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BISHKEK (TCA) — The Head of the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, Ambassador Pierre von Arx, together with local authorities, members of the Kyrgyz Parliament and entrepreneurs, last week opened two new Entrepreneurship Support Centres (ECS) in the cities of Jalal-Abad and Batken in southern Kyrgyzstan, the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek said on May 21.
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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan’s banned opposition Islamic Renaissance Party (IRPT) has accused authorities of concealing the truth about a deadly prison riot that the Dushanbe government said killed 32 people, including three members of the group, RFE/RL reported.
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KABUL (TCA) — Continued focus and effort are essential for building on the progress made in implementing Afghanistan’s anti-corruption strategy, according to a new United Nations report released on May 20, Afghan broadcaster TOLOnews reported.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — Kicking off his tour of three Central Asian countries at its very heart, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Slovakia’s Foreign and European Affairs Minister, Miroslav Lajčák, on May 20 opened the new OSCE premises in Uzbekistan.
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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon and Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on May 20 agreed to boost cooperation between the two countries in various fields and further align their development strategies, Xinhua news agency reported.
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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Authorities in Tajikistan say three prison guards and 29 inmates, including several opposition members, have been killed in a riot that broke out in a maximum-security prison, the second deadly prison clash to hit the country in the last six months, RFE/RL’s Tajik Service reported.
