• West Asia

    Iran plans to establish a transit link to Europe

    Bulgaria says it has seen positive signs that Iran is determined to press ahead with a plan to establish a multimodal transit link that involves a railroad that passes through its territory toward the heart of Europe. Bulgaria’s Presidential Office announced in a statement that the issue had been raised…

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  • Central Asia

    Russia sees progress after aviation security talks with Egypt

    Following high-level meetings between Russian and Egyptian aviation officials, both sides have said that progress has been made on a resumption of flights between the two countries, Ahram Online writes, Vestnik Kavkaza reports. Egypt’s Civil Aviation Minister Sherif Fathi was in Moscow last week along with a high-level security delegation…

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  • West Asia

    The Metsamor news in the media of Azerbaijan

    The AsiaN’s news about Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant has been published by major media agencies of Azerbaijan. The news was translated into several languages such as French, German, Russian and Armenian as well as Azerbaijani language. Azerbaijan State News Agency – AZERTAG also aired the news for the media followers.…

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  • Central Asia

    Kazakhstan to produce fuel for Ukrainian nuclear power plants

    The Chairman of the Board of the Kazakh Atomic Company ‘Kazatomprom’, Askar Zhumagaliev, and the Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Minister, Igor Nasalik, discussed possible supplies of nuclear fuel from Kazakhstan to Ukraine, Vestnik Kavkaza reports. Production of nuclear fuel for Ukrainian nuclear reactors in Kazakhstan was the main topic…

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  • West Asia

    Kutaisi University Town to be the biggest one in Caucasus

    A new university town is planned for Kutaisi, western Georgia, set to be the largest of its kind in the Caucasus region.  Equipped with modern infrastructure and new laboratories, it will be an educational-scientific center for the western part of Georgia, as well as for the wider region, Georgia Today…

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  • Central Asia

    Mongolia: Japan’s Rubbish Heap

    ELISE HONNINGDALSNES – The UB POST Mongolia is embracing mass-market grey imports from Japan. This easy solution to get Mongolians cheap wheels will soon result in Mongolia being one of the biggest landfills for cars and dangerous waste in Asia. Mongolians have fallen in love with Japan’s Toyota Prius, and…

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  • South Asia

    “Armenian nuclear plant poses threat to neighboring countries”

    The Daily Techno Times in Pakistan has published The AsiaN’s piece about the nuclear threat in the Caucasus region. please click here to read full text…

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  • West Asia

    A Big Threat at the Heart of Caucasus

    Bearing in mind the risks and threat to the region that come from Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant(NPP) located in Armenia and concerns of Azerbaijan in this regard, it constantly raises the issue of decommissioning of this nuclear facility, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan announces. Mr. Ilham Aliyev, the President…

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  • East Asia

    Samsung for government

    Oh Young-jin – The Korea Times One may rightly feel it absurd to put a private company in charge of government. True, private firms seek profits, while the role of the government is, well, to run the country — requiring it to serve many different purposes with profit at the…

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  • West Asia

    Iran exports over $3.6 billion petrochemical products in 5 months

    Iran exported over 3.6 billion dollar’s worth of different kinds of petrochemical products during the first five months of the current Iranian calendar year, IRNA news agency reported. The country sold more than 8.724 million tons of a variety of petrochemicals to the international markets during the same period. The…

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