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26 Mar 2016

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Kyrgyzstan looks to new energy sources

March 26, 2016
By Lidia

BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan’s hydropower can provide 120 million people with electricity, but due to problems in the energy sector it is not able to provide even the country’s 6 million population, said Kyrgyz MP Omurbek Tekebayev. The problems are old including poor management, corruption, and technical and commercial losses. As a result, Kyrgyzstan has become dependent on the policies of neighboring countries, and the state cannot provide energy independence.

Lidia

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25 Mar 2016

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A terrorism virus spreading from Asia to Western Europe

March 25, 2016
By Charles Van Der Leeuw

LONDON (TCA) — Bomb attack wreckage in Europe, the plight of Syrian war refugees, the fight against Daesh on the ground and Turkey’s ambivalent role in it and Central Asia’s brewing hotbeds – where do they all come together? The question looks obvious, but it seems amidst the political whirlwinds that everybody somehow involved has a different answer to it – often a contradictory and seldom a convincing one.

Charles Van Der Leeuw

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25 Mar 2016

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Germany gives 54 million euros in grants to Kyrgyzstan

March 25, 2016
By Sergey Kwan

BISHKEK (TCA) — Agreements on financial and technical cooperation between the governments of Kyrgyzstan and Germany were signed in Bishkek on March 24.

Sergey Kwan

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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25 Mar 2016

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U.S. companies explore business opportunities in Uzbekistan

March 25, 2016
By Sergey Kwan

TASHKENT (TCA) — To promote U.S. business opportunities in Uzbekistan, a U.S. trade mission and a business roundtable with the Government of Uzbekistan were organized between March 22 and 24.

Sergey Kwan

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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25 Mar 2016

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Tajikistan commissions first oil refinery

March 25, 2016
By Sergey Kwan

DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan President Emomali Rakhmon on March 24 officially launched the Naftrason oil refinery in the city of Konibodom in the Sughd province, the president’s press service said.

Sergey Kwan

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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25 Mar 2016

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New cement plant launched in Tajikistan with Chinese investment

March 25, 2016
By Sergey Kwan

DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan President Emomali Rakhmon on March 23 inaugurated a new cement plant of LLC Huaxin Ghayur Sugd Cement in the Bobojon Ghafurov district in the Sughd province, the president’s press service said.

Sergey Kwan

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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