President of Turkmenistan expressed serious concerns about the “lack of necessary conditions for normal work of geologists, incompliance with the rules of labor protection and safety†to the leadership of the geological branch.
The International Monetary Fund has welcomed the significant progress made by Turkmenistan last year in transforming the national economy, “especially, the effective management of the new currency regimeâ€.
Index of consumer prices in the first quarter of 2009 increased only 0.9% according to official statistics. Consumer prices in reporting period increased only 0.3% in comparison with December, 2008, State Statistics Service data says.
Sales tax rate for Kyrgyz banks will be reduced from 3.5 up to 2.5 percent. The statement has been made at meeting of a commission under chairmanship of the first Vice Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Omurbek Babanov on Wednesday, May 13.
Kazakh Foreign Minister Marat Tazhin and his FRG counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier signed action program within partnership for future between Kazakhstan and the Federative Republic of Germany, Kazakh Foreign Ministry reported.
It is planned to close the Kyrgyz budget gap with the grant received from Russia, Akylbek Japarov, Economic Development and Trade Minister of Kyrgyzstan said at the government session on Wednesday, May 13.
Turkmenistan will take part in the World Exhibition “Expo-2010â€, which will take place from May 1 to October 31, 2010, in Shanghai (the People's Republic of China).