Daily Monitor

March 5, 2019

Iran and Armenia propose gas transit to Georgia

The deal would reduce the Caucasus’s reliance on Russian gas but could incur the ire of both Moscow and Washington.
March 5, 2019

Libyan Interior Ministry, IOM discuss mutual coope

Senior officials from the Libyan Interior Ministry and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Sunday discussed mutual cooperation to provide needs for illegal immigrants in Libya.
March 5, 2019

Volume of cargo transshipment from India,…

In January 2019, the volume of cargo transshipment from India and Pakistan through Turkish ports amounted to 189,700 tons, the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of Turkey told Trend Feb. 27.
March 13, 2019

Tajikistan: Internet just got way more expensive

With this price hike on mobile online data, the cost of going online in Tajikistan compares with that in Western Europe.
March 13, 2019

Kazakhstan Government amends 2019 budget

Based on the adjusted macroeconomic forecast, the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan has changed the 2019 Forecast of Budget Parameters, Kazinform correspondent reports.
March 13, 2019

Turkestan to develop new tourist zone

Turkestan region Governor Umirzak Shukeyev surveyed the regional centre on Tuesday to get familiarized with the new tourist zone project. It will be built nearby the Azret Sultan Memorial Estate, the Governor's press service reports.
March 14, 2019

UK Parliament rejects May’s latest Brexit plan

The British Parliament has again voted down Prime Minister Theresa May's plan for the UK's departure from the European Union, with 391 voting against and 242 voting for her plan, revised from the last attempt at the start of the year, Trend reports citing Sputnik.
March 14, 2019

What’s next for Algeria?

Analysts say president's concessions are an attempt to buy time, will thousands of demonstrators accept it?
March 15, 2019

California native preserves Almaty’s Soviet mon…

California native and Kazakh TV’s Discovering Kazakhstan host Dennis Keen has lived in Almaty for six years. It was in his adopted city that Soviet monumental art first caught his eye.
March 15, 2019

Kazakh finance ministry amends draft budget plan

The Ministry of Finance proposed increasing the guaranteed transfer from the National Fund to 2.7 trillion tenge (US$7.13 billion) at a March 12 governmental meeting. The change translates to an additional 250 billion tenge (US$660.26 million) to finance President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s new initiatives this year.