BISHKEK (TCA) — The article below, originally published by Stratfor, highlights India’s efforts to expand its influence beyond South Asia with the help of a partner with whom it has a long history of ... Read More
ASTANA (TCA) — Chinese Ambassador to Kazakhstan Zhang Hongwei last week met with Kazakh media to talk about plans of creation of new Kazakh-Chinese joint ventures and transfer of production facilities ... Read More
ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s plant to assemble electric locomotives, EKZ, located in Astana, has signed a contract on assembly and delivery of 50 freight locomotives to Azerbaijan Railways, Director Ge ... Read More
ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan and Egypt agreed to cooperate in agricultural and pharmaceutical sectors during Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s visit to Kazakhstan on February 26.
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 t ... Read More
BISHKEK (TCA) — The Kyrgyz Government has reported on measures taken to ensure economic growth and job creation. In 2016, Kyrgyzstan expects a GDP growth of 5.2%. However, many companies continue to e ... Read More
BISHKEK (TCA) — If the country lacks generation capacity it is necessary to increase electricity import, Kyrgyzstan Prime Minister Temir Sariyev said on February 26 at the Government meeting to consid ... Read More
LONDON (TCA) — It is hardly a secret any longer: both Saudi Arabia and Turkey are becoming atomic powers and their plans stretch further than just Kurds and Syria. The consequences for Central Asia’s ... Read More
BISHKEK (TCA) — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is stepping up its support for small businesses in the Kyrgyz Republic with a new loan in the local currency, som, to First ... Read More
DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan President Emomali Rakhmon has urged to increase the export of Tajik fruit and vegetables to Russia, Avesta news agency reported.
TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbek media report that Uzbekistan has completed the construction of the Angren-Pap electrified railway line that connects three provinces located in the Uzbek part of the Fergana Val ... Read More
ASTANA (TCA) — The Development Bank of Kazakhstan (DBK) said that its subsidiary has funded its first transaction on the terms of Islamic leasing in Kazakhstan.
ASTANA (TCA) — The first McDonald's restaurant, which will also be the first in Central Asia, will be opened in Kazakhstan on March 8, RFE/RL reports.
OSH, Kyrgyzstan (TCA) — The 12th Annual International Agriculture Expo, Silk Road 2016, is taking place between February 25 and 27 in the city of Osh in southern Kyrgyzstan. The JerAzygy Association o ... Read More
ASTANA (TCA) — The Ministry of Investment and Development of Kazakhstan on February 24 said that flights between Almaty (Kazakhstan) and the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh will be resumed in ... Read More
DUSHANBE (TCA) — A FAO regional Training-of-Trainers on locust management is taking place between February 22 and March 4 in Dushanbe with the objective to train 16 Master-Trainers from Afghanistan, K ... Read More
KABUL (TCA) — Direct talks between the Afghan government and authorized representatives of the Taliban may take place in early March, TOLOnews reported.
ASTANA (TCA) — The Government of Kazakhstan has approved a new forecast of the country’s socio-economic development for this year, Kazakh media reported.
ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan will cut its oil production to 74 million tons if the oil price falls below $-30 per barrel, the country’s Deputy Energy Minister Asset Magauov told a press conference on Feb ... Read More
ASTANA (TCA) — A delegation of Kazakhstan’s national railway company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ), headed by the company’s President Askar Mamin, on February 21 and 22 visited Iran to discuss joint co ... Read More
