20 Feb 2016
NEWS

Study shows growing interest in Kyrgyzstan among Turkish tourists

  • By Sergey Kwan

BISHKEK (TCA) — The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) presented the results of a study of Turkish tourists, which showed there is a growing market for tourism based on Turkic cultural heritage in Central Asia. The study was funded by the United States through the USAID Business Growth Initiative (BGI), which works with partners in Kyrgyzstan to increase economic opportunities in the tourism industry, the US Embassy in Bishkek said.  

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19 Feb 2016
Opinion Head

Tajikistan security: recalling past Civil War under present situation

LONDON (TCA) — In December 1992, seven months after the start of the sectarian Tajik Civil War, the Russian 201st Motor Rifle Division recaptured the Tajik capital of Dushanbe which had been held by the United Tajik Opposition, a coalition of Islamists, nationalists and democrats. The 201st Division was a unit of the Russian Army, stationed in Tajikistan after the withdrawal from Afghanistan. The 201st were the border guards on the periphery of the Soviet Union with the 810 mile long border with Afghanistan to the south and the turbulent Chinese province of Xinjiang to the East.

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19 Feb 2016
NEWS

Tajikistan, World Bank sign project to strengthen public finance management

  • By Sergey Kwan

DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan’s Finance Minister Abdusalom Qurboniyon and the World Bank Country Manager for Tajikistan, Patricia Veevers-Carter, on February 17 signed an agreement to finance the Public Finance Management Modernization Project II (PFM-II). The project is financed from the International Development Association in the amount of US$10 million and from the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID) in the amount of US $9.8 million, the World Bank said.

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