Specialised trucks for waste collection received by Bishkek (photo from the Bishkek municipal press service)
BISHKEK (TCA) — The city of Bishkek on June 8 took delivery of 30 specialised trucks for waste collection, acquired for a project to modernise solid waste management and part of a comprehensive environmental improvement programme for the Kyrgyz capital. Previously, the city had received over 5,000 waste containers.
ASTANA (TCA) — The World Bank Board of Directors on June 9 approved a US $978 million loan to improve transport links along the Kazakhstan Center West Corridor and strengthen the capacity of the local authorities to better manage and preserve roads, the Bank said.
ASTANA (TCA) — Direct investments from Bulgaria to Kazakhstan over the past 10 years amounted to $26.7 million, the Deputy Minister for Investment and Development of Kazakhstan Yerlan Khairov said at the Kazakh-Bulgarian business forum in Astana on June 9, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.
DUSHANBE (TCA) — The U.S. Embassy in Tajikistan said on June 9 that the trial and harsh sentencing of Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) leaders “silence opposition voices and discourage free and open participation in Tajikistan’s democratic development.”
ASTANA (TCA) — The share of the information technology (IT) sector in Kazakhstan’s GDP will increase up to 5 percent after 2020 from today’s 4 percent due to implementation of Digital Kazakhstan concept, Novosti-Kazakhstan news agency reported citing Asel Zhienbayeva, chairperson of Zerde National Information Holding.
ASTANA (TCA) — An online version of the map of regional development of entrepreneurship was presented to foreign embassies in Kazakhstan, the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan reported on June 8.
