ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan will take part in a meeting of OPEC and non-OPEC countries if it receives an invitation, Kazakh Energy Minister Vladimir Shkolnik said on the sidelines of the Parliament’s meeting on March 10, Novosti-Kazakhstan reported.
DUSHANBE (TCA) — An independent United Nations human rights expert on March 10 voiced concern over the increasing Government restrictions on opposition parties, civil society and the media over the past year in Tajikistan.
BISHKEK (TCA) — Small hydro power plants are among the most cost-effective and ecologically safe electricity generation sources and Kyrgyzstan should make a breakthrough in this sector, the country’s Prime Minister Temir Sariyev said on March 9 at the government meeting on small HPPs construction.
BISHKEK (TCA) — In 2015 Kyrgyzstan received US $818.8 million of foreign direct investments (FDI), an increase by 12.6 percent or $91.7 million compared to 2014, the country’s Economy Ministry said on March 9.
DUSHANBE (TCA) — The Government of Japan has provided 267 million Japanese yens (approx. $2.26 million) to the project of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) aimed at strengthening capacities of law enforcement agencies of Tajikistan responsible for border control between Tajikistan and Afghanistan, as well as enhancing the border security in Tajikistan’s Khatlon region, UNODC said.
DUSHANBE (TCA) — The parliament of Tajikistan has approved amendments criminalizing “illegal” hard-currency exchanges.
