Section: The Times of Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan)
Kyrgyzstan needs a comprehensive rural development strategy
BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan declares itself as an agrarian country, and according to the country’s leadership, agriculture is a strategic sector of the Kyrgyz economy. However, since independence the country has been at risk of food insecurity. Of the nine basic foods, only vegetables and milk are produced in volumes enough to meet the...
All Central Asian countries face renewable energy challenges — report
BISHKEK (TCA) — Despite comprising over 300 million inhabitants and representing 4.9% of the world’s GDP, 17 countries in South and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia represented only 0.5% or USD 0.9 billion of global renewable energy investment in 2014, according to the UNECE Renewable Energy Status Report produced for the first...
Ukraine may join Trans-Caspian International Transport Route
ASTANA (TCA) — The possibility of shipping goods along the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route via Ukraine and on to Europe and back is currently under consideration. This was discussed at a round table to present the capabilities of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route from China to Europe which was held in Kiev on November...
Stratfor’s Global Intelligence: Week of Nov. 16, 2015
BISHKEK (TCA) — The Times of Central Asia presents to its readers Stratfor’s Global Intelligence, a weekly review of the most important events that happened in the world — from Europe to Middle East to Russia to Central Asia to Afghanistan to China and the Americas. The Week That WasThe coordinated attacks across Paris late Friday were...
Kazakhstan’s new economic policy presented in Italy
ASTANA (TCA) — The Embassy of Kazakhstan in Italy in collaboration with the Italian Institute of Advanced Studies in Geopolitics and Auxiliary Sciences (Istituto di Alti Studi in Geopolitica e Scienze Ausiliarie, IsAG) last week organized a round table in the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, dedicated to...
EEU youths for Eurasian integration but prefer to work and study in EU, US
ALMATY (TCA) — A poll among various age groups showed that young people (aged between 18 and 34) in the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) countries are of positive opinion about Eurasian integration but prefer to work and study in the EU and US. Significant differences were recorded in different countries. In Armenia and Kazakhstan, young people...
Stratfor’s Global Intelligence: Week of Nov. 2, 2015
BISHKEK (TCA) — The Times of Central Asia presents to its readers Stratfor’s Global Intelligence, a weekly review of the most important events that happened in the world — from Europe to Middle East to Central Asia to Afghanistan to China and the Americas. The Week That WasFrom island engineering to human engineering, this was another big...
Turkmenistan and Ukraine to boost cooperation
ASHGABAT (TCA) — Turkmenistan and Ukraine have confirmed their mutual readiness to increase economic cooperation. After talks with Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov in the Turkmen capital, Ashgabat, on October 29, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko noted significant potential of bilateral cooperation in fuel, energy and transport...
Russian security chief warns of growing security threat to CIS
BISHKEK (TCA) — Speaking at a conference in Moscow on October 28, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) Director Aleksandr Bortnikov said that Russia initiated its campaign of air strikes in Syria primarily to prevent militants fighting with Islamic State (IS) from returning to their home countries in the former Soviet Union, RFE/RL...
Stratfor’s Global Intelligence: Week of Oct. 26, 2015
BISHKEK (TCA) — The Times of Central Asia presents to its readers Stratfor’s Global Intelligence, a weekly review of the most important events that happened in the world — from Europe to Middle East to Ukraine to Afghanistan to China and the Americas. The Week That WasWhereas Chinese President Xi Jingping’s visit to the United States...
