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Friday 18th May, 2012

    • Tajikistan Rejects “The Dictator”

    EurasiaNet

    vanity projects while half the population lives on less than $2 a day -- will not be showing Sacha Baron Cohen's latest film, "The Dictator." The spoof -- which follows an eccentric ...

    • Uzbekistan to host Asia Taekwondo Championship

    UZ Report

    18.05.2012 11:41:23 The Assembly of the Asian Taekwondo Federation, which was held as part of the Asian Taekwondo Championship (WTF) in Vietnam, decided on the next host of the continental ...

    • Date of Polish FM's visit to Azerbaijan publicized

    News.Az

    Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland Radoslaw Sikorski will pay a visit to Azerbaijan on 17 July, Polish Ambassador to Azerbaijan Mikhal Labenda said. He said the visit would be realized at the ...

  • 0.5 liters of mercury found in Azerbaijan

    News.Az

    Ministry of Emergency Situations of Azerbaijan was informed that in the Yasamal district abandoned container with a suspicious substance. The information about its was received by the MES on the ...

  • Exchange of opinions on the forthcoming Uzbek-Russian contacts held

    UZ Report

    18.05.2012 09:48:03 The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation Vladimir Tyurdenev was received at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan on May ...

  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkmenistan completes his mission to Uzbekistan

    UZ Report

    18.05.2012 09:47:00 The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkmenistan Soltan Pirmuhamedov, who is completing his diplomatic mission to our country, was received at the Ministry of ...

  • The New Investment Law is approved

    Business Mongolia

    Mongolia’s parliament approved a new investment law Thursday that caps future foreign participation in certain strategic industries, reflecting a growing public push to keep profits from the ...

  • Asia shares fall steeply on worries over Spain banks, growth

    General Sources

    political turmoil in Greece, with the latest sluggish economic data from the United States adding to the list of risks for investors. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares ...

  • Daily Stock Exchange News

    Business Mongolia

    29.2 thousand shares of 28 JSCs were sold at the Mongolian Stock Exchange today (Thursday May 17th), totaling 26.3 million MNT. Total of 28 JSCs were traded, share prices of 7 JSCs increased, 7 were ...

  • Kyrgyzstan: Village Courts Have Mixed Record - Report

    EurasiaNet

    Kyrgyz Courts When changes were approved back in 1995 that enabled village elders in rural areas to handle small-scale legal matters, it was hoped the move would greatly improve the functioning of ...

  • Kazakh police officer imprisoned in riot trial

    The Telegraph

    A court in Kazakhstan has imprisoned a police officer for allowing a protester to die in custody last year, the first sentencing in a series of trials linked to a riot that shook the former Soviet ...

  • Eurovision: Azerbaijan's Three Days of Fame

    EurasiaNet

    "Just You Wait." Sick of what they term international media and rights groups' "politicization" of Eurovision, officials say that when Europe drops by Azerbaijan on May 22 ...

  • New models of social services to be applied in Azerbaijan

    News.Az

    Labor and Social Protection Minister of Azerbaijan Fizuli Alekberov has held republic-wide video conference. The agency reports that the conference was devoted to issues of development prospects of ...

  • Hackers break into Azerbaijan Eurovision websites

    Reuters

    BAKU (Reuters) - A group of hackers calling themselves Cyberwarriors for Freedom attacked the official websites of the Eurovision song contest on Thursday, demanding that the host nation, ...

  • Move over Superman, it's time for Astanaman

    The Telegraph

    The world has read the adventures of Superman, Spiderman, Wonderwoman, Batman and other American superheroes and now, perhaps, it's time for Kazakhstan's ...

  • 167 foreigners engaged in illegal street trade detained in Azerbaijan

    News.Az

    Last week the State Migration Service of Azerbaijan detained 167 foreigners engaged in illegal trade in the country. The Service reports that last week employees of Migration Service conducted ...

  • Chinese state councilor meets Uzbek finance minister

    SINA

    Chinese State Councilor Meng Jianzhu (R), who is also Chinese chairman of the China-Uzbekistan inter-government cooperation committee, meets with Uzbek First Deputy Prime Minister and Finance ...

  • Tourist information booths constructed in Azerbaijan due to Eurovision

    News.Az

    Tourist information kiosks were constructed in Azerbaijan in connection with Eurovision-2012. According to Ministry of Culture and Tourism, these kiosks were constructed in Railway Station, Baku ...

  • European Parliament to hold debates on Azerbaijan

    News.Az

    APA reports that the debates will be held within the European Parliament’s next plenary session in Strasbourg on May 21-24. The debates will be held at the last day of the session. Besides, ...

  • Kazakhstan: Astana Touts Caspian Port as NDN Hub

    EurasiaNet

    Aktau, which includes a major Caspian Sea port, is being reviewed by the United States as a possible key hub in moving military cargo out of Afghanistan. Kazakhstan plans to enlarge the Aktau port ...

  • Trade turnover hits historical record between Azerbaijan, Serbia

    News.Az

    The volume of trade turnover between Azerbaijan and Serbia during Q1 has exceeded 2011 figure. Vice-president of Serbian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Vice President Vidosava Dzagic says the ...

  • Russian military facilities in Kyrgyzstan

    RIA Novosti

    No decision has been made to withdraw the Russian airbase from the town of Kant, Kyrgyzstan, an aide to the Russian defense minister said on ...

  • The final resolution of the National forum of programmers of Uzbekistan

    UZ Report

    17.05.2012 17:43:04 Uzbekistan has carried out targeted measures for the further development of informatization. Availability of public support, the efforts of the business community and civil ...

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