Steppe Cement has swung to a FY pretax loss of US$8.1m in 2014 from a US$13m profit in the previous year. Revenue totalled US$116.63m in 2014 versus US$127.98m in the year before. The net loss amo… Source: http://www.cemnet.com

ALMATY, May 15 (Reuters) – Following are Kazakhstan’s economic indicators based on data provided by the State Statistics Agency, government institutions, the central bank and exchanges: (*) updated today CURRENCY/INTEREST… Source: af.reuters.com

The country’s Ministry of Defence said it could not decide between the women and announced that a dozen serving ladies would instead create a calendar showing off their beauty. Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk

Mixing Sunni Islam with traditional Uighur and Central Asian culture Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk

Representatives of over thirty Permanent Missions to the United Nations in New York, including UN Development Programme (UNDP) programme countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia as well as major partners and donors gathered today at the… Source: http://www.undp.org

Zhuldyz always wanted to see her village as prosperous, and the youth in it purposeful and with the baggage of plans. To do this, she gathered activists, held meetings with villagers and organized cultural events. Source: http://www.kz.undp.org

via WordLink – IN 1989, the ruling Politburo of the Soviet Union chose new leaders for two of the empire’s Central Asian republics. Twenty-six years later, Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan and Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan are still in power. Source:…

Making e27 history, we held our Echelon Asia Summit 2015 Top100 Qualifier in Almaty, Kazakhstan and came away with budding talent Source: e27.co

Uranium One expects to complete restructuring the operations of its Toronto head office, including the relocation of major functions to Moscow, by the middle of 2015. The company is now under the leadership of CEO Feroz Ashraf. Source: http://www.world-nuclear-news.org

U.S. wakes up to New (Silk) World Order: Central Asia, Mongolia and Afghanistan — where NATO has just lost a w… http://t.co/1h1tD0uySQ Source: atimes.com