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BISHKEK (TCA) — Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called for a thorough investigation of an attack on RFE/RL correspondent Aibek Kulchumanov, who was assaulted in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh and later accused of hurting a local man with his drone, RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service reported.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — On October 10, the US Embassy in Kyrgyzstan, in partnership with Business Association JIA and with funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and local business partners, will organize the first ever International Franchise and Trade Expo (IFTE) at Ethno-Cultural Complex Dasmia in Bishkek.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — The European Union is the largest provider of grant funding in support of the agriculture and rural sector of Uzbekistan. The current portfolio of agriculture projects funded by the EU aims to improve sector competitiveness and productivity, enhance farm and rural incomes and create new employment opportunities in rural areas. The European Union is looking forward to further expanding this support to the Government of Uzbekistan and to assisting with the implementation of the government’s new Agri-Food Development Strategy for 2020-2030, the Delegation of the European Union to Uzbekistan said in a statement on September 30.
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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $167.02 million loan for a project that will rehabilitate and reconstruct 89 kilometers of road between Aktobe and Kandyagash, which will connect major trade routes in Kazakhstan and improve the country’s connectivity, trade activities, and road safety, ADB’s Country Office said on September 30.
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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s National Welfare Fund Samruk-Kazyna is planning to hold an initial public offering (IPO) and sell off another eight companies affiliated with it to strategic investors, Sputnik news agency reported with reference to the Fund’s press service.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — The U.S. Agency for International Development says it will host one of the region’s flagship international business events, the ninth annual Central Asia Trade Forum, on November 12-13 in Shymkent, Kazakhstan.
