajikistan

Every seventh citizen of Tajikistan is a labor migrant. People go to Russia and name it "second home". Every year in early spring people pack up and go abroad, looking for earnings.

American military uniform is highly demanded in Uzbekistan

21.12.2009 16:54 msk Business Uzbekistan

The demand on the American military uniform is growing in Uzbekistan . At the same time, it is still unclear how it gets to the domestic market. Many residents of Tashkent prefer American boots, pants, shirts and jackets to Uzbek and Chinese apparel despite the fact that American uniform is de facto

Uzbekistan: The first POS terminals appeared in the markets of Tashkent

15.12.2009 17:05 msk Business Uzbekistan

UzA official news agency of Uzbekistan learned from Toshbozortayerlovsavdo that over 30 POS (point of sale) terminals were set up in twelve markets of Tashkent; from now on, the local residents can use their debit cards there. This fact was also confirmed by Bakhodir Saidov, the head of OJSC Farhod

Why does Afghanistan need railroad?

04.12.2009 09:14 msk Afghanistan Business

At the end of October of 2009 the state-owned railroad company of Uzbekistan became the winner of tender, organized by the government of Afghanistan for the construction of the Hairaton-Mazar-i-Sharif railroad part with the length of 75 kilometers. At the end of November $129 million project was app

Kyrgyzstan: New Agreement on Kumtor Divides Kyrgyz Elites

30.04.2009 12:51 msk Business Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyz government and a Canadian gold mining investor have reached a deal over Kumtor , the largest gold mine in Kyrgyzstan . While the settlement of this long-running dispute is expected to improve the country’s sagging investment scene, divisions among influential Kyrgyz elites may become serious

Kazakhstan: Construction sector still reeling despite government's bail-out package

06.04.2009 00:04 msk Business Kazakhstan

Kazakh government’s efforts to bail the country’s once booming construction sector are facing serious obstacles as cash-strapped banks and hard-pressed construction companies are at loggerheads over the government's rescue plan. Frustrated with the lack of progress, the government is pushing for mor

Turkmenistan and Russia will make new gas agreements

25.03.2009 21:00 msk Business Turkmenistan

Negotiations between presidents of Russia and Turkmenistan Dmitry Medvedev and Gurbankuly Berdymuhammedov took place in Moscow on March 25.