Central Asia

On the first Sunday of April Turkmenistan celebrates the national holiday A Drop of Water - A Grain of Gold.

Kyrgyzstan was listed among the most politically unstable counties, Political Instability Index investigation of the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) said.

Experts link the urgent arrival of Kazakhstan's Prime Minister to Tashkent with the telephone conversation the President of two states held on April 2, reported Regnum on April 4.

Beijing will accommodate Astana with loan to develop energy and infrastructure projects, Kazakh MFA informed.

The Center for Development and Implementation of Computer Technologies Uzinfocom at the Uzbek Agency for Communication and Informatization has announced about launch of the Uzinfocom Internet Data Center.

“About 70 percent of teachers in Kyrgyzstan have no legal right for this kind of work,” Kyrgyz Assistant Education and Science Minister Boris Kubaev said meeting with rectors of the higher education institutions in Bishkek Thursday.

Turkmen central print media published a programme of performances by masters of art and culture of the Russian Federation as part of Days of Russian Culture in Turkmenistan from 6 to 11 April.

Representatives of Turkmen diaspora living in the Russian Federation, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan will participate in the 2nd International Festival of World Turkmens titled "Turkmenistan - country of transformations".

US$ 600 thousand will be allocated for US-Kazakh Public-Private Partnership Initiative Project, AmCham President Kenneth Mack.

Kyrgyz Oppositional Revolutionary Committee plans to discuss the issue of boycotting the presidential elections on July 23, 2009, sources of the news agency “24.kg” reported.