BISHKEK (TCA) — With the support of the Swiss cooperation, village health committees and municipalities have implemented joint projects to improve the health of their population in 32 villages of Issyk-Kul and 25 villages of Jalal-Abad provinces of Kyrgyzstan, the Embassy of Switzerland in the Kyrgyz Republic said.
TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan has maintained sustainable high rates of economic growth in the first half of this year, Uzbekistan’s official Jahon information agency reports with reference to data from the country’s Economy Ministry and State Statistical Committee.
ASTANA (TCA) — The Development Bank of Kazakhstan and Almex Holding Group have signed an agreement on cooperation in co-financing projects and attracting foreign investments into the economy of Kazakhstan. The document was signed by the Chairman of the Board of DBK Bolat Zhamishev and the Chairman of the Board of Almex Mazhit Yessenbayev, the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan reported on July 28.
OSH, Kyrgyzstan (TCA) — Afghanistan’s Taliban and the dreaded terror organisations Daesh and Al-Qaeda have launched a third offensive against the country’s border area with Tajikistan, following two earlier attempts to take control of the strategic area on Tajikistan’s southwestern border. The geopolitical impact of the place is enormous, and the danger of it falling into enemy hands becomes more and more acute by the day – leaving distant players in the broader conflict wringing their hands – and doing pretty little.
BISHKEK (TCA) — Given favorable geographical and climatic conditions for the development of mountain skiing and tourism in Kyrgyzstan, the Government has initiated a pilot project of a Mountain Ski Cluster in the Issyk-Kul province, Economy Minister Arzybek Kojoshev said at a meeting held last week in the province’s main city, Karakol, to discuss the project, the Ministry’s press service said.
ASTANA (TCA) — The Union of Farmers of Kazakhstan has spoken against leasing of Kazakh agricultural land by foreigners because it doubts the transparency of such procedure, Novosti-Kazakhstan news agency reported.
