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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Russia has offered Tajikistan to become a country with an observer status in the Eurasian Economic Union, Tajikistan’s Avesta news agency reported with reference to Russia’s First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov. Continue reading
ASHGABAT (TCA) — Young people under 30 years of age are prevented from boarding international flights in Ashgabat airport without any reason, the independent foreign-based news website Chronicles of Turkmenistan reports. Continue reading
TASHKENT (TCA) — Russia’s LUKOIL oil company has commissioned a Gas Processing Complex at the Kandym fields cluster in Uzbekistan. The official opening ceremony on April 19 was attended by the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation Aleksander Novak, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Uzbekistan Vladimir Tyurdenyov, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Uzbekistan Kwon Yong Woo, and President of LUKOIL Vagit Alekperov. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — Centerra Gold Inc., the Canadian-based gold mining company which operates the Kumtor gold mine in Kyrgyzstan, on April 20 announced that it has agreed with the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic to extend the First Longstop Date under the Strategic Agreement for Environmental Protection and Investment Promotion previously entered into with the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic on September 11, 2017. The First Longstop Date is the date by which all conditions precedent to the completion of the Strategic Agreement are required to be satisfied and it has been extended by agreement of the parties from April 20, 2018 to May 31, 2018. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — On April 20, the Kyrgyz Parliament elected Mukhammedkaly Abylgaziev the new Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan, and President Sooronbai Jeenbekov signed a decree for his appointment. 115 out of the 120 Parliament members voted for the new PM. Continue reading
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, and later between the Soviet Union and the West, over Afghanistan and neighboring territories. Into the 21st century, Central Asia has become the area of a renewed geopolitical interest, dubbed the New Great Game, largely based on the region’s hydrocarbon and mineral wealth. On top of that, the region now is perhaps the most important node in the implementation of China’s One Belt, One Road initiative through which Beijing aims to get direct access to Western markets. Every week thousands of news appears in the world’s printed and online media and many of them may escape the attention of busy readers. At The Times of Central Asia, we strongly believe that more information can better contribute to peaceful development and better knowledge of this unique region. So we are presenting this Weekly Digest which compiles what other media have reported on Central Asia over the past week. KAZAKHSTAN Kazakhstan adopts Hollywood glamor to energize cinema industry Kazakhstan, with the state support, is trying to find its place in the international film market Apr 16 — “Mondays are not normally a busy day for cinemas, but at least one screen at the Kinopark 8 complex in Almaty was packed at the start of last week. One of the ticket ushers, a young woman called Madina, said the main movie on show that evening, a patriotically themed Kazakhstan-produced biopic called Amre, has proven quite the hit, especially among young people.” READ MORE: https://eurasianet.org/s/kazakhstan-adopts-hollywood-glamor-to-energize-cinema-industry Kazakhstan gets Russian flak over UN Syria vote The failure to get even symbolic support from Astana in the condemnation of western airstrikes against Syria was embarrassing for Russia and caused the irritation at Kazakhstan Apr 17 — “Indignation is brewing in nationalist quarters in Russia over Kazakhstan’s recent decision to abstain on a Moscow-proposed UN Security Council resolution to condemn airstrikes against Syria by United States, Britain and France.” READ MORE: https://eurasianet.org/s/kazakhstan-gets-russian-flak-over-un-syria-vote Kazakhstan's Elderly Opposition Tries Something New Kazakhstan’s opposition figures find a new platform in Brussels — but the faces are old Apr 18 — “A diverse team of opposition figures, human rights defenders, and artists from Kazakhstan formed the political platform Zhana Kazakhstan (“New Kazakhstan”) after a meeting in Brussels on April 9, in the latest attempt to form an alternative to President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s seemingly eternal rule.” READ MORE: https://thediplomat.com/2018/04/kazakhstans-elderly-opposition-tries-something-new/ Turkey, Kazakhstan look to boost ties 'in all areas' Ankara says it supports Kazakhstan's fight against the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), the group behind the 2016 defeated coup in Turkey Apr 19 — “Turkey is working with Kazakhstan to enhance bilateral ties in all areas, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday. Speaking at a news conference with his Kazakh counterpart Kairat Abdrakhmanov in the capital Ankara, Cavusoglu said: "We are working together with the friendly and brotherly Kazakhstan to enhance our relations in...
