Central Asian News Service: news from Central Asia of 6 March 2009

Today news:

economy

18:55 BTA Bank plans to raise US$2 billion in bond issue

18:51 Kazakhstan gold and foreign currency reserves rise in February

18:42 Crisis-hit Kazakhstan to increase stimulus package

13:38 Parliament of Kyrgyzstan approves moratorium on property use tax

12:10 “Tajiktransgaz” reduces arrears to “ Uztransgaz” by 22%

10:53 Parliament of Kyrgyzstan passes 3 draft laws seeking to improve Kyrgyzstan’s rankings in IFC-WB Doing Business

09:24 Tethys’ Kyzyloi Gas Production in Kazakhstan back in business

society

18:51 OSCE Office hosts civil society meeting on electoral law reform in Tajikistan

18:47 Head of OSCE Centre to visit Talas, Osh and Jalalabad oblasts

13:48 Athletics competition "Healthy woman - healthy society" held in Uzbekistan

13:42 Environmentalists step up fight against poachers in Uzbek regions

13:30 Recovering journalist released from intensive care

13:17 Uzbek president publishes book on the global financial and economic crisis

12:35 Settlements reconstruction campaign started in Gorno Badakhshan

11:35 President Bakiev congratulates women of Kyrgyzstan ahead of women’s day

10:35 Tajikistan’s deputies approve bill on Freedom of Conscience and Religious Associations

politics

16:17 Foreign Minister Sarbaev: Kyrgyzstan has never won tender on reconstruction of Afghanistan’s economy

16:13 Parliament of Kyrgyzstan approves termination of Manas air base agreements with 11 countries

13:24 Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan set to cooperate in combating contemporary challenges and threats

10:22 President of Romania to visit Kazakhstan

10:16 Kazakh-Pakistani transport and trade coop discussed in Islamabad

10:11 Senate Speaker, US Ambassador exchanged opinions on Kazakh-US coop

09:43 Ak Jol parliamentary faction approves termination of Manas air base agreements with 11 countries

09:32 Three Parliamentary Committees approve termination of Manas air base agreements with 11 countries

09:05 President Bakiev: Kyrgyzstan prepared to offer its territory for shipment of non-military goods

business

13:40 Uzbekistan upgrades Novo-Angren thermal station at a cost of US$ 575.4 million

11:17 Dushanbe, Tashkent to establish air link

sport

13:12 Uzbek boxer Sherzod Alimjanov wins fight against sportsman from the Philippines

analysis & comments

10:26 Kazakhs boost uranium as oil prices flatline, but waste issues remain unsolved

09:31 Herald Tribune: At digs in Kazakhstan, signs of the early horse

culture

09:45 Two pictures by Taras Shevchenko, previously not exhibited in Ukraine, come from Kazakhstan to Lviv

incidents

09:44 83 kg of drugs seized in northern Tajikistan in February

09:36 Suspects of jewelry shop robbery detained in Dushanbe

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