Saturday 28th January, 2012
Uzbekistan cancels Valentine's Day
Uzbekistan has cancelled the celebration of Valentine's Day in the country, describing it as the result of "forces with evil goals bent on putting an end to national values." According to reports, ...
Industrial-innovation Kazakhstan's new economic focus
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev Friday said the energy-rich Central Asian nation would prioritise diversification of the economy away from resource extraction toward industrial-innovation ...
Six traffic accidents on Saturday night in Azerbaijan
Chief of public affairs department of the State Traffic Police Office colonel-lieutenant Vagif Asadov warned drivers of dangerous driving conditions. He urged all drivers to drive slowly and ...
Kazakhstan opposition holds rare protest rally
CTVALMATY, Kazakhstan -; Hundreds of opposition supporters protested the results of recent elections and the violent suppression of an oil workers protest at a demonstration Saturday in ...
Rare anti-Nazarbayev protest in Kazakhstan
BreitbartHundreds of demonstrators on Saturday defied a heavy police presence to stage a rare protest in Kazakhstan against strongman President Nursultan Nazarbayev and the conduct of legislative ...
Azerbaijan's football team to play Singapore
News.AzOne more opponent of Azerbaijan's football squad has been declared for a friendly. Our team is to meet Singapore in Dubai on 24 February. On 29 February Azerbaijan is to play Palestine. ...
Azerbaijan succeeds in achieving total livestock increase in cattle breeding
News.AzIn 2011 Azerbaijan succeeded in achieving minimal increase in total livestock in cattle breeding- by only 0.37%. According to State Statistical Committee by early 2012 black cattle livestock in the ...
Georgia plans grand new port
Asia TimesBy 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 ...
Snow causes traffic problems in Azerbaijan’s north
News.AzIt has been a few days that the continuous snowfall has caused problems on a number of roads in Azerbaijan's north. According to sources in the 6th Guba Road Department, front and snow caused ...
Traffic police strengthen traffic safety in Azerbaijan
News.AzThe traffic police have strengthened traffic safety due to snowfall in Azerbaijan, department chief of the State Traffic Police Office Kamran Aliyev. "Sand has been spread on the roads. The ...
IMF announced mission to Azerbaijan
News.AzIMF has announced sending the next mission to Azerbaijan for consultations with the government. Head of the Mission’s Fund for Azerbaijan Nadim Ilahi has reported that the mission will arrive ...
The list of driving categories expanded in Azerbaijan
News.AzUnder the amendments the list of driving license categories is expanded by new category BE. By Decision No13 the Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan has introduced amendments in regulations on ...
Action plan on Year of Sports prepared in Azerbaijan
News.AzAn event on announcement of 2012 as the 'Year of Sports' in our country according to the decree of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev was held at the Ministry of Youth and Sports on ...
Hundreds protest in Kazakhstan against elections
Channel News AsiaALMATY: Hundreds turned out Saturday for an unusually large protest in Kazakhstan against the conduct of parliamentary polls that gave a landslide victory to President Nursultan Nazarbayev's ...
Protests in Kazakhstan against conduct of polls
BreitbartHundreds turned out Saturday for an unusually large protest in Kazakhstan against the conduct of parliamentary polls that gave a landslide victory to President Nursultan Nazarbayev's ruling ...
Baku takes control of gas export policy
Asia TimesBy Robert M Cutler MONTREAL - The recent announcement that Azerbaijan and Turkey will construct on Turkish territory a pipeline for transiting natural gas from the Caspian Sea basin to Europe ...
Kashagan feels growing pains
Asia TimesBy Robert M Cutler MONTREAL - Kazakhstan's huge offshore Kashagan deposit may be developed earlier than previously expected, according to Bolat Akchulakov, the head of Kazakhstan's ...
Shah Deniz endgame nigh
Asia TimesBy Robert M Cutler MONTREAL - The approach of important deadlines for pipeline project decisions involving the Caspian Sea basin is accelerating developments in the region. The president ...
World Briefing | Asia: Kyrgyzstan: Prisoners Sew Mouths Shut in Protest
New York TimesMore than a thousand convicts have stitched their mouths closed to protest prison conditions, a prison official said Friday. The protest, set off by a raid of a jail in the capital, Bishkek, ...
International friendly: Romania 4 Turkmenistan 0
soccerwayRomania have thrashed Turkmenistan 4-0 in their first international of the year, a friendly in Turkey on Friday. Romania have thrashed Turkmenistan 4-0 in their first international of the year, a ...
Ukraine in energy talks with Turkey, Azerbaijan
Turkish Daily NewsTurkey on the implementation of joint projects in the energy sector, said Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych at Davos, according to a Baku-based news portal yesterday."We have held a round ...
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