Central Asia

The Bishkek Children’s Hematology Department of the National Maternity and Childhood Protection Center under the Ministry of Health Care will host a charity campaign on the occasion of the Universal Children’s Day, traditionally celebrated on November 20.

Kazakhstan Economy Day within practical implementing of “Road to Europe” state program in Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) was organized in Düsseldorf, Kazinform reported referring to Kazakh Foreign Affairs Ministry press service.

Number of mobile subscribers in Uzbekistan reached 11.595 million on November 1 2008, the State Commission on Radio Frequencies of Uzbekistan under the Uzbek Agency for Communication and Information said on Monday, November 17.

Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov started his official visit to the Austrian Republic on 17 November.

Kyrgyz authorities will introduce nightly power blackouts in Bishkek due to inobservance of energy consumption limits, Talant Raimjanov the Director General of the Severelecro Company told the news agency “24.kg” Monday.

"Barrel of change. Kazakhstan oil and gas sector and sustainable development" workshop for NGOs and mass media will be organized in Almaty on November 27-28. Event will be organized with the assistance of Soros-Kazakhstan Foundation and OSCE Center in Astana.

Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President of the Federal Republic of Germany Horst Koehler held talks in Berlin on 14 November.

Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is expected to take the current warm and cordial Malaysia-Uzbekistan bilateral ties to a new level when he arrives here Sunday for a four-day official visit.

Uranium from Kazakhstan will soon be powering Indian nuclear plants, Kazakh ambassador in India revealed in a newspaper interview.

A regional conference "Drug resistant tuberculosis - difficulties in fight against tuberculosis" opened in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on November 11.