Carlsberg to expand operations in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Alibek Kuantyrov last week met with President of Carlsberg Kazakhstan Vyacheslav Maltsev to discuss the Danish company’s
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Kazakhstan to help create a technology park in Tajikistan
Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry and Freedom Bank, on one side, and Tajikistan’s Agency for Innovation and Digital Technologies
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Twenty-one US Peace Corps volunteers sworn in to serve in Kyrgyzstan
Twenty-one newly sworn-in Peace Corps Volunteers will co-teach English with local teachers in secondary schools across Chui, Naryn, Issyk-Kul, Talas, Osh, and Jalal-Abad
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Chinese company to build trade and industrial park in Astana
Kazakh Invest national company and the Chinese company Xinjiang Hengyuan Investment Management Co., Ltd. have signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at implementing a large-scale
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TURKSOY publications dedicated to Magtymguly Pyragy
The year 2024 is marked by the celebration of the 300th anniversary of the birth of the great Turkmen poet and philosopher Magtymguly Pyragy.
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German companies expand investment in Kazakhstan
On August 19-21, a delegation of Kazakh Invest national company headed by the Chairman of the Board, Yerzhan Yelekeyev, visited Germany and held talks
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Kazakhstan and Tajikistan strengthen strategic partnership
On August 22, Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev arrived in Tajikistan on a state visit and held talks with President Emomali Rahmon. Following the
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Kazakhstan summons Belarusian ambassador after Lukashenko interview
Kazakhstan summoned Paval Utsyupin, Belarus’s ambassador in Astana, to “objectively assess” the Central Asian nation’s stance on key international issues in an unbiased manner amid
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Container transportation launched between Uzbekistan and India via Iran
The Uzbek Ministry of Transport on August 20 announced the first container cargo transportation along a new multimodal route from the Indian ports
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Chinese and Saudi companies to build wind power plants in Uzbekistan’s Karakalpakstan
Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev earlier this week attended the ceremony to launch the construction of wind power plants in the country’s northwestern region
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Kyrgyz banks suspend transactions to major Russian banks
The Keremet Bank in Kyrgyzstan said it suspended money transactions to several major Russian banks, RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service reported. Last week, another bank in Kyrgyzstan,
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ADB to help strengthen resilience of rural women in Tajikistan
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on 21 August said it has approved a $17.5 million grant to help improve women’s agricultural skills and boost food
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Chinese company to build ore processing plant in Kazakhstan
The Chinese company Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd plans to invest in developing gold, copper, and polymetallic deposits in Kazakhstan. The project was
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Tyre production launched in Kazakhstan
The KamaTyresKZ tyre-manufacturing plant in the city of Saran in Kazakhstan’s Karaganda region was put into operation on July 1 and during the
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CPJ urges Tajik authorities to release journalist
The Committee to Protect Journalists on August 19 called on Tajik authorities to drop bribery charges against noted journalist Ahmad Ibrohim, who was arrested a
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UN launches projects to address environmental and health challenges in Karakalpakstan
The United Nations, in collaboration with the Government of Karakalpakstan, announced the launch of two projects to tackle pressing environmental and health issues
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Prison term of Kazakh ex-president’s nephew replaced with suspended sentence
A court in Kazakhstan’s eastern city of Oskemen has replaced a six-year prison sentence given to a nephew of Kazakhstan’s former strongman President Nursultan Nazarbaev
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Afghanistan, Uzbekistan sign investment, trade agreements worth $2.5 billion
Afghanistan and Uzbekistan signed 35 investment and trade agreements worth $2.5 billion during Uzbekistan Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov’s visit to Kabul on August
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Noted Tajik journalist reportedly arrested
Several sources close to law enforcement in Tajikistan told RFE/RL over the weekend that police in the Central Asian nation’s southern city of
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Taliban-led government celebrates 105th anniversary of Afghanistan independence
Top officials of the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan marked 105 years of the country’s independence on August 18 by demanding mutual respect from
