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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.

Electric power will be turned off all over Tajikistan on November 29-30

Electric power will be turned off all over Tajikistan on November 29-30

27.11.2006 11:29 msk Business Tajikistan

"Electric power will be turned off all over Tajikistan (probably including the capital) on November 29-30. Vital objects will be the only exception. This is going to be the first such a blackout in the history of sovereign Tajikistan," the head of Barki Tochik Sharifhon Samiyev said at a press confe

Moslems of the southern Kyrgyzstan demand supreme mufty's resignation

Moslems of the southern Kyrgyzstan demand supreme mufty's resignation

27.11.2006 11:02 msk Kyrgyzstan Religious life

Moslems from Osh, a city in the southern part of Kyrgyzstan, demand resignation the head of the Moslem Religious Directorate and the director of the State Agency for Confessions. The religious leader and the state official are blamed for discrimination of pilgrims, financial non-transparency, and pe

Russia will build its relations with CIS countries depending on how the Russians are treated there

Russia will build its relations with CIS countries depending on how the Russians are treated there

27.11.2006 10:58 msk Russia

"The nature of our relations with every individual country of the Commonwealth will be determined to a considerable degree by the treatment the Russians are getting there," Senior Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Denisov said.

70% of students view their colleges and universities as corrupt

70% of students view their colleges and universities as corrupt

24.11.2006 16:38 msk Human Rights Kyrgyzstan

Photo by Nasha Versia Journalists of the youth e-magazine Nasha Versiya and several youth non-governmental organizations conducted an opinion poll among students under the slogan "Information is Crooks' Worst Enemy". "Yes, there is certainly corruption in my college," more than 70% of students in th

The forthcoming NATO summit in Riga will confirm the West's inability to cope with the Taliban

The forthcoming NATO summit in Riga will confirm the West's inability to cope with the Taliban

24.11.2006 16:33 msk Afghanistan Analytics

NATO summit will take place in Riga, Latvia, on November 28-29. Sergei Rogov (Director of the Institute of the USA and Canada of the Russian Academy of Sciences), Alexander Khramchikhin (the head of the Department of Analysis of the Institute of Political and Military Analysis), and Dmitry Danilov (

Businessman Alisher Usmanov is buying Gazeta.ru

Businessman Alisher Usmanov is buying Gazeta.ru

23.11.2006 19:38 msk Politics Russia

Players in the media market claim that Alisher Usmanov, business tycoon of Uzbek origin, bought Gazeta.ru.

Turkmenistan: new rules and procedures of travel abroad

Turkmenistan: new rules and procedures of travel abroad

22.11.2006 11:55 msk Turkmenistan

Boarding planes of the national air carrier Turkmenhovajollary, the Turkmens now are supposed to show border guards and customs officers documents issued by local structures of the Interior Ministry. These latter issue permits to applicants only after a thorough examination of their personal files.

Nazarbayev: Since the movie was made by a comedian, laughing at it is all right

Nazarbayev: Since the movie was made by a comedian, laughing at it is all right

22.11.2006 10:35 msk Kazakhstan Politics

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev is on a visit to Great Britain these days. At a joint press conference with Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday he was asked questions about the scandalous movie "Borat: America's Cultural Studies For The Famed People Of Kazakhstan". "This journalist Bora

Uzbekistan refuses to recognize international structures' jurisdiction over investment disputes

Uzbekistan refuses to recognize international structures' jurisdiction over investment disputes

22.11.2006 10:33 msk Business Uzbekistan

Foreign investors in Uzbek economy may now forget about appeals to international courts in the hope to defend themselves, thanks to the verdict of the Constitutional Court of Uzbekistan (November 20).

Project of a gas pipeline from Turkmenistan to India may become a challenge to Moscow

Project of a gas pipeline from Turkmenistan to India may become a challenge to Moscow

22.11.2006 10:32 msk Business Russia

Postponed more than once already, beginning of construction of a gas pipeline from Turkmenistan to Afghanistan to Pakistan to India is a matter of a few months now. The agreement was made at the two-day regional conference "Asia: Energy Cooperation" in New Delhi. Eighteen countries including Russia

Uzbek media do not report the place reserved for Uzbekistan in the UN Development Program annual rating

Uzbek media do not report the place reserved for Uzbekistan in the UN Development Program annual rating

21.11.2006 14:14 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan

Presentation of the 2006 Human Development Report drafted by specialists of the UN Development Program took place in Tashkent on November 16. Authors of the report studied 177 UN members for average length of life, income level, and education and compiled the annual rating. Countries with the best l

The Turkmenbashi permitted the Chinese to develop Southern Iolotan

The Turkmenbashi permitted the Chinese to develop Southern Iolotan

21.11.2006 14:13 msk Business Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan.Ru reports that President Saparmurat Niyazov signed the document that endorsed the decision of the contest commission of the State Corporation Turkmengeology. This latter handled prospective investors' offers concerning development of Gunorta Yeloten or Southern Iolotan, a major oil and

Uzbek cotton goes at one third of the price a decade ago

Uzbek cotton goes at one third of the price a decade ago

20.11.2006 11:28 msk Business Uzbekistan

Two hundred and fifty companies from 36 countries participated in the Second International Cotton Fair in Tashkent. This year, Uzbekistan is expected to produce more than one million tons of cotton, and 700,000 or 800,000 of them will be exported (that makes Uzbekistan the second largest exporter of

The Tengiz Carnage: some details of the scuffle in Kazakhstan

The Tengiz Carnage: some details of the scuffle in Kazakhstan

10.11.2006 18:11 msk Kazakhstan

Colloquially known as the Tengiz Carnage, disturbances in the Atyrau region of Kazakhstan took place almost a month ago but the general public is no wiser with regard to what happened, why, and what it resulted in. About 140 were injured in a mass scuffle between Kazakh and Turkish workers at Tengiz

Released from prison, Uzbek journalist Ulugbek Haidarov is through with human rights activities

Released from prison, Uzbek journalist Ulugbek Haidarov is through with human rights activities

10.11.2006 18:11 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan

Independent Uzbek journalist Ulugbek Haidarov's imprisonment is over.

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