Section: Kyrgyzstan
Fugitive Kazakh banker Ablyazov faces new charge in Kazakhstan
ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s Anticorruption Bureau on February 2 said that fugitive Kazakh tycoon Mukhtar Ablyazov has been charged with the creation of an international criminal community and summoned to the bureau’s headquarters in Astana by February 10, RFE/RL’s Kazakh Service reported. The 53-year-old former head of...
Tajikistan plans to produce 179 thousand tons of aluminum in 2017
DUSHANBE (TCA) — This year Tajikistan plans to produce around 179 thousand tons of aluminum compared to 129.3 thousand tons last year, Avesta news agency reported with reference to Tajik Minister of Economic Development and Trade Negmatullo Hikmatullozoda. In 2015, Tajikistan produced 139.1 thousand tons of primary aluminum.Aluminum, along with...
7 troops killed in fighting in eastern Ukraine
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Uzbekistan, Ukraine sign $7 mln export deals
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Uzbekistan lifts ban on 12 export items
TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan has lifted a ban on the export of 12 types of products starting from January 1, 2017. The ban was lifted by the decree of the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Uzbekistan Today news agency reports.The export ban was lifted for grain (wheat, rye, oats, rice, corn, buckwheat), bakery products, flour and...
Cyber security workshop held in Tashkent
TASHKENT (TCA) — On January 9 and 10, the United States and German Embassies in Uzbekistan supported a two-day workshop in Tashkent focused on cyber security strategy and best practices. The event was organized by the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies and featured subject matter experts from Azerbaijan, Germany, Portugal,...
Tajik Culture Days to be held in Ukraine
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Kazakhstan, Russia sign new cooperation agreement for Baikonur spaceport
ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan and Russia signed a concept of cooperation at Kazakhstan’s Baikonur space launch complex following talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev in St. Petersburg on December 26, TASS news agency reported. The document was signed by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry...
Weekly Digest of Central Asia
BISHKEK (TCA) — The Publisher’s note: Central Asia is an important geopolitical area between Europe, Russia and China. It is in Central Asia that world powers have confronted each other for centuries; it is here that China needs to succeed with its new Silk Road Belt for direct access to the Western markets; and it is here that a large...
Prosecutors of Kyrgyzstan take part in the 7th General Meeting of the Anti-Corruption Network for. Eastern Europe and Central Asia in Astana
Bishkek, December 23 / Kabar /. A delegation of prosecutors of the Kyrgyz Republic took part in the 7th General Meeting of the Anti-Corruption Network for. Eastern Europe and Central Asia, held in Astana from 19 to 21 December 2016, the press service of the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Kyrgyz Republic reports. The event was attended by...
