ASTANA (TCA) — Eight subsidiaries of Kazakhstan’s national wealth fund Samruk-Kazyna have signed agreements with the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan on cooperation aimed at supporting domestic producers, Atameken reported on May 19.
BISHKEK (TCA) — Canada-based Centerra Gold Inc. and Kumtor Gold Company (KGC) have summed up their operating results in the first quarter of 2016 for the Kumtor gold mine in Kyrgyzstan. In the first three months of 2016, KGC produced 86,444 ounces or 2688.7 kg of gold and contributed more than 1.6 billion soms in taxes and mandatory payments to Kyrgyzstan’s state budget, Kumtor Gold Company said on May 19.
BISHKEK (TCA) — As Pakistan on May 18 hosted a new round of four-nation peace talks aimed at reviving long-stalled negotiations between the Taliban and the Afghan government, we are republishing this article originally published by Stratfor:
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev (akorda.kz)
ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev on May 18 chaired a government meeting summing up the country’s social and economic results for the first four months of this year.
ASTANA (TCA) — Authorities in Kazakhstan have intensified a crackdown on activists ahead of planned nationwide protests on May 21 against controversial new legislation on the privatization of agricultural land in the country, RFE/RL’s Kazakh Service reported on May 18.
BISHKEK (TCA) — A court in Bishkek has sentenced a former Kyrgyz prime minister’s son, Altynbek Muraliev, to 12 years in prison on espionage charges, RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service reported.
