Central Asia

Kyrgyz law enforcement agencies revealed 733 drug traffic cases in 2009, press service of the Kyrgyz Interior Ministry reported.

Loaf of bread costs 350 sums since July 1 ($0.23), loaf of white bread of first grade - 470 sums ($0.31). At the same time sugar became more expensive from 1500 sums to 1800 sums ($1.21).

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko will visit Turkmenistan in September this year. During the official visit he will participate in the ceremony of commissioning of a railway bridge across Amu Darya river, which is being built by Ukrainian specialists.

Kazakhstan speaks for prevention of religious and inter-ethnic clashes, said President Nursultan Nazarbaev in his address to the 3rd Congress of Leaders of the World and Traditional Religions on July 1.

Closing show of the international Kyrgyzstan-France-Germany film festival will take place in Bishkek. The Festival’s Echo screening, scheduled for the night of July 3, will run in the Bishkek Film House, Gulbara Tolomusheva.

"Czech airlines" company opened direct regular flight on Prague-Tashkent-Prague route on July 1, 2009.

During a telephone conversation, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov invited Dmitry Medvedev to visit Ashgabat on the final day of the off-road rally "Silk Road-2009" that will pass through Russia, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan from 5 to 13 September.

Kazakhstan sees Israel an important partner in Middle East, said President Nursultan Nazarbaev during meeting with Israeli President Shimon Peres today.

Participation of Kyrgyz Prime Minister Igor Chudinov in the International Economic Forum in Switzerland resulted into signing of program for development of trade in the Kyrgyz Republic.

Uzbek electronic mass media association developed a project on increasing level of journalists in key topics of Small grants program of Global ecological fund (GEF).