Section: The Times of Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan)
Triumph of Eurasian cinema in London
LONDON (TCA) — From 13th to 19th August 2020, Romford hosted the second ECG Eurasian Film Festival — one of the few film festivals in the world that promotes Eurasian cinema in the English-speaking world. The ECG Film Festival is held annually in conjunction with the established Romford Film Festival. This year, both Festivals made the decision...
Weekly Digest of Central Asia
BISHKEK (TCA) — The Publisher’s note: Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, Central Asia was the scene of intense geopolitical struggle and the Great Game between the British and Russian Empires, and later between the Soviet Union and the West, over Afghanistan and neighboring territories. Into the 21st century, Central Asia has become...
Central Asia: World Nomad Games moved to 2021 due to pandemic
BISHKEK (TCA) — Turkish authorities have moved the Fourth World Nomad Games to 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service reported. The games, an international competition dedicated to ethnic sports, were scheduled to be held in the Turkish city of Bursa in autumn this year. The President of the Turkey-based World...
Kazakhstan’s food plant increases production 85% compared to 2019
NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — The Mareven Food Tien-Shan plant, located in Kazakhstan’s Almaty region and implemented with the support of Kazakh Invest national investment promotion company, continues to increase production volumes due to a steady increase in demand for the company’s products in Kazakhstan and the countries of the Central Asian...
Tajikistan: Jailed lawyer receives Homo Homini human rights prize
DUSHANBE (TCA) — Jailed Tajik lawyer Buzurgmehr Yorov has received the Prague-based People in Need NGO’s annual Homo Homini prize at a special ceremony in the Czech capital, RFE/RL’s Tajik Service reported. Prominent Ukrainian film director Oleh Sentsov, who spent more than four years in Russian prisons for his stance against his...
UAE extradites Ablyazov associate to Kazakhstan
NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has extradited to Kazakhstan the former managing director of the country’s BTA Bank, Rustam Ibragimov, an alleged associate of a leading opposition figure residing in France, Mukhtar Ablyazov, RFE/RL’s Kazakh Service reported. The Kazakh Prosecutor-General’s Office said on March...
US state secretary to visit Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
BISHKEK (TCA) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to London, U.K.; Kyiv, Ukraine; Minsk, Belarus; Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan; and Tashkent, Uzbekistan from January 29 to February 4, the U.S. State Department said on January 24. After visiting the Belarusian capital, Minsk, on February 1, Pompeo will travel to Nur-Sultan for talks with...
Central Asia countries still low on Corruption Perceptions Index
BISHKEK (TCA) — Countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia continue to experience “limited separation of powers, abuse of state resources for electoral purposes, opaque political party financing, and conflicts of interest,” anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International says in its latest annual report. The 2019 Corruption...
EBRD appoints new managing director for Central Asia
NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — André Küüsvek has been appointed as European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Managing Director for Central Asia. He will be responsible for one of the most geographically diverse regions of the Bank’s operations, where the EBRD has invested US$ 15.6 billion (€14 billion), the Bank said on January 17. In his...
Ice buildup likely cause of deadly plane crash in Kazakhstan
NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — Ice buildup has been identified as the most possible cause of a crash that killed 12 of the 98 passengers and crew aboard a Fokker 100 aircraft on a flight operated by Kazakh airline Bek Air in Kazakhstan last month, RFE/RL reported. Roman Sklyar, deputy prime minister of Kazakhstan, told reporters in Nur-Sultan on January 10...
