BISHKEK (TCA) — Hydropower is a strategic industry in Central Asia, as industrial production is developing and digitalization is ongoing in the region.
ALMATY, Kazakhstan (TCA) — Dozens of people trying to attend opposition rallies in Almaty have been detained by police, who were deployed across Kazakhstan’s biggest city in large numbers in a bid to ... Read More
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, an ... Read More
TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan has announced a plan that will force Facebook, Google, and the Russian search engine Yandex to store the personal data of Uzbek users within the territory of Uzbekistan, RF ... Read More
NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — The leader of a group seeking to create the opposition Democratic Party of Kazakhstan, Zhanbolat Mamai, has been detained on the eve of a planned protest in Almaty. Mamai's wife, In ... Read More
ALMATY, Kazakhstan (TCA) — A five-day training course on developing cooperation among law enforcement agencies in combating the spread of new psychoactive substances facilitated by the Darkweb conclud ... Read More
KABUL (TCA) — A week-long "reduction in violence" between the Taliban and U.S. and Afghan security forces will begin at midnight local time, a senior Afghan official and Taliban leaders said on Februa ... Read More
TASHKENT (TCA) — During his official visit to Turkey, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev on February 20 met in Ankara with leaders of major Turkish companies and banks, including heads of the ... Read More
NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — The Kazakh Prosecutor-General's office has called on citizens not to take part in what it called "illegal" rallies planned by the banned Kazakhstan’s Democratic Choice (DVK) movemen ... Read More
NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — The four-day Model OSCE conference for youth started on February 20 at Nazarbayev University in Nur-Sultan. Thirty-five participants from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan invol ... Read More
NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — The Government of Kazakhstan, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Kazakhstan and the Bitfury Group have announced a joint plan to pursue a climate action project in t ... Read More
DUSHANBE (TCA) — The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, on February 19 said it is providing a loan of $-2 million equivalent in Tajik somoni to microcredit depo ... Read More
TASHKENT (TCA) — As part of Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s visit to Turkey, official delegations of Uzbekistan and Turkey convened on February 19 in Ankara for the first session of the Stra ... Read More
BISHKEK (TCA) — The Manas International Airport in Bishkek should become one of the main aviation hubs in Central Asia by 2023, the National Development Strategy of Kyrgyzstan for 2018-2040 says. This ... Read More
ALMATY, Kazakhstan (TCA) — The Democratic Party of Kazakhstan, a newly created opposition party, has cancelled its founding congress amid pressure imposed by law enforcement authorities against suppor ... Read More
BISHKEK (TCA) — An investment and trade mission of Kyrgyzstan visited Japan last week with the assistance of the Investment Promotion and Protection Agency of the Kyrgyz Republic (IPPA), the Japan Ass ... Read More
NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — Three Kazakh opposition activists were detained by police while they were traveling to Almaty to take part in the founding congress of a new opposition group, RFE/RL's Kazakh Servic ... Read More
KABUL (TCA) — Afghanistan's election authorities have declared incumbent President Ashraf Ghani the winner of last year's presidential election, but his main rival, Abdullah Abdullah, has contested th ... Read More
NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — At the Kazakh Government meeting on February 18, Prime Minister Askar Mamin ordered to work out measures to expand the export of Kazakhstani products through electronic platforms, t ... Read More
NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — The Kazakh Government session on February 18, chaired by Prime Minister Askar Mamin, considered a draft Concept of the State Geological Exploration Program for 2021-2025, the prime ... Read More
