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BISHKEK (TCA) — Canada-based Centerra Gold Inc. and Kumtor Gold Company (KGC) have summed up their operating results in the first quarter of 2016 for the Kumtor gold mine in Kyrgyzstan. In the first three months of 2016, KGC produced 86,444 ounces or 2688.7 kg of gold and contributed more than 1.6 billion soms in taxes and mandatory payments to Kyrgyzstan’s state budget, Kumtor Gold Company said on May 19. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — As Pakistan on May 18 hosted a new round of four-nation peace talks aimed at reviving long-stalled negotiations between the Taliban and the Afghan government, we are republishing this article originally published by Stratfor: Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev on May 18 chaired a government meeting summing up the country’s social and economic results for the first four months of this year. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — Authorities in Kazakhstan have intensified a crackdown on activists ahead of planned nationwide protests on May 21 against controversial new legislation on the privatization of agricultural land in the country, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reported on May 18. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — A court in Bishkek has sentenced a former Kyrgyz prime minister's son, Altynbek Muraliev, to 12 years in prison on espionage charges, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reported. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — This year Kazakhstan will implement seven projects totaling 78 billion tenge (around $237 million) with the participation of anchor investors and transnational companies, such as JAC, Hikma, Carmeuse Group, Cremonini, Peugeot, Citroёn, IVECO, and Tenaris, in the pharmaceutical, chemical, agro-processing, mining, metallurgical, and construction industries, Kazakh Minister for Investment and Development Aset Isekeshev said on May 17 at a roundtable on improvement of the country’s investment climate, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported. Continue reading
