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ASHGABAT (TCA) — The first-ever United Nations Global Sustainable Transport Conference concluded on November 27 in Turkmenistan’s capital, with more than 50 countries endorsing the 'Ashgabat Statement on Commitments and Policy Recommendations,' with a view to supporting cleaner, greener transportation – from local transit systems to worldwide multimodal networks, the UN News Centre reports. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — The State Migration Service under the Kyrgyz Government has proposed amendments to the law “On Foreign Migration” in order to protect the domestic labor market. Continue reading
LONDON (TCA) — Deadlines have never been taken too seriously in Kazakhstan, and the quarter-century delay in the construction of the Almaty Underground and the Kashagan offshore oil drama are just examples of it. Due to such long hauls, projects are overtaken by economic and other realities – and the Expo 2017, the event that should put Kazakhstan and its capital Astana in the spotlight once and for all, seems to be no exception to it. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — Favorable weather conditions led to a good harvest of cereals and vegetables this year in Kyrgyzstan. Continue reading
DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan President Emomali Rakhmon's third daughter, Rukhshona Rakhmonova, has become a deputy department head at the country's Foreign Ministry, the latest in a series of appointments of Rakhmon's close relatives to government positions, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reports. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev says "there is no need" to change the name of the country's capital city, Astana, after the Kazakh parliament proposed renaming the city after him. Continue reading
