Eurasia Press & News
At last, after two years of argument about the constitution, President Bakiev is pushing through a quick solution – although not everyone is happy with his vision of how Kyrgyzstan should be governed.
Read More »Azerbaijan to complete construction of nuclear reactor
By 2012, a nuclear reactor will be launched in Azerbaijan between the cities of Baku and Sumgait, President of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan Makhmud Kerimov told reporters today.
Read More »Turkey to earn $600 million from Iran natural gas
ANKARA – The details of a July natural gas exploration and transportation agreement between Turkey and Iran, over US objections, are now becoming clearer. According to the agreement Iran will pay 20 percent of profits from the natural gas extracted from the South Pars Basin to Turkey in compensation for …
Read More »Defense cooperation between the Pakistan and the Uzbekistan
Pakistan and Uzbekistan signed on 21 September a memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at increasing and intensifying defense cooperation, Xinhua reported quoting the News Network International (NNI).
Read More »Putin is visiting Iran on October 16
Russian President Vladimir Putin is to visit Iran on October 16 to attend the summit of the Caspian Sea littoral states, Iran‘s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said here on Tuesday evening.
Read More »An Agreement between the US and Azerbaijan for the Trans-Caspian Pipelines
The United States and Azerbaijan today signed an agreement to conduct a feasibility study on building two pipelines under the Caspian Sea. Under the agreement, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) will give Azerbaijan’s State Oil Company a $1.7 million grant to conduct the study.
Read More »Turkey wins Iraqi pledge to take action against Kurdish militants
Turkey and Iraq agreed to try to end the presence of a Kurdish rebel group in Iraq, Turkey’s prime minister told a news conference Tuesday, while four more US soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq as US troop levels reached an all-time high of about 162,000. “We …
Read More »Turkey’s Ozkok says any military operation in northern Iraq requires political decision
Former chief of the Turkish General Staff General Hilmi Ozkok said on Wednesday (August 1st) that any decision on launching military operations in northern Iraq depends on the government.
Read More »Russia plants flag to claim Arctic seabed riches
A Russian expedition planted the country’s flag on the seabed under the North Pole on Thursday, capping a mission to claim the mineral riches of the Arctic and drawing ridicule from abroad.
Read More »Situation worsens in Dagestan
Mujahideen eliminated a so-called deputy head of the “Buinaksk department of interior affairs” Lieut. Col. Abdulmashid Rasulov.
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