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News Roundup - February 26, 2008
Forum 18: Kazakhstan: Increased pressure to complete intrusive questionnaires
For some years, Kazakhstan has been demanding that non-Muslim religious communities complete highly intrusive questionnaires, Forum 18 News Service has noted…
Kazinform: Kazakhstan to prolong ban on vegetable oil export till June 1, 2008
“Kazakhstan will extend ban on export of sunflower seeds and vegetable oil till June 1, 2008,” Agriculture Minister Akhmetzhan Yessimov has stressed at today’s telephone conference in Astana…
Gazeta.KZ: About 9.5 mln oil tones were extracted in RK during 2 months
During two months in Kazakhstan there were extracted about 9,5 mln of tones of oil. This was said today during a selectoral meeting in the government by the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Sauat Mynbayev…
Neweurasia.net: European parliament drafts resolution on EU policy in Central Asia
Late last year the European Parliament has prepared a draft resolution on the EU Strategy in Central Asia, which was adopted last summer under the German presidency in European Union…
AP: Wheat jumps on supply concerns
Wheat futures shot up 60 cents a bushel Monday after Kazakhstan said it would slow grain exports by imposing customs duties, adding to concerns over tightening global supplies…
Financial Times: Top-quality wheat price soars to new high
Prices of top-quality wheat jumped 25 per cent to a record high on Monday in their largest one-day increase as Kazakhstan, one of the largest grain exporters, said it would impose export tariffs to curb sales…
Press TV: Iran to start Caspian oil drilling
Iran will begin oil exploration in the sixth block of the Caspian Sea by the homemade Iran-Alborz semi submersible drilling rig soon…
AP: Turkmen president says he want to step up efforts to export energy resources to Europe
The announcement offers a glimmer of hope to the European Union, which has struggled to gain firm assurances of direct access to the natural gas-rich Central Asian nation’s gas supplies…
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