Central Asian News Service: news from Central Asia of 4 May 2009

Today news:

society

12:45 President Bakiev congratulates Kyrgyz citizens with Constitution Day

11:05 Ukrainian media expert denied entry into Kyrgyzstan

10:27 WWII veterans to receive gifts on behalf of president of Turkmenistan

10:16 OSCE meeting focuses on better understanding of extremism to combat terrorism in Tajikistan

10:05 World Bank assigns $2 bln for Kazakhstan’s road project

09:58 9th form student from Ashgabat becomes prize winner of World Olympiad of Young Inventors

09:38 Dovran Ashirov appointed mayor of Turkmenabat city

economy

12:30 President Bakiev signs on pedigree cattle breeding

11:50 Uzbekistan, Canada to cooperate in electric industry

10:16 Two creditors of BTA Bank, including Morgan Stanley, demand early repayment of $550 mln debt

10:11 State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange news

09:57 President Bakiev signs laws to ratify Kumtor project agreement

politics

12:27 Akshumkar party to decide whether to run in presidential election

12:23 President Bakiev meets with representatives of political parties of China, Kazakhstan, Russia, Tajikistan

12:20 President Bakiev considers his nomination as mandate from party to run in honest competition for presidential post

12:14 Prague to host Nabucco summit on May 8

12:05 President Bakiev about his nomination: This is mandate from party for execution of tasks voiced by me

11:48 Vice Speaker Baekova meets with Chinese, Tajik parliamentarians

11:29 SCO member states mull over set up of one party

11:19 United Russia Party, Ak Jol sign cooperation agreement

11:00 Tajik FM, Russian Ambassador discuss bilateral cooperation

10:40 Ak Jol party signs cooperation agreement with People’s Democratic Party of Tajikistan

09:57 Ak Jol party nominates Kurmanbek Bakiev as candidate to run for president

09:44 President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov approves Labor Code of Turkmenistan

incidents

12:17 7.7 kg of heroin seized in Dushanbe

12:06 23 people killed, 4 wounded in car accident in Uzbekistan

culture

11:29 Korea culture festival held in Turkmenistan

sport

10:26 Four Turkmen horses win "Star of Turkestan" title in Tashkent

business

10:26 Kyrgyzstan air company makes its first Bishkek-Islamabad-Bishkek flight

09:53 South Korean financial institutions ready to finance construction of petrochemical complex

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