Section: Kyrgyzstan
Eurasianet: Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan Pledge Game-Changing Energy, Power Cooperation
The love affair between Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan shows every sign of intensifying, and in ways that could stand to benefit the region. In perhaps the most arresting news, the state energy companies of the two countries over the weekend reached a loose and non-binding agreement to jointly develop Caspian Sea oil and gas deposits. A memorandum...
AsiaPlus: Tajikistan does not attend Beijing Belt and Road Forum
Tajikistan is not attending a two-day International Belt and road Forum that is concluding in Beijing, China today. Leaders from 29 countries are participating in the forum. Few Western leaders are attending the summit, although Britain, France, and Germany are represented by top finance officials. The United States sent a senior White House...
Kyrgyz MP Karamushkina on her Ukraine travel ban: “Poroshenko will end up losing good friends of Ukraine due to his ambitions and star fever”
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RFE/RL: Majlis Podcast: Who Would Help Defend Central Asia From Insecurity In Afghanistan?
These are certainly tense times for security officials in Central Asia. Barely halfway through this spring, the violence in northern Afghanistan, in provinces just across the border from Central Asia, has already reached levels not seen since the late 1990s. The April 21 attack on a military base in Balkh Province, just across the border from...
Kazakhstan seeks to reduce Russian media influence amid Moscow-West spat
BISHKEK (TCA) — In an attempt to maintain good relations with the West, Kazakhstan is trying to resist to Russian propaganda in its media and social-life spheres — a rather difficult task given a large ethnic Russian minority in Kazakhstan. Here below we are republishing this article by George Voloshin on the issue, originally published by The...
President Atambayev: “Fascism is defeated thanks to the joint efforts of many peoples of the world”
Bishkek, May 9 / Kabar /. President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev congratulated veterans of the Great Patriotic War and workers of the rear on the Victory Day. During the meeting-requiem, dedicated to the 72nd anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, which was held on Victory Square in Bishkek, the head of state honored the...
MDBs reduce finance for CIS countries, including in Central Asia, in Q1 2017
BISHKEK (TCA) — In Q1 2017, multilateral development banks (MDBs) reduced finance for the CIS countries four times compared to Q4 2016 and 1.9 times compared to Q1 2016, according to the review ‘An Overview of Investments by Multilateral Development Banks in Q1 2017 in the CIS Countries’ distributed by Eurasian Development Bank’s...
Kyrgyzstan to repair Prosecutor General’s Office building burned in April 2010
BISHKEK (TCA) — The Bishkek municipality has decided to repair the building of Kyrgyzstan’s Prosecutor General’s Office that was burned down during the violent change of power in April 2010. The total area of the building located in downtown Bishkek, near the Central Square, is 4,650 square meters. It is planned to strengthen the...
Bishkek is included in top 10 cities of the CIS, popular among Russian tourists
Bishkek, May 3 / Kabar /. Analytical agency Turstat determined the most popular cities of the CIS among the Russian tourists for traveling on holidays in May 2017. The ranking is made on the basis of the analysis of the data of online hotel reservation systems. Minsk, Tbilisi, Almaty, Baku, Astana, Yerevan, Kiev, Tashkent, Bishkek and Chisinau...
Uzbekistan manufactured 88 thousand cars in 2016
TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan is a leading manufacturer of passenger cars and commercial vehicles in the region of Central Asia, the Jahon information agency reported. In 2016, a total of 88.2 thousand cars, 3,420 ISUZU buses and trucks, and a thousand of MAN trucks went from the production lines of Uzbekistan’s automobile manufacturer JSC...
