China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) plans to begin development of Eastern Alat gas-condensate field in the Bukhara-Khiva region, west Uzbekistan, a source in the government told Trend. CNPC...

Over 50% of TV sets used by Azerbaijani population are not ready for reception of digital signals. Communication and Information Technologies Ministry of Azerbaijan has reported that in order to...

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has approved the Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in exchange of news between Azerbaijan and Qatar. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has signed a...

Igor Vinyavsky, the editor-in-chief of one of the last remaining independent national newspapers in Kazakhstan, has a long history of being a thorn in the side of the Kazakh government. So IFEX...

new book Chaos, Violence, Dynasty: Politics and Islam in Central Asia, Eric McGlinchey analyzes the differing political paths taken by independent Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. The reason...

Legislation designed to put an end to bride kidnapping has failed to pass through Kyrgyzstan's parliament because, some deputies say, the bill would have also put an end to polygamous marriages....

The MINISTRY of FOREIGN AFFAIRS of Uzbekistan held a meeting with the European Union Special Representative for Central Asia Pierre Morel, which dealt with practical issues in the development of...

Reporters Without Borders is extremely concerned by the growing crackdown on independent journalists in Kazakhstan "The authorities, even more paranoid as a result...

By John Helmer MOSCOW - Ignore the plot entirely, but try this Joseph Stalin point from a novel called Archangel. The story by Robert Harris, written in 1998, is about a semi-alcoholic professor...

An Uzbek struggle in name only By J Z Adams The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) in November released on its website, alfurqon.com, a list of its "martyrs" of 2011. The most...

By Sergei Blagov The Caspian nations have reiterated earlier promises to seek a consensus-based settlement, but they apparently have failed to resolve their differences. As a result, the...

BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan agreed on Wednesday to a strategic partnership that guarantees German companies the right to search for...

Over the past year the US has courted the former Soviet states of Central Asia as it bolsters its supply line to its forces fighting in Afghanistan, and Uzbekistan, once considered a pariah state...

Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Azerbaijan has done everything possible in the issue of fictional 'Armenian genocide'. According to Turkey’s Anadolu news agency, Erdogan said...

Chairman of the State Committee for Work with Diaspora Nazim Ibrahimov met with deputy chair of the France-Caucasus friendship group Nathalie Goulet. Ibrahimov pointed out such visits play an...

The schedule of the games in the Premier League, the first division and the Cup of Azerbaijan has changed due to weather conditions in the territory of Azerbaijan. The matches of the 19th round of...

Modernization and improvement of the education sphere are the key factors in the further development of Azerbaijan and EU is ready to extend every support in this direction. The statement came...

ASTANA, February 8 (Itar-Tass) - The United States expressed its gratitude for Kazakhstan’s participation in searching for a peaceful solution to Iran’s nuclear problem, U.S. Ambassador...

ASHGABAT, February 8 (Itar-Tass) - The head of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Ashgabat, Ambassador Sergei Belyayev told foreign accreduted reporters in Turkmenistan...

BAKU, February 8 (Itar-Tass) - The European Union pledges to sign a free trade zone agreement with Azerbaijan after its accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), head of the EU Office in Baku...

MOSCOW, February 8 (Itar-Tass) - The lower house of Russia’s parliament will send its observers to monitor the presidential election due to take place in Turkmenistan on February 12, the head...

Natural gas from a pipeline from Turkmenistan will be cheaper than rival plans from an Iranian gas field in the Persian Gulf, a Pakistani minister said. Pakistani Minister for Water and Power Naveed...

08.02.2012 17:38:41 During January 2011 the Republican Stock Exchange (RSE) Toshkent signed 29 deals on purchase and sale of shares of joint stock companies, of which one deal was made on the primary...

As a child I remember some places were out of reach: places of mystery, places where great and dreadful deeds occurred, where dragons roamed and witches brewed. Placeslike Timbuktu, Coventry and...

Mongolia is the most sparsely populated independent country on the planet, vast unspoiled steppes stretch as far as the eye can see. But, the country is undergoing major changes: the traditional...

Uzbek refugee Jamshid Muhtorov pleaded not guilty in U.S. District Court on Tuesday to providing material support to a terrorist organization.The 35-year-old Aurora resident and former human-rights...

Azerbaijan and the EU plan to start talks on easing the visa regime at the end of the month, an EU official has said. The head of the EU office in Azerbaijan, Roland Kobia, said that the weather...

AzerTAj reports. Lefort stressed the importance of strengthening cooperation in fighting against organized crime and illegal drug haul. The Azeri Minister spoke of the Armenia-Azerbaijan...

The supply of natural gas to Turkey from Azerbaijan has been cut off and that from Iran has dropped. The compressor stations in Azerbaijan and Iran are having technical problems. The technical...

Honored artist of Azerbaijan Sakit Mammadov is awarded the Russian premium of the 'Person of Millennium'. The premium is given for the contribution in world culture and creative art. The...

Chairman of the Working Group on Azerbaijan, Congressman from Oklahoma Dan Boren gave a statement in which he called on the White House to nominate a new envoy to Azerbaijan and the Senate to approve...

"Last time, heavy frosts were in Azerbaijan in 1969, but back then the temperature in Baku was only minus ten degrees," the country’s meteorology service said. As for the weather in...

ASHGABAT, February 8 (Itar-Tass) - The CIS observer mission said in its statement on Wednesday that Turkmenistan was ready for holding a free, fair and democratic presidential election due on...

Nobody seems to know where he came from, but over the last day or so, a man calling himself Tolibjon Kurbankhanov has become an online sensation in Russia. Kurbankhanov, supposedly a Tajik migrant...

Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks rose for a third day after Toyota Motor Corp. raised its profit forecast, while the euro traded near an eight-week high as Greek leaders worked on a rescue plan...

* Taiwan, Malaysia and Philippine c.banks spotted -dealers * Stock inflows lift Taiwan dlr, won * Rating upgrade bets support Philippine peso (Adds details, updates prices) By Jongwoo Cheon ...

In order to improve the experience and skills of the company staff and insurance agents in providing quality insurance services to clients, on 23-27 January this year, the Directorate of Kafolat...

08.02.2012 11:54:01 President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov has sent greetings to Sauli Niyniste on his election as President of the Republic of Finland. This was reported by the press office of the...

How Imperial Russia wooed Asia Russia's own Orient: The politics of identity and Oriental studies in the Imperial and early Soviet periods by Vera Tolz Reviewed by Dmitry Shlapentokh The...

By Stephen Blank Russian foreign policy under Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is increasingly resorting to gunboat diplomacy. However, another key element in Putin's agenda has been his ...

Northern Distribution Network The US Department of Defense makes approximately $500 million in payments annually to Central Asian states participating in the Northern Distribution Network. But the...

By Nino Kharadze The vibrant Black Sea port of Lazika, with half a million residents making it second only to Tbilisi, is the economic powerhouse of western Georgia. Or at least that is the...

A murder was committed in Mingechevir city. APA’s local bureu reports that the incident was recorded at Nariman Narimanov street, ap 39. An unknown person, who entered the house for robbery,...

Azerbaijani ambassador in United Arab Emirates Elkhan Gahramanov met chairman of the National Federal Assembly of the Emirates Muhammad Ahmad Al-Murr. According to sources in the embassy, the sides...

The fifth international contest 'Presidential Cup' is to be held in Almaty (Kazakhstan) from 28 April until 2 May. The footballers born in 1996 will take part. According to AFFA’s...

(Adil Soz/IFEX) - The following is a letter to the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Kazakhstan about the detention of editor Igor Vinyavsky, whose detention is believed to be politically...