News Roundup

News Roundup - September 11, 2007

By SRI ⋅ September 11, 2007 ⋅

Gazeta.KZ: Kazakhstan President Visits Turkmenistan
Official 2-days visit of Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev to Turkmenistan started today…
Gazeta.KZ: Kazakhstan Is Ready to Open Dialogue on Kashagan Project
Kazakhstan is ready to open dialogue on Kashagan project, said RK Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Sauat Mynbayev…
Eurasian Home Analytical Resource: Kazakhstan’s Energy Policy
The evolution of Kazakhstan’s energy policy is quite evident. The country does not set its oil and gas policy alone. In this respect its independence is very relative…
Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty: Regional Price Hikes For Flour And Bread Hit Tajikistan
Flour prices in Dushanbe have risen by nearly 33 percent increase since last week, causing many shoppers to leave the markets empty-handed and surprised by the price spike…
Forbes: Kazakhstan’s ATF-Bank Sells Insurance Ops to Allianz for About 30 Million USD
Kazakhstan’s ATF-Bank sold its ATF-Polis insurance company to Allianz SE for about 30 mln usd, ATF-Bank chairman Talgat Kuanyshev said at a press conference in Almaty, Interfax reported…
OilVoice: Tethys Petroleum Provides Tajikistan and Kazkahstan Contracts Update
Tethys Petroleum Limited announces that its wholly owned subsidiary, Tethys Tajikistan Limited (“TTL”), has signed an Investment and Operating Agreement (the “IOA”) with Southern Oil and Gas Exploration State Unitary Enterprise (“SOG”) relating to oil and gas fields in Southern Tajikistan…
Reuters: Kazakhstan Tells Eni CEO of Oilfield Concern
Kazakhstan told an Eni-led consortium developing a major oilfield on Tuesday that project delays threatened it with “unacceptable” economic harm as talks aimed at settling the row entered a crucial phase…
Reuters: Indicators - Kazakhstan - September 11, 2007
Kazakhstan’s economic indicators based on data provided by the State Statistics Agency, government institutions, the central bank and exchanges…