Central Asian News Service: news from Central Asia of 16 April 2009

Today news:

politics

17:27 Uzbekistan refuses to attend CSTO Foreign Ministers Council

16:59 Foreign Minister of Portugal arrives in Tashkent on 2-day visit

16:39 DCA Director meets with German Ambassador

16:33 Views of political parties of Kyrgyzstan concerning country’s renewal to be reviewed in Bishkek

16:23 United National Movement to announce its candidate for presidential post at congress on April 25

15:58 Opposition may nominate ex-Prime Minister Almazbek Atambaev as one candidate to run for president

15:42 Kazakh Ambassador commenced work in Republic of South Africa

14:04 Speaker Tagaev meets with CIS Inter-parliamentary Assembly Council Secretary General

13:25 Turkmen President meets with Head of Korean National Oil Corporation

12:57 Assistant Secretary for Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs arrived to Ashgabat

12:43 Supreme Court Chair meets with U.S. District Judge

12:40 Kazakh Senate Apparatus, Turkish Grand National Assembly discuss cooperation

10:32 Rahmon: "We will not keep our neighbors without water"

09:49 Opposition of Kyrgyzstan promises to name its candidate for presidential post on April 20

business

17:19 American Chamber of Commerce serves international businesses

15:21 Mittal to transfer 50% of Kazakh oil field stake to OVL

13:06 Turkmenistan to receive 1040 "KAMAZ" vehicles

society

17:17 Librarian builds on links among libraries in U.S. and Uzbekistan

17:09 OSCE Centre supports public-private partnership conference to combat terrorism threat in southern Kyrgyzstan

17:06 Indian-Uzbek Society of Friendship opens in India

17:04 Kazakh cycling federation to resume paying Astana team’s wages

16:55 Corruption widespread in Jizak hospitals

16:30 State Secretary flies to Aksy rayon affected by landslide

14:40 Republican Olympian among school students finished in northern Tajikistan

14:34 Congress of Peoples of Kyrgyzstan to take place on April 17 in Bishkek

14:28 Chinese Olympic Committee (COC) awards Nazarbaev with the highest award

13:53 Kazakh Ambassador to USA, Kazakh students met in Harvard University

13:29 KZ Ambassador to USA visits Kazakh Aul activists

13:27 Group of lawmakers to attend lawmaker’s burial today in Osh

12:44 Turkmen president makes inspection tour of Ahal province

12:27 Electricity supply resumes in Almaty

12:11 Japan to provide $340 thousand for rural development of Tajikistan

11:33 Amanmuhammet Repov appointed editor-in-chief of "Turkmenistan" newspaper

11:07 Tajikistan to continue social programs in spite of crisis

10:59 Three Asian Winter Games 2011 objects to be put in commission by December 1

economy

17:13 Uzbekistan’s GDP grows 7.9% in 1Q

17:11 Uzbek economist urges government to cut petrol prices

17:09 Uzbekistan, Bashkortostan to sign cooperation agreement

16:40 KEGOC: Kazakhstan not to disconnect from Unified Energy System of Central Asia

15:00 Nazarbaev calls on Chinese businessmen to invest in Kazakh economy

13:38 Eurasianet.org: Lukoil to decrease Uzbek gas production at Gazprom’s request

12:07 Security Council Secretary, Chinese Ambassador discuss construction of China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway

11:53 Entrepreneurs of Pakistan ready to make investments into economy of Kyrgyzstan

10:57 AREM to introduce peak-period water and electricity tariffs

incidents

16:03 Rescuers retrieve 12 lifeless bodies from landslide in south of Kyrgyzstan

13:12 Around 50 rescuers, medical professionals working at landslide scene in south of Kyrgyzstan

12:21 Energy Minister Dadydov says reasons of emergency interruption of electricity supply unknown yet

12:09 Criminal group members involved in producing counterfeit money arrested

11:55 Three Ministry of Interior employees sentenced in Tajikistan

11:46 Criminal group members arrested

11:38 Smuggling of large ferule batch suppressed in Tajikistan

10:36 Office of Jany Kyrgyzstan party robbed

10:15 Severelectro JSC says interruption in electricity caused by disconnection of high-voltage line in north of Kyrgyzstan

10:08 Landslide kills 16 people in south of Kyrgyzstan

09:20 Emergency disconnection of electricity supply occurs in north of Kyrgyzstan

science & technology

13:11 Briz-M boosters for Proton-M delivered to Baikonur Space Center

analysis & comments

12:32 EurasiaNet: Pipeline spat with Kremlin turns into political test of strength

11:03 EurasiaNet: Financial scandal brings fresh disgrace to Dushanbe

10:53 "The Last Supper" of opposition of Kyrgyzstan

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