01 May 2016
Opinion Head

Central Asia reviving old cooperation schemes with Iran

LONDON (TCA) — With the recent removal of the sanctions on Iran, Europe and the former Soviet republics have jumped on the platform to announce “breakthrough” deals on the occasion. Today most of those “new” deals are in fact a lot older, and it will take several years before a concrete benefit will be achieved both for Central Asia and Iran. Today Iran needs every bit of cash to cope with its huge socioeconomic problems while Central Asia access to the sea and alternative export routes has always been of high priority.

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Charles Van Der Leeuw

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30 Apr 2016
Opinion Head

Turkmenistan’s gas sales: the choice between cash and ash

ASHGABAT (TCA) — Turkmenistan’s dream to become a world energy player seems to have gone up in smoke just when it could have grasped a glimpse of reality. A trade conflict with Russia’s gas giant Gazprom has prematurely locked its gas outlet to the north, leaving only China as its customer. Ashgabat’s lack of market insight in the midst of a continental price slump appears to be the main cause of Turkmenistan’s inability to cash in on its monoculture.

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Charles Van Der Leeuw

Charles van der Leeuw

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30 Apr 2016
NEWS

Switzerland provides assistance to local authorities in Kyrgyzstan’s regions

BISHKEK (TCA) — The Government of Switzerland has allocated 1.75 million Kyrgyz soms to six municipalities of Jalal-Abad and Issyk-Kul provinces and the city of Balykchy in Kyrgyzstan.

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Sergey Kwan

TCA

Sergey Kwan has worked for The Times of Central Asia as a journalist, translator and editor since its foundation in March 1999. Prior to this, from 1996-1997, he worked as a translator at The Kyrgyzstan Chronicle, and from 1997-1999, as a translator at The Central Asian Post.
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Kwan studied at the Bishkek Polytechnic Institute from 1990-1994, before completing his training in print journalism in Denmark.

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29 Apr 2016
NEWS

Centerra reports search of Kumtor Gold Company’s Bishkek office

BISHKEK (TCA) — Canadian based gold mining company Centerra Gold Inc. says that the Kyrgyz Republic General Prosecutor’s Office (GPO) and other state law enforcement agencies conducted a search at the Bishkek offices of Kumtor Gold Company (KGC), Centerra’s wholly-owned subsidiary, in the afternoon of April 28.

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Sergey Kwan

TCA

Sergey Kwan has worked for The Times of Central Asia as a journalist, translator and editor since its foundation in March 1999. Prior to this, from 1996-1997, he worked as a translator at The Kyrgyzstan Chronicle, and from 1997-1999, as a translator at The Central Asian Post.
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Kwan studied at the Bishkek Polytechnic Institute from 1990-1994, before completing his training in print journalism in Denmark.

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29 Apr 2016

The 7th OIC Ministerial Conference on Food Security in Astana on April 28 (primeminister.kz)

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Astana hosts OIC Ministerial Conference on Food Security

ASTANA (TCA) — On April 28, Kazakhstan’s capital Astana hosted the 7th Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Ministerial Conference on Food Security and Agricultural Development and the inaugural session of the General Assembly of the Islamic Organization for Food Security (IOFS), the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.

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Sergey Kwan

TCA

Sergey Kwan has worked for The Times of Central Asia as a journalist, translator and editor since its foundation in March 1999. Prior to this, from 1996-1997, he worked as a translator at The Kyrgyzstan Chronicle, and from 1997-1999, as a translator at The Central Asian Post.
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Kwan studied at the Bishkek Polytechnic Institute from 1990-1994, before completing his training in print journalism in Denmark.

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