ALMATY (TCA) — The U.S. Diplomatic Mission to Kazakhstan, in partnership with the Almaty City Akimat, launches USKZ Fest, the largest event of a year-long campaign celebrating 25 years of U.S.-Kazakhstan bilateral relations.
ASTANA (TCA) — At the Extraordinary General Meeting on August 3, 75.7 percent of independent shareholders of Kazakhstan’s lucrative energy firm, KazMunaiGas Exploration Production (KMG EP), voted against selling their shares to the firm’s parent company, national oil and gas company KazMunaiGas (KMG), KMG EP said on August 3.
TASHKENT (TCA) — Moody’s Investors Service is maintaining its stable outlook on the Uzbek banking system, reflecting its expectation that operating conditions for Uzbekistan’s banks will stay accommodative, Uzbekistan’s official information agency Jahon reported citing Moody’s.
BISHKEK (TCA) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on August 3 in Washington met with foreign ministers from the five Central Asian states of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan as the United States tries to re-engage in a region dominated by Russia and China.
BISHKEK (TCA) — As Chinese economic influence is growing in Central Asian countries, we are republishing this article by Paul Goble, originally published by The Jamestown Foundation’s Eurasia Daily Monitor, focused on the Chinese expansion in Tajikistan:
DUSHANBE (TCA) — As Tajik officials last month announced Tajikistan’s intention to join the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), we are republishing this article by Samuel Ramani*, originally published on Qishloq Ovozi, a blog by RFE/RL Central Asia specialist Bruce Pannier:
