Uzbekistan’s second largest bank, Uzpromstroybank, also known as SQB (Sanoatqurilishbank), has signed loan agreements for a total of 160.7 million euros with major German banks.

Azerbaijan held grandiose celebrations to mark victory in a brief war to de-occupy territory held for 30 years by Armenia, but a formal peace eludes negotiators and violent incidents still punctuate the region.

Uzbekistan plans to sell 32 large state-owned enterprises and assets and transfer more than 300 small assets to private hands next year and expects that the state budget will receive $936 million.

The idea for her company Alter came from Kitaina’s own difficulties in finding the perfect psychologist for her. She went through six psychologists before she found one she was comfortable with.