BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek is gradually turning from one of the greenest cities of the former Soviet Union into a gassed and smoggy one. The public outrage intensifies in cold season ... Read More
ASHGABAT (TCA) — Alexey Miller, Board Chairman of Russian natural-gas giant Gazprom, confirmed the interest of the Russian company in cooperation with Turkmenistan and implementation of joint projects ... Read More
TASHKENT (TCA) — The Government of Uzbekistan announced the agenda for the next phase of its bold and ambitious reforms. The Reform Roadmap, revealed on November 29, outlines the Government’s economic ... Read More
ASTANA (TCA) — An interim meeting of the Council of Foreign Investors under the President of Kazakhstan was held on November 29 in Astana with the participation of the Prime Minister Bakytzhan Saginta ... Read More
DUSHANBE (TCA) — The Government of Tajikistan and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on November 29 signed a $-41.18 million grant to rehabilitate and expand climate-resilient water supply and sanitatio ... Read More
ALMATY (TCA) — Kazakhstan has faced the growing threat of international cybercrime groups penetrating the country, but Kazakh authorities lack qualified personnel to address the problem. We are republ ... Read More
ASHGABAT (TCA) — The conference of transport ministers of the member countries of Lapis Lazuli Agreement between Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey, and Afghanistan was held on November 28 in t ... Read More
ASTANA (TCA) — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is teaming up with a new investor in Kazakhstan’s renewable energy sector, Joachim Goldbeck Holding GmbH, to construct a new ... Read More
ASTANA (TCA) — The jailed former president of Kazakhstan's uranium giant Kazatomprom, Mukhtar Dzhakishev, has been denied early release, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports.
KABUL (TCA) — Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani says his government has formed a 12-strong negotiating team to seek a peace agreement with the Taliban, as he laid out what he called a "roadmap" for t ... Read More
BISHKEK (TCA) — UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged countries to fund a new initiative designed to reduce vulnerability, advance sustainable development and create decent living conditions ... Read More
KABUL (TCA) — The European Union has announced 474 million euros ($-535 million) in financial aid for Afghanistan as international donors gathered for a UN-backed conference focusing on development, p ... Read More
BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan’s lawmakers have given preliminary approval to a bill that would eliminate immunity for ex-presidents, potentially opening the path for the prosecution of the country’s ex-P ... Read More
ASTANA (TCA) — A vocal critic of Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev and his government, fugitive former banker Mukhtar Ablyazov, has been convicted in absentia on a murder charge and sentenced ... Read More
ASTANA (TCA) — On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, November 25, the nation-wide campaign “16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence” started in Astana with ... Read More
KABUL (TCA) — The militants of the Islamic State terrorist group have gone underground in Afghanistan, with the size of the organization's sleeper cells in the country currently amounting to less than ... Read More
ASTANA (TCA) — Talks were held between Kazakhstan’s First Deputy Prime Minister Askar Mamin and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Presidential Affairs Sheikh Mansour bi ... Read More
BISHKEK (TCA) — A group of ethnic Kyrgyz originally from the northwestern Chinese region of Xinjiang have urged Kyrgyzstan President Sooronbai Jeenbekov to seek the release of their relatives from "re ... Read More
KABUL (TCA) — The fourth round of Afghanistan-India security dialogue, held in Kabul on November 25 at the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS), brought together former high-ranking security ... Read More
ASTANA (TCA) — Ahead of the major climate conference, COP24, a new European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) report looks at Kazakhstan, reliant on oil exports for about half of its reve ... Read More
