Central Asia

This year Kazakhstan marks 110 years of oil drilling. Next year it is planned to gradually increase oil extraction and increase the gas production, reported intergovernmental television and radio broadcasting company MIR.

President Nursultan Nazarbaev and advisor to the Russian President Victor Chernomyrdin discussed questions of cooperation between the CIS countries, reported the President's press service.

Russia has granted Kyrgyzstan a large credit at the request of the United States, Aleksei Mitrofanov, a well-known Russian politician, member of the Fair Russia party’s main board said live to the Russian news service.

On October 6, Turkmenistan marked the National Day of Remembrance of the 1948 Ashkhabad earthquake. On this day, national flags were lowered, memorial services were held and traditional Sadaka (ritual meals) were given across the country in memory of the earthquake victims.

Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan are discussing mutual exchange of electric energy, the Energy Minister of Kazakhstan said.

On 25 September, the last day of the Week of Information and Communication Technologies, the awarding ceremony of the winners of the Internet Festival of UZ national domain was held in Tashkent.

About 65 percent of seniors in Kyrgyzstan live below poverty line, Galina Khmeleva, chair person for the Social Security Union told reporters in Bishkek, Monday.

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov met with Director General of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Jacques Diouf.

Journalism students learned about the importance of ethics as a pillar of media self-regulation at a training course supported by the OSCE Centre in Astana on Thursday.

Legislation on fight against legalization of profits from criminal activities and terrorism financing was strengthened in Uzbekistan.