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President Shavkat Mirziyoyev received the heads of leading United Arab Emirates companies in Tashkent as part of the first meeting of the Investors Council in the fuel and energy sector. The meeting was attended by Mohammad Jamil Al Ramahi, chief executive officer of Masdar, and Hussein Al Nowais, chairman of AMEA Power.
The Border Police General Directorate reported extremely heavy traffic at the Kapitan Andreevo and Lesovo border crossings on Friday, 16 October 2026, caused by freight vehicles trying to exit toward Turkey. Traffic at all other crossings with Greece, North Macedonia, Serbia and Romania is flowing normally.
Russia's Minister of Labour and Social Protection, Anton Kotyakov, told a State Duma budget and tax committee meeting that the federal minimum wage (MROT) is planned to rise to 28,935 rubles in 2027. This is 6.8% more than the current figure.
Production of stationary X-ray angiography systems is to be localised in Tatarstan, according to the press service of the Innopolis Special Economic Zone.
Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski said electricity prices in North Macedonia will not change until the end of the year, and that the government will work to keep the current level after January 1. Speaking to reporters after opening a new primary school in Čento, he said the government's priority is preserving energy stability.
The Sakha Republic (Yakutia) increased its coal exports by 43% in January–August 2026, to 28 million tonnes from 19.6 million tonnes in the same period of 2025. Head of the republic Aisen Nikolaev announced the figures at the international forum Russian Energy Week.
Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Ulan Mamatkanov chaired the first meeting of the Council on Demographic Policy on October 16, according to the Cabinet's press service.
Azerbaijan's chairmanship of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) has been described as an important stage in the organisation's institutional development. Political scientist Azer Garayev, speaking to Trend and cited by Day.Az, said the VII Summit held in Baku on October 15 showed Azerbaijan's results and confirmed the country's growing role in regional processes.
According to the website Sigmalive, Greek Cypriot administration leader Nikos Christodoulides said in a statement in Brussels that the European Union will meet with Turkey this month to discuss resuming negotiations on the Cyprus problem.
Diplomacy
Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedow attended the Leaders Summit held in Yerevan, Armenia, within the framework of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity conference (COP17). After a working visit to Azerbaijan on 15 October, the president flew from Baku to Armenia and landed at Yerevan's international airport. He was welcomed there by Armenian officials and members of the Turkmen delegation.
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev discussed the implementation of investment projects with companies from Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, the UAE, Azerbaijan and the United Kingdom. At a meeting with Mohammad Abunayyan, chairman of the board of Saudi company ACWA, the sides addressed expanding cooperation and accelerating joint projects. It was noted that Saudi companies are actively investing in Uzbekistan, particularly in green energy, infrastructure and high technology.
Energy
Armenia is studying the possibility of mutual electricity supplies with Azerbaijan. This includes purchasing electricity from the neighbouring country should such a need arise.
According to Orenburg Media, citing Darya Bogachuk, a research fellow in the Department for the Preservation of Archaeological Heritage at the Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, scientists were able to study in detail the construction features of defensive, residential and religious buildings of past centuries despite the high degree of destruction of the monuments. The data confirm archival records and significantly enrich knowledge of the history of fortification and urban planning in Orenburg.
Ivan Alekseev, acting Minister of Finance of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), said on October 15 at public hearings in the State Assembly (Il Tumen) that from January 1, 2027, the minimum wage including regional coefficients and northern allowances will be 72,300 rubles in the first zone and 81,018 rubles in the second zone.
North Macedonian Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski said claims that Iva Mihailova, who is on trial over a fatal traffic accident in Kochani, entered Bulgaria through legal channels do not reflect the truth. Mickoski said the Interior Ministry is investigating how she was taken to the country and that the ministry has confirmed there is no record of her passing through any legal border crossing.
Diplomacy
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan claimed that relations between Yerevan and Moscow have never cooled and have not changed, despite some disagreements. According to Musavat.com, citing his words, the Armenian side's railways...
An education and culture centre of the Kayum Nasyri Institute opened in Astrakhan on 15 October, at the base of the Dostlyk Tatar National Culture regional public organisation. The institute belongs to the Institute of Philology and Intercultural Communication of Kazan Federal University. The Tatarstan Ministry of Education and Science press service reported the opening.
Kürşad Zorlu, deputy chairman of the ruling AK Party and head of its Turkic States Relations department, commented on Türkiye-Azerbaijan relations. He said the states may differ in how they progress, that each state fully respects the other's decisions under the law of sovereignty, and that any problems will be discussed within the family council.
Ashgabat, 16 October – A delegation of the Republic of the Philippines, led by Deputy Secretary for Political Affairs of the Department of Foreign Affairs Leo M. Herrera-Lim, visited the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan on 15 October. There it took part in bilateral inter-ministerial political consultations held at the level of deputy heads of agencies.
UBP Member of Parliament Yasemin Öztürk assessed possible government models after the 6 December elections on the Seçim Özel programme hosted by Bahadır Ayna on Haber Kıbrıs. Öztürk said that as long as the election threshold remains at its current level, it would be difficult for a single party to come to power alone.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan has approved the immigration quota for 2027. According to a government order, the quota sets the maximum number of foreign citizens and stateless persons who may immigrate to the Kyrgyz Republic next year at 400 people.
Uzbekistan continues to receive Russian gas under existing agreements, despite an explosion on the Central Asia–Center gas pipeline in Russia, officials said on October 14. Representatives of the Ministries of Energy and of Economy and Finance made the statement at a press conference on energy tariff reform.
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev addressed the 7th summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA). He reminded participants that security is always one of the core priorities of CICA's work.
Trade turnover between Tatarstan and the Voronezh region exceeds 24 billion rubles, Rais of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov said. He made the remark at a meeting with a regional delegation at the Government House of Tatarstan, according to the republic's press service.
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