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BISHKEK (TCA) — In its 2015 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) released on January 27, Transparency International ranked 168 countries based on perceived levels of public-sector corruption. The most corrupt countries in Central Asia, according to the index, were Afghanistan (ranked 166th), Turkmenistan (156th), and Uzbekistan (153rd). Continue reading
TASHKENT (TCA) — Vietnam’s Petrovietnam Exploration & Production (PVEP) has suspended geological prospecting for oil and gas in Uzbekistan, Novosti Uzbekistana news agency reported. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — Entrepreneurs from Uzbekistan are interested in growing fruit orchards in southern Kazakhstan, Novosti-Kazakhstan news agency reported citing Nurzhan Altayev, deputy chairman of the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — In Russia, the number of labor migrants from Kyrgyzstan is on the rise while that from Tajikistan and Uzbekistan is decreasing, the Fergana information agency reported with reference to the Federal Migration Service of Russia (FMS). Continue reading
TASHKENT (TCA) — South Korea company Young Shin Tech plans to organize production of gas cylinders for motor vehicles in Uzbekistan, Novosti Uzbekistana news agency reported. Continue reading
TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan will until 2020 reduce the production and state purchases of raw cotton from today’s 3.350 million down to 3 million tons a year, Uzbek President Islam Karimov said at the Government meeting on January 15, Novosti Uzbekistana reported. Continue reading