Today news:

society

14:06 Kazakh President receives Chairman of National Space Agency

13:44 Businesswomen from Andijan and Fergana learn about arbitration courts

13:42 Institute for War & Peace Reporting launches EUR 1 million project on human rights in Central Asia

13:26 Exhibition-fair “Bazaar Art 2009” to be held in Uzbekistan

12:49 Kazakh worker defends his right to have a beard

12:43 Family Code amended in Uzbekistan

12:08 Fugitive Kazakh banker accuses government

11:54 TIHR: 14 US dollars

11:06 Turkmen carpets exhibition to take place in Moscow on 23-25 March

11:05 Uzbekistan human rights defender Mutabar Tajibaeva receives US government award

11:04 French A.S.O. to act as co-organizer of Silk Road off-road rally

economy

13:54 Kazakh Kazkommertsbank sells stake in pension fund

13:37 Uzbekistan and Korea sign agreements for investment projects worth US$500 million

13:13 Construction of small hydropower stations to start in Batken oblast

12:02 Conoco: Drilling At Kazakhstan N Block To Start In Mid-2010

11:55 Astana wants a controlling stake in Baku-Ceyhan related project

11:47 Sberbank in talks to buy 100 percent of BTA

11:23 Cotton growers make preperations for the spring sowing

10:56 Complex decision for LyondellBasell in Kazakhstan

10:35 Japan’s Toyota Tsusho plans food wheat imports from Kazakhstan

10:22 Nazarbaev suggests introduction of common payment unit within EurAsEC

incidents

13:47 Afghan citizen suspected of gang involvement detained in Dushanbe

13:19 Four suicide cases registered in Northern Tajikistan in one day

science & technology

13:44 ILS Announces Proton Launch of the ViaSat-1 Satellite in First Half 2011

politics

13:30 Kazakhstan presented Afghanistan supporting plan at 18th conference of ECO

13:22 Kyrgyzstan drafts National Security Strategy

12:38 Kazakh Ambassador meets advisor to Prime Minister of Pakistan

12:21 Opposition of Kyrgyzstan to hold political campaigns across Kyrgyzstan on March 27

11:01 International seminar in Ashgabat discusses situation in Afghanistan

10:57 Berdymuhamedov carries out changes in personnel

10:52 Australian ambassador accredited in Turkmenistan

10:46 Foreign Minister of UAE to visit Tajikistan

09:29 Parliamentary Committee approves agreement on private business activities between Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan

09:18 Officials from German and Kyrgyz Foreign Ministries review current relations and the potential for future cooperation

09:01 Kyrgyzstan distinguished by its openness, liberality and readiness for reforms compared with other Central Asian countries - senior official of German Foreign Ministry

08:59 Social Democrats of Kyrgyzstan concerned over freedom of expression in country

business

12:17 China Jiugang postpones Kazakh JV plan - ex-chairman

12:12 Uzbektelecom shares its plans for modernization and reconstruction

analysis & comments

11:51 TDH: The state for the people, the people for the state

10:45 Kazakhstan: Financial crisis fans the embers of political discontent

09:41 Interior Minister: Opposition and government had a ’good meeting’

09:36 Ex-Secretary of State: Dialogue between government and opposition members has commenced

culture

10:49 Musical-poetic theater “Golden gates” established in Uzbekistan

10:29 Festival of child fashion-2009 starts in Tashkent

sport

10:04 FC Bunyodkor wins match against FC Al-Ettifak 2-1

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