Central Asia

China Development Bank may give a $3 bl loan to Samruk-Kazyna National Welfare Fund. Anar Umarova, the vice president of the Development Bank of Kazakhstan (subsidiary of Samruk-Kazyna).

The national exhibition of software products "BestSoft Uzbekistan2009" and the national forum of programmers will take place in Tashkent on May 12-14 at the Tashkent University of Information Technologies.

Russian Federation has transferred a $300 million concessional loan to Kyrgyzstan, the Kyrgyz National Bank informed the news agency “24.kg”.

A delegation of St. Petersburg businessmen led by deputy governor Roman Filimonov will offer the ministries and organizations of Turkmenistan a number of projects prepared by the Russian companies specifically for Turkmenistan.

Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received Igor Makarov, CEO of Itera international group of companies on 25 April.

A 6 magnitude earthquake repeatedly hit northern part of Kyrgyzstan on the night of April 28. According to preliminary data, the epicenter of the quake located in Talas region.

Over 4 000 people have visited 'International education-2009' exhibition in Almaty on April 26.

Members of Uzbekistan's security forces seized 9.5 kg (20 lbs) of heroin from two drug smugglers during a special operation, a law enforcement spokesman said on Saturday.

Tolon Isakov Director of the State Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance Department under the Kyrgyz Health Care Ministry informed that Kyrgyzstan had no grounds for panic over transmission of swine flu from Mexico and the U.S.

The deputies of the Senate of Parliament of Kazakhstan on Thursday passed the amendments and additions to the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Public Procurement.