Central Asian News Service: news from Central Asia of 15 January 2009

main news

15 January, 15:29 KZ : Agricultural products export reaches US$ 2.9 billion

15 January, 15:18 KZ : Senate approves amendments to legislation on Mass Media

15 January, 14:42 UZ : Four banks become open joint-stock in Uzbekistan

15 January, 13:12 TJ : Tajik Ministry of Interior searches for Kyrgyz citizens involved in drug trafficking

15 January, 11:59 UZ : FIFA publishes its regular rating

15 January, 11:04 TM : Exhibition of Turkmen couturier Leila Haitova opens in St Petersburg

15 January, 10:50 CA : UNESCO launches International Year of Astronomy

15 January, 08:53 KG : PM Vladimir Putin: Russia and Kyrgyzstan have good prospects for development of relations in all areas

14 January, 13:59 UZ : Uzbekistan team to play with Saint Petersburg «Zenit», Prague «Slaviya», and Azerbaijan team

14 January, 13:39 KZ : Foreign trade turnover equals to US$ 85.3 billion for 9 months of 2008

politics

15-01-2009, 08:53 PM Vladimir Putin: Russia and Kyrgyzstan have good prospects for development of relations in all areas

15-01-2009, 16:44 KZ : Transport Ministry purchases to be equal to 64 billion tenge in 2009

15-01-2009, 16:21 KZ : Senate ratified Optional Protocol to International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

15-01-2009, 16:19 KG : National revolutionary movement of Kyrgyzstan condemns Israel’s hostilities in Gaza Strip

15-01-2009, 15:57 KG : Ex-MP Beknazarov: Criminal probes launched against 70% of opposition leaders

15-01-2009, 15:45 KZ : Senate ratifies contract on long-term SCO states cooperation

15-01-2009, 15:26 KZ : Kazakhstan to send Tajikistan humanitarian aid

15-01-2009, 15:13 KG : Foreign Minister Karabaev submits letter of resignation

15-01-2009, 14:56 KZ : Kazakh and Pakistan Ambassadors discuss prospects of bilateral cooperation

15-01-2009, 14:47 KZ : Senate amends Law on political parties

economy

15-01-2009, 15:29 Agricultural products export reaches US$ 2.9 billion Agricultural products export in Kazakhstan reached US$ 2.9 billion last year. Akylbek Kurishbaev, Agriculture Kazakh Minister informed at Wednesday’s session, Kazakhstan Today reports.

15-01-2009, 15:03 KZ : Railway transportation reduction expected in first quarter of 2009

15-01-2009, 14:51 KG : 2009 price forecast: meat, vegetables to grow by 20%, bread by 12%, meat, sugar by 15% in Kyrgyzstan

15-01-2009, 14:32 UZ : Cabinet of Ministers sums up 2008 results in IT complex

15-01-2009, 11:56 TJ : Budget surplus in Tajikistan exceeded $96.32 million in 2008

15-01-2009, 11:37 TJ : IMF expects deterioration of Tajikistan’s external position due to world financial crisis

14-01-2009, 16:20 KZ : KazAgro assets to be equal to 323.3 billion tenge in 2009

14-01-2009, 14:10 UZ : Over 90 billion sums spent in Surkhandarya in 2008 State program

14-01-2009, 13:39 KZ : Foreign trade turnover equals to US$ 85.3 billion for 9 months of 2008

incidents

15-01-2009, 13:12 Tajik Ministry of Interior searches for Kyrgyz citizens involved in drug trafficking Around 38.5 kilograms of hashish were seized by Tajik law enforcement bodies in the north of the country. The drugs were found in the abandoned car on Khujand-Kanibadam highway.

15-01-2009, 16:28 KG : Tursunbai Bakir uulu, Nurlan Motuev fined for disobedience to police while attempting to burn Israeli flag

15-01-2009, 11:47 TJ : Tajik citizens deceased in fire identified

15-01-2009, 08:09 KG : Three criminal probes launched against ex-Defense Minister Ismail Isakov

14-01-2009, 18:03 TJ : 31.5 kilograms of heroin seized in north Tajikistan

14-01-2009, 16:59 KZ : 1000 people evacuated because of false information on bomb detection

14-01-2009, 16:18 KG : Co-Chairs of Union of Muslims detained in Bishkek while trying to set Israeli flag on fire

14-01-2009, 13:26 TJ : Suicide rates among soldiers increase in Tajikistan

14-01-2009, 12:12 TJ : Fire in Moscow kills seven Tajik citizens

society

15-01-2009, 15:18 Senate approves amendments to legislation on Mass Media Kazakh Senate approved the Law On amendments and additions to some legislative acts of Kazakh Republic on Mass Media, Kazinform reported.

15-01-2009, 16:09 KZ : Environmental Minister reports to President on results of 2008 and plans for 2009

15-01-2009, 15:58 KG : UNICEF calls on all parties to take every measure to protect children in Gaza

15-01-2009, 14:55 KG : Parliament of Kyrgyzstan passes Law on Culture in first reading

15-01-2009, 13:20 UZ : Implememtation of project aimed on creation local water reservoirs continues in Karakalpakistan

15-01-2009, 13:04 TJ : Tajik prosecutor’s office claims to monitor every step of disgraced journalist Atovulloev

15-01-2009, 12:40 TJ : Tajikistan’s General Prosecutor estimates work of anticorruption agencies as unsatisfactory

15-01-2009, 11:26 UZ : Tourism potential of Uzbekistan presented in Germany

15-01-2009, 10:55 TM : New school worth $10 million commissioned in Turkmenistan

business

15-01-2009, 14:42 Four banks become open joint-stock in Uzbekistan Central Bank of Uzbekistan re-issued licenses on carrying out banking operations and general license on carrying out hard currency operations to four banks due to change of their organizational status.

15-01-2009, 15:53 KZ : Samruk-Kazyna Fund top-managers appointed

15-01-2009, 11:10 UZ : PAYNET accepts payments for MIACL

15-01-2009, 10:59 TM : Production of high quality condensed milk starts in Turkmenistan

15-01-2009, 10:31 TJ : BBC launches TV channel in Farsi for Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan

14-01-2009, 09:55 KZ : ArcelorMittal Temirtau shipping volume to increase

13-01-2009, 15:12 KZ : Net profit of Kazakhtelecom equals 31 billion tenge in 2008

13-01-2009, 11:09 UZ : Rostekstroy joint venture launched in Bukhara

13-01-2009, 10:50 UZ : BANKEXPO 2009 to be held in mid-March

science & technology

15-01-2009, 10:50 UNESCO launches International Year of Astronomy The International Year of Astronomy will be launched at UNESCO on 15 and 16 January. This United Nations year is a worldwide celebration of astronomy, with activities in almost 140 countries. One such activity, 100 hours of astronomy for example, will bring together as many amateur astronomers as possible from around the planet from 2 - 5 April, informs UNESCO press release.

14-01-2009, 08:36 KG : President Bakiev signs law on renewable energy sources

13-01-2009, 14:59 KZ : Telstar-11N American satellite delivered to Baikonur

13-01-2009, 11:04 TJ : Number of drug addicts in Tajikistan increased by 0.78%

09-01-2009, 14:10 KZ : III Congress of the Turkish World Matematicians to take place in Kazakhstan

07-01-2009, 13:01 KZ : Kazakhstan creates its innovation infrastructure

06-01-2009, 13:57 UZ : Uzbektelekom conducts seminar «IP telephony, as basis for NGN network »

29-12-2008, 13:09 UZ : Tashkent university hosts conference on IT and youth

26-12-2008, 08:34 KZ : Proton-M with Russian satellites Glonass-M launched from Baikonur

analysis & comments

14-01-2009, 13:11 Two serving MI6 officers leak confidential information to a firm of private consultants with links to Kazakh President family The consultants are said to have been commissioned to obtain the information at a time when the American justice department was investigating allegations of bribes paid by American oil companies to Nursultan Nazarbaev, the Kazakh president, and his top officials, reported The Sunday Times.

15-01-2009, 14:10 KG : Financial crisis presents opportunity for Asia, Jeffrey Sachs tells ADB audience

13-01-2009, 09:25 KG : World Bank Country Manager Roger Robinson: There is big misunderstanding concerning donor aid in Kyrgyzstan

09-01-2009, 09:13 UZ : Capitalisation to strengthen financial stability of corporations

08-01-2009, 10:50 KG : Business AKIpress: 9 questions for 2009 – how will Kyrgyzstan’s economy develop?

06-01-2009, 10:04 KG : Project Syndicate: Central Asia’s waking giant

25-12-2008, 11:09 KG : New political system in Kyrgyzstan: in search of sustainability

24-12-2008, 11:46 TM : IWPR: Foreign-Led Construction Projects Face Audit in Turkmenistan

23-12-2008, 13:16 TJ : EurasiaNet: Dushanbe sticking with cotton, despite another horrid harvest

culture

15-01-2009, 11:04 Exhibition of Turkmen couturier Leila Haitova opens in St Petersburg The exhibition "Turkmen exotics of Leila Haitova" opened in the Arka gallery in St Petersburg. The exhibition features the modeler’s best works, reports Turkmenistan.ru.

14-01-2009, 13:35 TM : International forum dedicated to Mollanepes opens in Ashgabat

14-01-2009, 13:22 UZ : Book on music history published in Uzbekistan

14-01-2009, 09:58 KZ : Kazakh film “The Gift to Stalin” participates in prestigious American festivals

13-01-2009, 15:43 UZ : Photo album about ancient Samarkand published in Uzbekistan

13-01-2009, 11:02 UZ : Winners of children’s art contest awarded

13-01-2009, 10:54 UZ : Uzbekistan theatre’s artistes give on concert tour in India

12-01-2009, 10:29 TM : Eternal memory and glory to defenders of native land

08-01-2009, 14:27 UZ : Uzbekistan painters get medals in international festival

sport

15-01-2009, 11:59 FIFA publishes its regular rating The International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) published its regular rating in January 2009.

15-01-2009, 11:48 UZ : Uzbekistan figure skaters to participate in international tournaments

15-01-2009, 11:31 UZ : Uzbekistan swimmers come home with medals

14-01-2009, 13:59 UZ : Uzbekistan team to play with Saint Petersburg «Zenit», Prague «Slaviya», and Azerbaijan team

14-01-2009, 13:03 UZ : Uzbekistan tennis players start new season with victories

14-01-2009, 11:23 UZ : Uzbekistan youth team wins match against Malaysia 4-2

12-01-2009, 13:38 UZ : Antidoping center to be created in Uzbekistan

12-01-2009, 10:25 TM : Junior soccer tournament held in Ashgabat

09-01-2009, 14:28 KZ : Karate-do Shito-ru; competition to be organized in Astana

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