MarketWatch.kz http://www.marketwatch.kz/ ru MarketWatch.kz DataLife Engine New Chess Game http://www.marketwatch.kz/for-subscribers/foreign-affairs/184-new-chess-game.html http://www.marketwatch.kz/for-subscribers/foreign-affairs/184-new-chess-game.html Geopolitics around Central Asia is becoming tough because of a new wave of the fight for the valuable region Foreign affairs Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:30:18 +0600 Kazakh, Tajik presidents upbeat about bilateral economic ties http://www.marketwatch.kz/for-subscribers/foreign-affairs/77-kazakh-tajik-presidents-upbeat-about.html http://www.marketwatch.kz/for-subscribers/foreign-affairs/77-kazakh-tajik-presidents-upbeat-about.html Kazakhstan and Tajikistan will expand bilateral economic cooperation under a programme until 2011 and set up a $100m mutual investment fund, the sides agreed during Tajik President Emomali Rahmon’s visit to Astana earlier this week. Foreign affairs Wed, 14 May 2008 21:32:11 +0600 Uzbek leader opposes idea of Central Asian Union at meeting with Kazakh counterpart http://www.marketwatch.kz/for-subscribers/foreign-affairs/66-uzbek-leader-opposes-idea-of-central.html http://www.marketwatch.kz/for-subscribers/foreign-affairs/66-uzbek-leader-opposes-idea-of-central.html Uzbek President Islam Karimov has said that he does not support Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s idea of setting up a Central Asian Union. He covered up his stance by differences in socioeconomic development of regional countries. Economic conditions should be similar in all Central Asian countries to do this, the Uzbek president said during his visit to Astana on 22 April. Foreign affairs Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:27:57 +0600 Rumours about the Kyrgyz president's health spreading in Bishkek http://www.marketwatch.kz/for-subscribers/foreign-affairs/49-rumours-about-the-kyrgyz-presidents.html http://www.marketwatch.kz/for-subscribers/foreign-affairs/49-rumours-about-the-kyrgyz-presidents.html Rumours about the state of health of Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev have been circulating in Kyrgyzstan since the beginning of March. The country’s government has released only limited information about this. Foreign affairs Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:45:50 +0600 Kazakhstan to build reservoir in south to gain water independence http://www.marketwatch.kz/for-subscribers/foreign-affairs/46-kazakhstan-to-build-reservoir-in-south.html http://www.marketwatch.kz/for-subscribers/foreign-affairs/46-kazakhstan-to-build-reservoir-in-south.html The Kazakh government is to build a new reservoir in its water-starved south in a move the government says will boost national security. The Koksaray reservoir will be constructed in South Kazakhstan Region, a government meeting decided on Tuesday. Foreign affairs Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:01:37 +0600