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Kyrgyzstan: former «boiler room» of all Central Asia intends to retain the status of a mining town

13.10.2007 11:04 msk Business Kyrgyzstan

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The Kyrgyz authorities cannot estimate travel to the country or capacities of this market

02.10.2007 11:44 msk Business Kyrgyzstan

Official estimates of the foreigners vacating on the shores of Lake Issyk-Kul, the center of travel in Kyrgyzstan, differ. State officials in Bishkek boast that millions tourists visited the lake this year. The local authorities are noticeably less optimistic.

President of Uzbekistan visited two regions to meet with successful farmers

28.09.2007 17:24 msk Business Uzbekistan

President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov visited the Jizak and Syrdarja regions on September 27.

Food coupon system to be introduced in Uzbekistan

26.09.2007 10:51 msk Business Uzbekistan

Ferghana.Ru sources in Samarkand report that flour and cotton oil (particularly popular kind of vegetable oil) disappeared from sale. Off the record, insiders say that flour and oil will be distributed among mahallyas now [mahallya is a community, the smallest administrative unit in modern Uzbekista

Turkmen gas to be on sale in New York

20.09.2007 12:51 msk Business Turkmenistan

President of Turkmenistan Berdymuhammedov will visit the United States in late September and meet with US State Secretary Rice. Negotiations with the Americans will be centered around gas problems. Ashkhabad contemplates inviting American investors to its national gas sector where Russia, China, and

Shortage of bread is particularly dramatic in the provinces

19.09.2007 11:22 msk Business Uzbekistan

Ferghana.Ru sources in Uzbekistan report that the shortage of dough and bread is particularly dramatic in the regions. There is practically no bread to be found in the stores of Nukus, the capital of Karakalpakia. Dealers meanwhile sell a loaf of bread at local marketplaces at 300 sums (about $0.25)

Gold deposit discovered in China

19.09.2007 11:13 msk Business China

A major gold deposit with known reserves estimated at 380 tons was discovered in Vensan, the Chinese province of Gansu. According to Jenmin Jibao, this is the first deposit in the country with the known reserves in excess of 200 tons of gold.

Kyrgyz air carriers unwelcome in Europe

17.09.2007 10:25 msk Business Kyrgyzstan

The European Commission revised its black list of air carriers whose flights to the European Union are banned, on September 11. 24.KG reports with references to Kyrgyz Weekly that all 25 Kyrgyz air carriers made the list.

Food crisis of unprecedented proportions in Central Asia

17.09.2007 10:24 msk Business

Experts say that bread prices in post-Soviet Central Asia are soaring sky-high because of the dough price spiral in Kazakhstan and Russia. Bread prices in Tajikistan are already six times what they were this July. The Tajik Cabinet set up a special commission to consider the situation. No wonder, si

Cotton plantations in Andijan to be worked by field-labor detachments

14.09.2007 16:12 msk Business Uzbekistan

According to local media outlets, more than 1,500 field-labor detachments were formed in the Andijan region for the cotton harvesting campaign this year. The authorities regard this method as particularly efficient. Already tested when grain was harvested, the method is to be applied to cotton now.

Price of flour doubled, that of bread soared six-fold in Tajikistan

12.09.2007 11:34 msk Business Tajikistan

Price of flour in Tajikistan is soaring sky-high. A sackful goes at 120 somoni (about $35) nowadays against 60-70 somoni a month ago. Vendors report no new deliveries and claim that the flour from the reserves is on sale nowadays.

Kazakhstan will build Aktau-City for $20 billion

12.09.2007 11:34 msk Business Kazakhstan

Almost $20 billion will be invested in construction of Aktau-City, a harbor city to be based on the existing Aktau (Shevchenko before 1991), President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev said.

Uzbekistan is facing a crisis fomented by food shortage

10.09.2007 09:17 msk Business Uzbekistan

Population of the Ferghana Valley, traditionally one of the least tranquil regions of Uzbekistan, organized mass protest actions against the price rise. One of the protest actions took place in the district center of Altaaryk on September 3. The protesters demanded lower prices for foods. Surprising

Uzbekistan: bread prices go up and shortage of vegetable oil reported

29.08.2007 12:01 msk Business Uzbekistan

Bread is all for the majority of families in Uzbekistan. Hearing statements about "grain independence" of the country, the population encounters shortage of dough and prices it can barely afford. Whoever in Tashkent fails to buy bread in the morning finds buying it in the afternoon a trying task ind

Uzbek industry is short of qualified personnel

27.08.2007 09:38 msk Business Uzbekistan

Preparations for celebration of Mustakilik take place in the Ferghana Valley the way they do all over Uzbekistan. The republican economy in the meantime is in need of specialists. The problem of checking their immigration into Russia and distant foreign countries remains pressing on the sixteenth an

Shortage of water may compel Kyrgyzstan to suspend electric power export in 2008

10.08.2007 19:20 msk Business Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyz synopticians predict that the flow into the largest artificial water reservoir in the republic will be well below what it was in 2006 (13.6 against 16.7 billion cubic meters).

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