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Eurasian Economic Comunity: Forget illusions

Eurasian Economic Comunity: Forget illusions

29.01.2009 12:28 msk Business Russia

The Moscow Carnegie Center organized a seminar "Eurasian Economic Community: Prospects of Development" on January 27. Organization Secretary General Tair Mansurov started it off with a brief (not more than 30 minutes) report on what the Eurasian Economic Community was about. The audience understood

Do the Uzbek-Turkish relations get more cordial? Even if they do, the process is slow

Do the Uzbek-Turkish relations get more cordial? Even if they do, the process is slow

24.12.2008 18:57 msk Business Uzbekistan

Uzbek-Turkish business forum took place in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan , on December 22. Organized by the Uzbek Ministry of Foreign Economic Affairs, Investments, and Trade and the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Trade, the meeting sought to expand bilateral trade and economic cooperation and ad

Uzbekistan's withdrawal from the Eurasian Economic Cooperation Organization will help Tajikistan solve some of its problems

Uzbekistan's withdrawal from the Eurasian Economic Cooperation Organization will help Tajikistan solve some of its problems

28.11.2008 22:19 msk Business Tajikistan

Russian Presidential Administration Director Sergei Naryshkin said in Dushanbe that Tajikistan might count on participation in the Customs Union and become a partner of Eurasian Bank of Development founders in the near future. According to Naryshkin, it will make investments more readily available t

Project of a super canal connecting the Kara Sea and the Persian Gulf presented in Tashkent

Project of a super canal connecting the Kara Sea and the Persian Gulf presented in Tashkent

26.11.2008 13:48 msk Business Central Asia

The international conference that took place in Tashkent on November 20 discussed the part public organizations were playing in promotion of innovative projects and attraction of investors. The Russian delegation presented the Trans-Asian Corridor of Development, a combination of a canal, highway, a

Uzbekistan: Farmers are against land reforms

Uzbekistan: Farmers are against land reforms

12.11.2008 09:47 msk Business Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan embarked upon land reforms according to the 3077 decree signed by President Karimov in October 2008. Its aim is to strengthen the farm households by drawing hodgepodge of small farmlands under one holder. Local observers come to agree that land reforms what looks more as an attempt of "co

Central Asia: Doing Business is Easiest in Kyrgyzstan – report

Central Asia: Doing Business is Easiest in Kyrgyzstan – report

15.09.2008 11:01 msk Business Russia

Kyrgyzstan is the most conducive country in Central Asia for doing business, the World Bank Doing Business 2009 report states.

Kyrgyzstan: Energy Crisis Hits Hard Small Businesses

Kyrgyzstan: Energy Crisis Hits Hard Small Businesses

02.08.2008 04:21 msk Business Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyz small businesses will be affected severely by the looming energy crisis. This will inevitably result in the significant economic slowdown, observers say.

Kyrgyzstan: Authorities strive to ensure food security

Kyrgyzstan: Authorities strive to ensure food security

16.06.2008 23:30 msk Business Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan has introduced export duties on wheat, flour, vegetable oil and some seeds. Additionally, measures to soon restrict sugar and rice exports are being considered. These export duties are being implemented to alleviate the effect of the general price-rise and ensure the country’s food securi

Russia to resume work on the Rogun Hydroelectric Power Plant

Russia to resume work on the Rogun Hydroelectric Power Plant

06.06.2008 17:12 msk Business Tajikistan

It appears Russia may resume construction of the Rogun Hydroelectric Power Plant, following requests by Tajik authorities. Further, Inter RAO EES is to be put in charge of the Russian section of the project, valued at $3 billion. The share of ownership of the plant to be turned over to Russia has no

Uzbekistan: Under questionable circumstances, Kazakh-Uzbek Urtok confectionery in Tashkent is seized and being demolished

Uzbekistan: Under questionable circumstances, Kazakh-Uzbek Urtok confectionery in Tashkent is seized and being demolished

04.06.2008 11:54 msk Business Uzbekistan

A candy manufacturing factory in Tashkent is being demolished as part of an urban renewal project, in spite of previous assurances that the building would be left intact.

Uzbekistan: youth tournament to take place in Nukus (photo)

Uzbekistan: youth tournament to take place in Nukus (photo)

15.05.2008 23:46 msk Business Uzbekistan

Nothing makes a country famous better than athletics." This quote from President Islam Karimov became the slogan of the republican youth Olympics Barkamol Avlod'2008 [Healthy Generation] opening May 17 in Nukus near the Aral Sea.

Gurbankuly Berdymuhammedov proceeds with economic reforms

Gurbankuly Berdymuhammedov proceeds with economic reforms

16.04.2008 12:42 msk Business Turkmenistan

The decree on denomination of the national monetary unit President Gurbankuly Berdymuhammedov signed this Monday will come into force on January 1, 2009. Enlarged meeting of the Cabinet discussed interim results of the economic and social reforms. National Bank chairman resigned.

Real estate in Uzbekistan: The demand is outgrowing supply

Real estate in Uzbekistan: The demand is outgrowing supply

09.04.2008 10:39 msk Business Uzbekistan

Real estate prices in Uzbekistan keep going up. A one-room apartment in Andijan (Ferghana Valley) that cost $1,500-2,000 a couple of years ago according to unofficial estimates costs $8,000-10,000 nowadays.

Uzbekistan: From free enterprise to the Soviet distribution system

Uzbekistan: From free enterprise to the Soviet distribution system

07.04.2008 12:59 msk Business Uzbekistan

The Uzbek authorities resort to the tried-and-true administrative techniques as a way of dealing with high prices. As of now, all dealers in vegetable oil are ordered to sell it 50-100% below the standing market price.

Uzbekistan: Urgench authorities ordered a rally of local vendors dispersed

Uzbekistan: Urgench authorities ordered a rally of local vendors dispersed

01.04.2008 13:39 msk Business Uzbekistan

An unprecedented protest action took place in Urgench, the largest city in the Khorezm region of Uzbekistan, on the last day of March. Local vendors numbering nearly 200 (mostly women) protested against transfer of the bazaar to the outskirts and unfair distribution of stalls at the new site.

Azerbaijan hopes for a peaceful rearrangement of sectors of the Caspian shelf

Azerbaijan hopes for a peaceful rearrangement of sectors of the Caspian shelf

27.03.2008 11:24 msk Business Turkmenistan

An almost decade-long reprieve over, the Azerbaijani-Turkmen relations advance at a breakneck rate these days. Regular contacts between the heads of states and prime ministers were established in the last eighteen months, governmental commissions for economic cooperation advancement set up. Whatever

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