Albania: TAP construction continues successfully

The work on construction of the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) in Albania continues successfully. Twenty-two kilometers of pipes have already been strung along TAP’s route in Albania and welding of around 14 pipes has been completed there, Albania’s Minister of Energy and Industry Damian Gjiknuri tweeted. The TAP project envisages transportation of gas from the Stage…

Tajikistan begins building $4 billion mega-dam

Ex-Soviet republic Tajikistan marked the start of construction of a controversial $4 billion Rogun hydroelectric dam conceived in the Soviet era, the presidential press service said. The high-profile ceremony was held in Rogun some 100 km from the capital of Dushanbe and saw President Emomali Rakhmon spend an hour-and-a-half behind the wheel of a bulldozer…

Kazakhstan: night frosts delay winter wheat sowings

On October 11-21, lowering of air temperatures and night frosts (-4-6 degrees C) were observed in the South and South-East of Kazakhstan, accompanied by excessive precipitations. Such meteorological conditions delayed fields’ preparation and winter wheat sowing in the Southern fields. At the early winter wheat sowings in Almaty and Zhambyl regions the phase of germination…