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Bashkortostan recorded the second-highest growth in new-build housing sales in Russia in September, according to data from Dom.RF. Developers in the region sold 41% more future housing in September than in the same month a year earlier.
Bashkortostan Health Minister Airat Rakhmatullin said he has taken personal control over the treatment of a 35-year-old woman and her seven-month-old child. The two were injured in a collision involving three cars in Ufa, and they are being treated in hospital in serious condition.
Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov held expanded-format talks with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Yerevan on October 17, according to the Kabar news agency. The two sides discussed cooperation on environmental protection and the preservation of mountain ecosystems.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet arrived in Kazakhstan on an official visit and was met at the Akorda presidential residence by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said on 16 October, during an open dialogue with fuel and energy investors, that Uzbekistan has invested more than $2 billion in modernising its electricity grids since 2021. Key priorities include upgrading grid infrastructure and developing energy storage systems.
Prof. Dr. Mehmet Bulut was unanimously elected rector of International Balkan University (IBU) on 15 October 2026, following a rector election held under Article 97 of North Macedonia's Law on Higher Education. The vote took place across the university's six faculties and one vocational college and was conducted on the basis of a free, direct and secret ballot.
Bishkek, October 16, 2026 /Kabar/. The Entrepreneurship Development Fund Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) has been officially transformed into a microfinance company. As a result, the maximum loan available to entrepreneurs will rise from 5 million to 9 million soms.
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Kazakhstan's foreign trade turnover reached $103 billion in January–August 2026, according to the Ministry of Trade and Integration. The figure represents an increase of 12.8% compared with the same period of the previous year. Kazinform reports the information, citing the ministry.
Northern Cyprus's ruling National Unity Party (UBP) is continuing its candidate selection ahead of the general election set for 6 December. Prime Minister Ünal Üstel announced the names of 72 applicants who applied to the party. According to a UBP statement, the 50-person list will be determined by party members on 24 October. Üstel called on thousands of members to travel to Nicosia (Lefkoşa) for the preliminary vote.
Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov held face-to-face talks with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Yerevan on October 17.
A ceremony at the Baku Shipyard marked the exchange of documents for the construction of two universal dry cargo ships for KTZ Express Shipping, a subsidiary of Kazakhstan Temir Zholy. The ceremony took place on 15 October during a working visit to Baku by Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev for the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) summit. The contracts for the vessels were signed in April 2026.
Kyrgyzstan's Cabinet of Ministers has approved a new regulation on the stabilization regime, which lets large investors keep favorable tax conditions for 10 years. Resolution No. 700, dated 15 October 2026, was signed by First Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet Daniyar Amangeldiev.
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev is holding an open dialogue with investors in the fuel and energy sector. Calling energy the heart of development, Mirziyoyev stressed that a stable energy supply is important for entrepreneurs' capital and for people's confidence in tomorrow.
Taçoy said the strike at K-Pet will not cause any fuel shortage in the country. He said the fuel and gas the market needs is being supplied by an alternative supplier.
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said Uzbekistan is advancing plans with Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan to export green electricity to Europe via the Caspian Sea. He made the remarks on October 16 at a meeting with investors in the fuel and energy sector in Tashkent. The country is stepping up energy infrastructure investment after allocating more than $2 billion to electricity grid modernization over the past five years. The report was published on the official channel of the President's press secretary, Sherzod Asadov.
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev is holding an open dialogue with investors in the fuel and energy sector. He noted that in the initial stage, projects to quickly build green capacity were often located in areas proposed by investors. This attracted significant investment, but in some places capacity became concentrated and the cost of transmitting electricity to other regions increased.
The second TAIM business forum was held in Kazan this week, aiming to strengthen economic ties between Russia and India. According to the report, trade turnover between Tatarstan and India has grown ninefold since the first forum.
The International Monetary Fund projects that Kazakhstan's inflation will fall to 8.2% in 2027, while economic growth is expected to accelerate to 4.9%, according to the IMF's latest World Economic Outlook. The report was released on October 13 at the IMF and World Bank annual meetings in Bangkok.
Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev told the COP17 Leaders' Summit on biodiversity about his country's efforts to restore rare species.
Azerbaijan's chairmanship of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) has been extended by another two years. Milli Majlis deputy Soltan Mammadov called the decision a clear reflection of the country's international standing, its contribution to the development of multilateral diplomacy, and the high trust it has earned globally. Day.Az reported that, speaking to Trend, Mammadov said the decision, taken at a time of growing geopolitical complexity and weakening trust between states, is the result of Azerbaijan's far-sighted foreign policy course.
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev is holding an open dialogue with investors in the fuel and energy sector. Over the past five years, more than $2 billion has been directed to modernizing electricity grids. The next major task is renewing the networks and developing energy storage systems.
The social gasification potential in Yakutia exceeds 14,000 homes, according to the head of the republic, Aisen Nikolaev, who spoke at the Russian Energy Week forum.
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has proposed a regional office of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity in Almaty. Speaking at the COP17 Leaders' Summit on Biodiversity Conservation in Yerevan, he said the office could support Central Asian countries in implementing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
Bulgaria's Interior Ministry (MVR) has carried out 140 operations against vote buying so far and opened two investigations linked to the cases. The report was published on Friday, 16 October 2026.
Today's top Turkic news: Uzbekistan-China ties, Samarkand visit, Kulubaev-Rubio talks, Northern Cyprus festival and Turkmen desertification centre.
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