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According to a column in Havadis, a Northern Cyprus newspaper, new developments on the Cyprus issue emerged step by step this week. Cypriot President Christodoulides said he had received an invitation to the COP31 meeting in Antalya after a meeting with Erhürman. Turkish President Erdoğan then invited Erhürman to the same meeting.
Nikolai Bochkov, acting first deputy chairman of the Yakutia government, held a working meeting with Aleksei Eresko, deputy minister of construction and housing and utilities of Russia. The sides considered issues important to the republic, including the passage of the heating season, fuel supply and modernisation of utility infrastructure.
Kazakhstan expects to receive nearly 3.78 trillion tenge (US$7.9 billion) from oil-sector organizations for its National Fund in 2027, according to a draft national budget for 2027-2029. Deputies of the Kurultai approved the draft in the first reading on Oct. 14.
UBP Leader and Prime Minister Ünal Üstel met residents in Dörtyol and Korkuteli and delivered messages ahead of the 6 December elections. Stressing that continued political stability is vital for the country’s future, Üstel said the UBP will emerge strong in both the general and local elections.
Asylzhan Musin, director of the electricity development department at Kazakhstan's Ministry of Energy, said installed capacity at the country's power plants will fully cover electricity demand in 2029 with a 20% reserve. He said that if all planned projects are completed on schedule, Kazakhstan will reach self-sufficiency in early 2028. The reserve is needed to cover possible system accidents and ensure independence from imports.
The Turkish Cypriot Petroleum Workers' Union began an indefinite strike at the Kalecik filling facilities of Kıbrıs Türk Petrolleri this morning. The strike followed the employer's failure to withdraw dismissal notices for nine staff members. During the strike, no fuel will be supplied to K-Pet dealers.
Petrol-İş began an indefinite strike yesterday, citing the employer’s refusal to withdraw suspension notices concerning nine staff members. Semih Kolozali, head of the Revolutionary Workers’ Unions Federation (Dev-İş), to which the Turkish Cypriot Petroleum Workers’ Union is affiliated, said the struggle would continue until results were achieved and the facility would carry out no activity.
A new gas-condensate field, Burisoy, has been discovered in Guzar district of Kashkadarya region, on Shurtan territory, through geological exploration. The work aimed to strengthen the hydrocarbon raw material base, replenish existing reserves and search for new fields.
Kazakhstan intends to direct its surplus electricity toward artificial intelligence development and data centre operations, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development Zhaslan Madiyev said. He made the remarks at the AI & Digital Bridge 2026 international forum in Astana. Companies from Kyrgyzstan may also be able to use these computing capacities in the future.
Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov said the country aims to eliminate its electricity shortage and stop importing power within two to two and a half years. He made the remarks at a meeting with residents of Kadamjai district and the city of Kyzyl-Kiya, explaining the reasons for temporary power supply restrictions.
AKSA Energy has announced that it will increase the installed capacity of the Kalecik Power Plant, which operates in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, to 223 megawatts through a 35-megawatt additional investment. According to a report by the Anadolu Agency, the company stated in its announcement that the plant meets about half of the TRNC's electricity needs and that a capacity increase will be carried out.
Greek Cypriot administration leader Nikos Christodoulides plans to raise the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Turkey and the TRNC, along with a NAVTEX issued by Turkey, with European leaders at the European Council summit in Brussels, according to Fileleftheros. The summit begins tomorrow and ends on Friday.
Kazakhstan has identified about 20 promising areas for the search for rare and rare earth metals, Industry and Construction Minister Yersain Nagaspayev said. Speaking at a plenary session of the Kurultai on Wednesday, he said the country has begun detailed study of its subsoil at a scale of 1:50,000 for the first time in 30 years, describing the work as near-prospecting. Twenty projects have been developed across 100,000 square kilometres.
Kazakhstan's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Economy, Serik Zhumangarin, said at a 13 October briefing that the country lost about 6 million tonnes of oil output in 2026 due to problems with the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) and an accident at the Tengiz field, according to TASS. He said the oil was not produced and remains in the ground, not participating in the economy.
A joint working group meeting on the CASA-1000 project was held in Bishkek from 7 to 9 October 2026. Representatives of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Pakistan and Afghanistan, along with international project partners, took part. The meeting was reported by the Kyrgyz national grid company NESK. Kyrgyzstan confirmed that construction work on its territory has been completed.
Uzbekistan will partially cover electricity costs for greenhouse farms that use energy-saving technologies, under a presidential decree. According to the document, from 1 November 2026 to 1 April 2030, greenhouses using a special heat-saving covering or energy-efficient “green” heating devices will receive a subsidy equal to 50% of the electricity consumed in October–March.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan is working on a project to build a mineral fertilizer plant in Naryn region that will produce fertilizer from coal, with an estimated cost of $1.1 billion. Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet and Minister of Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry Erlist Akunbekov announced this on October 14 at a session of the Jogorku Kenesh.
A rupture of a main gas pipeline in Russia's Penza region did not affect Russian gas supplies to Kazakhstan or transit to Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan's Ministry of Energy told TASS. Deliveries to Kazakhstan continue normally under existing contracts, and transit toward Uzbekistan is running at planned volumes. The ministry said Gazprom had made no requests to change supply modes through dispatch channels.
Uzbekistan's Uzenergoinspection, the energy inspectorate under the Cabinet of Ministers, reported that 2,795 cases of illegal use of energy resources and rule violations were identified in the first nine months of 2026. Illegal use of 129.1 million cubic metres of natural gas and 226.4 million kWh of electricity caused total damage of 825.3 billion soums to state interests. Administrative protocols were drawn up against 4,196 consumers.
Azerbaijan expects to complete the commissioning of 11 solar and wind power plants with a combined capacity of about 2 gigawatts by the end of 2027, as the first phase of renewable energy development. Energy Minister Parviz Shahbazov said this on Wednesday at the third National Competition Forum organized by the State Agency for Antimonopoly and Consumer Market Control. The report is datelined Baku, October 14.
Azerbaijan expects to commission 15 power plants with a combined capacity of about 2 gigawatts by the end of 2027 as part of the first phase of renewable energy development, Energy Minister Parviz Shahbazov said on Wednesday at the third National Competition Forum.
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Kazakhstan is working to adapt its national standards for the construction and operation of nuclear power plants (NPPs). The information was given by the Committee for Technical Regulation and Metrology of the Ministry of Trade and Integration, and was reported by a Kazinform correspondent.
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