BISHKEK (TCA) — Investments in science have decreased six-fold over recent years in Kyrgyzstan, Vice-Speaker of the Parliament Altynai Omurbekova said during discussion of a new Law “On Science”.
DUSHANBE (TCA) — The European Week will take place from October 10-16 in the cities of Dushanbe and Nurek, the Delegation of the European Union to Tajikistan said.
LONDON (TCA) — Who is in charge in Kyrgyzstan, and who in case of differences between the “pillars of power” is to have the last word? The Kyrgyz Parliament has recently approved a draft law to hold a nationwide referendum aimed to approve constitutional amendments. Critics inside and outside Parliament accuse the head of state of trying to push for fresh changes in the Constitution in order to shift more powers from Parliament and the Government towards himself. Most surprising is that reading the Constitution leads to the inevitable conclusion that in case he would want to do so he does not need any changes, since the present ambiguity of the Constitution would perfectly allow him to do so within it.
BISHKEK (TCA) — It seems that Kyrgyzstan’s State Agency for Architecture and Construction (Construction Agency) is interested in corruption continued, a Government anti-corruption experts group says.
BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan and Japan have not yet used the full existing potential of bilateral trade and economic cooperation, Kyrgyz Economy Minister Arzybek Kojoshev said at a news conference as part of the Kyrgyz-Japanese forum on infrastructure development held in Bishkek earlier this week.
BISHKEK (TCA) — The Russian-Kyrgyz Development Fund (RKDF) has approved a $15.5 million project to support two sugar plants in Kyrgyzstan’s northern Chui province — Koshoi and Kaindy-Kant, the RKDF said.
