BISHKEK (TCA) — In January-May 2016 Kyrgyzstan’s foreign trade amounted to around $2 billion and decreased by almost 14 percent compared to the same period last year, Deputy Chairperson of the country’s National Statistical Committee, Lyuksina Tekeyeva, told a news conference on July 12.
DUSHANBE (TCA) — The families of migrants who have left Tajikistan in search of work abroad will be an important focus of a new Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) project set to get under way here soon, FAO in Tajikistan said on July 12.
BISHKEK (TCA) — Representatives of 25 tourism businesses and museums from across Kyrgyzstan gathered in Bishkek on July 12 to highlight the rich heritage of museums throughout the country and to discuss the important role these museums can play in the tourist industry. The Center for Museum Initiatives organized the event in partnership with the United States through USAID’s Business Growth Initiative (BGI), the US Embassy in Bishkek said.
Azimjan Askarov
BISHKEK (TCA) — The Supreme Court of Kyrgyzstan on July 12 ruled that the case of ethnic Uzbek activist Azimjon Askarov should be retried and heard by the Chui Oblast Court.
BISHKEK (TCA) — Family Group Practitioners (FGPs) of Ton, Tyup and Jeti-Oguz districts of the Issyk-Kul province in Kyrgyzstan will receive medical and office equipment on behalf of the Government of Switzerland on July 14 in Karakol, the Embassy of Switzerland in the Kyrgyz Republic said.
DUSHANBE (TCA) — The National Development Strategy of Tajikistan for the period until 2030 aims to turn Tajikistan from an agrarian-industrial into industrial-agrarian nation, Farida Muminova, deputy director of the Center of Strategic Studies under the President of Tajikistan, told journalists on July 11, Avesta news agency reported.
