BAKU. Oct 20 (News at Interfax) – Azerbaijan’s Bank of Baku increased assets by 22.1% to 228.93 million manat (0.8014 manat/$1 on October 20, 2010) in January-September 2010, …

TASHKENT. Oct 20 (News at Interfax) – The joint venture GM Uzbekistan (formerly Uz-Daewoo Auto) increased automobile production by 11.2% year-on-year to 160,831 vehicles in January-September. Uzbekistan’s State …

BAKU. Oct 20 (News at Interfax) – Azerbaijan ended the period January-September with a foreign trade surplus of almost $11.124 billion, a 90% year-on-year increase, the country’s State …

TASHKENT. Oct 20 (News at Interfax) – Uzbekistan increased its production of electrical power by 4.5% year-on-year to 38.455 billion kWt hours in Q1-Q3, the country’s State Statistics …

MOSCOW. Oct 20 (Central Asia News) – Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov on Wednesday left for Livadia in Ukraine’s Crimea to attend a CIS defense ministers’ meeting. “In …

MINSK. Oct 20 (News at Interfax) – A mission of CIS observers led by CIS Executive Secretary Sergei Lebedev started monitoring the presidential election campaign in Belarus on …

BAKU. Oct 20 (News at Interfax) – The United States has yet to decide whether joint projects between Azerbaijan and Iran meet the requirements of the United Nations’ …

BISHKEK. Oct 20 (News at Interfax) – Former Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev’s nephew, Sanzharbek Bakiyev, is standing trial for allegedly organizing mass disturbances in the country in May. …

YEREVAN. Oct 20 (News at Interfax) – The Russian-Armenian joint venture for building a new generating block at Armenia’s atomic power station – CJSC Metsamorenergatom – is looking …

MOSCOW. Oct 20 (News at Interfax) – A stronger Russian influence on Kyrgyzstan may lead to positive changes in the situation in Kyrgyzstan and in the region as …