Today news:

politics

14:26 Central Election Commission registers Almazbek Atambaev as presidential candidate

14:10 Rakhmon and Rossel discuss perspectives of cooperation

14:09 Zarifi and Lavrov discuss perspectives of Tajik-Russian cooperation

13:30 All infrastructure of U.S. military base to be handed over to Manas Airport upon closure of base

12:59 Islam Karimov to announce position of Uzbekistan in SCO frames

12:58 Uzbekistan does not sign CFOR agreement due to “a number of doubts”

12:35 IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn to visit Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan on June 14-20

12:27 Kurmanbek Bakiev, Islam Karimov reiterate their commitment to construction of China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway

12:26 CSTO member states sign joint statement

12:03 Manas air base command gets order to withdraw base from Kyrgyzstan

12:01 Command changes at Manas air base

11:41 Central Election Commission denies registration for presidential candidate Aitkeev

10:35 President Bakiev meets with Russian President Medvedev in Moscow

10:24 CSTO member states sign agreement on Collective Rapid Response Forces

society

14:13 Number of committed suicides increases twice in the north of Tajikistan

13:54 OSCE Centre helps Kyrgyz police learn about democratic methods to maintain public order

13:00 Kyrgyz frontier service: Uzbek side fills in trenches on disputable areas of the border on demand of Kyrgyz side

incidents

14:13 140 units of firearms seized in the north of Tajikistan

14:12 Large consignment of drugs seized in the south of Tajikistan

economy

14:11 Tajikistan and China consider formation of joint investment fund necessary

13:56 Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan to create customs union by mid-2011

13:54 Russia to gain stake in Canada’s Uranium One for Kazakh deposit

13:41 First congress on investments into Kyrgyzstan held in Moscow

12:57 World Bank, Kazakhstan sign US$2 bln loan agreement to upgrade international trade corridor

analysis & comments

14:08 IWPR: Tajik Islamic party slowly sidelined

13:30 IWPR: Turkmen, Russians divided over gas

12:57 Eurasianet: Tension is rapidly escalating along the Kyrgyz-Uzbek border

science & technology

13:27 Turkmenistan revives science academy

12:56 Korean and Uzbek companies sign memorandums on cooperation in ICT sphere in Tashkent

business

12:56 Islamic Corporation to open credit line to “Asaka-bank” with a value of US $15 million

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